Katherine Miller Consulting focuses primarily on families, small businesses and education organizations, and enjoys helping clients chart their chosen paths with confidence.

Education Consulting

Are you a bit overwhelmed by how to navigate the NYC public school system? Katie Miller has been advocating for educators, parents and children in public school education on the Upper West Side for the last 12 years. She offers a number of education-related services including:

- Admissions Consulting for families applying to Public Middle Schools and High Schools (including Specialized Schools) in New York City
- College and High School admissions essay support
- Seminars and Workshops on transitioning to Middle School and High School
- Afterschool and enrichment programming development

Small Business Consulting

Are you looking to establish or grow your small business in New York City? All businesses benefit from an outside perspective to help refine planning, market insights, community outreach, and potential for partnerships. Katie works with many small businesses throughout NYC, allowing them to grow and maintain best practices, while also giving back to the community that supports them.

Family / Early Childhood Consulting

Baby not sleeping? Not sure why people are talking about preschool before their child can talk? Raising children in New York City raises a unique series of challenges, in addition to the more ubiquitous challenge of simply having children. Katie provides advice and trouble-shooting tips on matters ranging from sleep issues to preschool selection.

Not-For-Profit Consulting

Looking to connect your not-for-profit to groups in the NYC community? Katie can help! Katie has worked with a number of organizations interested in partnering with like-minded people to foster meaningful change within NYC.

“Katie has always been our family's go-to whenever we've needed guidance navigating the New York City public school system. As a mom of three, she is deeply knowledgeable and insightful not only about applying to elementary school, but also the daunting middle school and high school admissions process as well. She always listens carefully to your concerns and tailors her advice to your child's strengths and needs and what suits your family best.”

Stacy, PS87 parent

“The NYC high school admissions process is extremely time consuming and stressful. Even if you have time to read through the school websites and reviews, the overload of information creates confusion. It's difficult to sort out what really matters. Katie brings clarity to the process. Her knowledge of the DOE and the schools themselves helped me to better understand what to look for in a school and identify/prioritize the ones that are the best for my son.”

Patricia, MS54 parent

“I find it extremely challenging to navigate through the high school application process, it is confusing, overwhelming and time consuming. In my case, it has been difficult to survive the process with a teenager… I'm so thankful for Katie’s guidance and help through out this process. Receiving advice and information on how to navigate the high school admissions process has been extremely valuable and has helped manage stress and relieve confusion.”

Paulina, MS54 parent

“We feel so fortunate for the opportunity to work with Katie. Her ability to provide smart, strategic direction right from the beginning was amazing and almost more importantly, her energy and optimism helped steer us to a great outcome. We would work with Katie again in a heartbeat.”

Amanda, Sawyer Tools, Partnerships Lead

“Katie is thoughtful in her answers and consistently responsive. She helped me through more than one challenge and thanks to her input I felt confident in the actions I took!”

John, MS54 parent

“The NYC High School entrance process is broken.  The months leading up to making a choice are nothing short of grueling and painful to both parents and students alike.  Katie took us from fearful to calm with her knowledge, guidance, advice, and kindness.  We're glad we had someone to help us understand what the options were and how to best approach the challenge.”

Felice, MS54 parent

“Katie exceeded our expectations! She provided a custom solution that revealed incredible insight and clarity. She is professional, thoughtful and we look forward to continued opportunities to work with her in the future.“

Phil P., Gooroo, Director of Operations

“We hired Katherine Miller as a consultant to help us manage and oversee numerous ad hoc projects and she has been a tremendous resource for us. Her professionalism, her management skills and her vast insight has helped us significantly and without any hesitation we highly recommend her for similar consulting projects.”

Teresa Throckmorton, Central Park Taekwondo, Owner / Head Master Instructor

“Katie is the best! She helps our administrative team stay on task to accomplish internal goals while also helping us create new goals. She is truly one of the most organized, efficient, forward thinking yet also super down-to-earth people I have the pleasure to work with.”

Erin, Manhattan Youth Ballet, Director of Programming

“As a Mom, I want the absolute best for my boys.  Navigating the Brooklyn public school system can be frustrating, overwhelming and incredibly confusing.  Even after extensive research, I was not sure the best course for my 7th grader.  Katie helped me figure out what to focus on, what not to worry about and helped me make a definitive timeline of what to do when.  She even gave me specific links to the best test prep material available.  I highly recommend Katie to anyone looking to quickly navigate this crazy system and maximize their chance of getting their child into the absolute best school possible!”

Melina

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