Mark Miazga

Mark Miazga is in his 26th year teaching English at Baltimore City College High School, the third-oldest public high school in the United States, where he has also served as varsity baseball head coach throughout his tenure. A National Board Certified Teacher and the recipient of Maryland’s 2013–14 Milken Educator Award, Mark currently teaches ninth-grade Middle Years Programme (MYP) English and eleventh- and twelfth-grade International Baccalaureate (IB) English Literature at an IB-for-All school. He has also taught drama and weight training and has served as an IB examiner.

A 2008 alumnus of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Teaching Shakespeare Institute, Mark has presented at several National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conferences on teaching Shakespeare, as well as the works of writers including John Steinbeck, James Baldwin, August Wilson, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. His teaching emphasizes student-centered discussion, close reading, performance, and making challenging literature accessible to all students.