Val Miller has spent the last 18 years working as a special education teacher at Northwest Passage High School (NWPHS) in Coon Rapids, MN. NWPHS is a project-based learning (PBL), expeditionary charter school in its 21st year of operation. Val holds licenses in Specific Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Developmental Cognitive Delays, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. She also has a master’s degree in Experiential Education. While she is currently the special education coordinator at NWPHS, Val has previously spent many years working as a PBL advisor, managing a special education caseload, team-teaching PBL courses, and leading overnight urban and wilderness learning expeditions. Val has a passion for inquiry-based and customizable learning as a method to address each student’s unique strengths and needs, and as a method to create an inclusive environment that values all learners.