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Megan Robinson McMillan 

Clinical Assistant Professor

Megan Robinson McMillan

Phone

(352)273-4374

Email

Megan.McMillan@ufl.edu

Address

Norman Hall, Rm. 1824
618 SW 12 Street
PO Box 117050
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, 32611

About

Megan McMillan, Ed.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida. Dr. McMillan specializes in building the capacity of teachers and school leaders to meaningfully include students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Before joining UF, Dr. McMillan spent 14 years teaching inclusive special education in Florida and Georgia public schools. She has served students across the spectrum of the special education professional as a classroom teacher, district specialist, and university faculty member. Her research and professional interests focus on developing and sustaining inclusive school systems, fostering effective co-teaching and collaboration, advancing inclusive leadership practices, and promoting access and belonging for students with significant disabilities. Dr. McMillan is especially passionate about professional learning that empowers educators to create equitable, inclusive, and high-quality learning experiences for all students.

Affiliations

  • School of Special Education School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies

Research Interests

Behavior, Collaboration and Teaming, Diverse Learners, Inclusion, Professional Development

Education

  • Ed.D., Educational Leadership, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2020
  • M. Ed., Special Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2011
  • B.A., English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2009
  • Florida Professional Educator Certification (exp. 06/2031): Reading, English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Elementary Education (K-6), Special Education (K-12), Educational Leadership (K-12).

Professional Appointments

  • Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
  • Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)
  • February 2024-August 2025: Project Director, Duval I.D.E.A.S. (Inclusion Diversifies Education for All Students), Duval County Public Schools, University of North Florida, & U.S. Department of Education.
  • January 2023-February 2024: Postdoctoral Associate, Project Systems Coordinator for Project PREP: Partnering to Renew the Educator Pipeline, University of North Florida.
  • August 2021-January 2023: Visiting Assistant Professor and Faculty-in-Residence, Special Education (Exceptional Student Education), Department of Exceptional, Deaf, and Interpreter Education, University of North Florida.
  • October 2018-August 2021: Specialist, Florida Inclusion Network, Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS), Jacksonville, Florida.
  • April 2016-October 2018: Specialist, Child Find, Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System, Jacksonville, Florida.
  • January 2011-April 2016: Special Education (Lead, 2014-2016) Teacher, Inclusive Education, Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida.

Activities and Honors

  • 2025, University of North Florida Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium (STARS), First Time Funded Principal Investigator, Duval IDEAS.
  • 2023-2025, Graduating Senior Survey Outstanding Faculty Recognition, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, University of North Florida.
  • 2024, Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2024 Emerald Literati Awards, School-University Partnerships.
  • 2021, Thomas A. Mulkeen Dissertation Award, University of North Florida.
  • 2016, Teacher of the Year, Waterleaf Elementary, Jacksonville, Florida.

Selected Grants

Duval IDEAS (Inclusion Diversifies Education for All Students)

Role
  • Project DirectorFebruary 2024-August 2025
Funding Agency
  • US Department of Education (EIR), Grant #: S411C230166
Project Period
  • 2024-2028
Award Amount
  • $4,000,000

Selected Publications

Books / Book Chapters
  • Hoppey, D. & McMillan, M. (in press). Inclusive special education: Trends and recommendations for preparing teachers to teach students with disabilities in general education classrooms. In J. McIntyre, D. Byrd, & J. Snow (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education (4th Ed.) (pp. XX). Association of Teacher Educators.
  • Hoppey, D., McMillan, M., Arroyo Nagel, J., & Callaghan, N. (in press). Inclusion for students with high incidence disabilities in the United States of America: Trends and recommendations. In D. Ryndak & M. Chitiyo (Eds.), Understanding inclusive education: Understanding series (pp. XX). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Reed, D. S., Mascelli, M.S., Wilder, P., McMillan, M., Williamson, P., & Ridge, C. (accepted). Supporting teacher candidates with disabilities in professional development school partnerships for teacher preparation. In E. Garvin & R. W. Burns (Eds.), Clinically based teacher education in action, volume X: The AACTE clinical practice commission proclamations and cases of teacher education innovation. Information Age Publishing.
  • Hoppey, D., Haley, K., & Robinson, M. (2019). Using the co-teaching strategies. In K. Lubniewski, D. F. Cosgrove, & T. Y. Robinson, Supervision modules to support educators in collaborative teaching (Module 6). Information Age Publishing: Charlotte, NC.
Articles
  • McMillan, M. & Hoppey, D. (2025). Leading effective inclusive schools: How a principals’ inclusive consciousness Impacts their leadership enactment. Journal of School Leadership. 0(0) https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846251369075
  • Burns, R. W., Curcio, R., Yendol-Hoppey, D., Lynch, M. E., McMillan, M., Burns, J., Williams, L., Jones, J., Medlock, S., Ehrlich, S., Boilini, L., Yuen, J., Parkison, P., Shepard, J., Bossinger, R., Bazemore, T., Johns, T., & Hoppey, D. (2023). Bridging gaps in the system: Project PREP’s transformative approach to educator development. SRATE Journal, 32(2). 1-12.
  • McMillan, M. & Hoppey, D. (2021). An examination of the related literature for inclusive school leadership. Journal of Leadership and Instruction, 20(2), 20-25.
Presentations
  • Hoppey, D., Jenkins, L., McMillan, M., Minton, S., Wallis, R., Williamson, P. (2025, March 13). Coaching Interaction Quality: A Critical Component for Elementary Teachers’ Implementation of HLPs [Conference session]. Council for Exceptional Children conference, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
  • McMillan, M., Medlock, S., Sanders, M., Adams, T., Batts, A., Amerson, B., Messer, V., Adkison, K., Arnette, L., Smith, C. (2024, March 24). Empowering inclusion: Unveiling the synergy of school-university partnerships to develop teacher leaders for high-leverage practices in inclusive classrooms [Conference session]. National Association of School University Partnerships, Magical Collaborations: Making School-University Partnerships the Happiest Place on Earth, Anaheim, CA, United States.
  • Hoppey, D. & McMillan, M. (2023, March 24). Enhancing Program Coherence withing a Special Education Teacher Preparation Program: Glows and Grows [Conference session]. National Association of Professional Development Schools. 2023 NAPDS Conference: Walking on Sunshine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
  • McMillan, M., Frias, N., Otterbein, E., Birtolo, I., & Johnson, N. (2023, March 23). Laying the Foundation for a PDS Partnership Centering Special Education: Sharing Multiple Perspectives. National Association of Professional Development Schools. 2023 NAPDS Conference: Walking on Sunshine, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
  • McMillan, M. & Hoppey, D. (2021). Council for Exceptional Children, Presenter. CEC L.I.V.E., March 2021. Topic: Leading Effective Inclusive Schools and the Role of “Inclusive Consciousness”.
Other Publications