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Rightful Presence: Belonging, Value, & Shared Power Applied Through Systems
Learn about cultivating communities for student success by fostering “systemic rightful presence” in schools. Rightful presence in education is about co-creating policies, systems, and practices with, rather than for, students, families and educators most affected by inequities in existing systems. With rightful presence, students experience inherent value, true belonging, and shared power; and thrive in school to reach outcomes they value. Systemic rightful presence extends classroom research (Calabrese Barton & Tan, 2020) to state, district and schoolwide applications (McCart, Kelly & Sailor, 2023). Learn from New Mexico districts that are reframing their policies, systems, and practices to foster rightful presence among students with disabilities; and New York City districts building cultures of rightful presence with an emphasis on Black, Latine, Indigenous and immigrant students, and the well-being of their educators. Engage in making meaning for your local context.
This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026
in
Denver, CO
For more information:
https://swiftschools.org/
Speakers
Maura Hart
Dr. Maura Hart has been working in public education systems support for over 30 years. She guides leaders at the state, district, and site levels of education in the implementation of Multi-Tiered System of Support through effective leadership development while focusing on educator wellbeing. She has been an adjunct in the Education Department at Antioch University for most of her career, supporting experienced educators to successfully engage learning for both students and educators as they work to create equitable access to classrooms, schools and districts for all students including students with disabilities and others who experience inequities through our public education system.
Michelle Dunn
Dr. Michelle Dunn has decades of experience serving students, teachers, and school staff in various educational settings as a school psychologist and district administrator. Michelle is passionate about equitable educational opportunities that lead to positive school and life outcomes, promoting social-emotional learning for children and adults as an essential component of comprehensive k-12 education.
Dawn Miller
Dr. Dawn Miller is a leader in the National Center on Inclusion Toward Rightful Presence and co-author of a best selling book on MTSS. She has been instrumental in several state and district initiatives to scale MTSS. She directly applies research in numerous districts; and co-leads an Institute of Education Sciences pandemic recovery study of an educator decision-making protocol in the context of MTSS.
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