Dr. Mildred Browne

Dr. Mildred Browne has spent 30 years as an educator and psychologist assisting and advocating for students and families whose needs fall outside traditional school systems. Holding increasingly responsible positions as director, administrative director, and assistant superintendent at school districts in California and Georgia, she is recognized for her expertise in special education, pupil services, student discipline, and alternative education. She has developed innovative programs, including the Mental Health Collaborative Model, the Counseling Clinic/Wrap Program, and the School Coordinated Care Teams. For several decades, Dr. Browne has shared her knowledge about serving challenged students and their families in presentations to educators, families, and agency personnel.

As a SELPA Director/Assistant Superintendent in the Mt. Diablo USD, and as a consultant in the San Francisco USD, Dr. Browne has embraced an equity agenda in developing equity plans. Since 2013, she has supported CCEIS Teams in completing over 63 CCEIS Plans. The development of these plans assisted in the identification of appropriates stakeholder groups, incorporated research-based strategies, and interventions to address disproportionality, and provided information on best practices around specific disproportionality SPP indicators while ensuring an equity lens was used throughout the improvement process. 

Over the past ten years, Dr. Browne has focused on her passion of addressing disproportionality as it relates to the over-representation of specific ethnic groups in special education and in regard to suspension and expulsion. She has worked with both rural and urban districts with diverse student populations. In all of her work, Dr. Browne provides organizational support and development for outreach to districts, families, and community-based organizations. She brings her own special expertise to the development of each district she works with so that it is appropriate, State and Federally regulated, sustainable and ensures equitable opportunities for all students.