Women of Excellence
Rachel L. McGee-Summers |
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Title: | Tutor of bilingual children |
Industry: | Education |
Type of Organization: | Education Resource Center |
Major Product/Service: | Providing a variety of education services including tutoring bilingual children and teaching in special needs classroom |
Expertise: | With over 5 years experience, Dr. McGee-Summers teaches dual language children, especially Spanish speaking, in reading comprehension challenges. She also teaches in a specialized classroom for special needs children in 2nd and 3rd grade. |
Geographic Area of Distribution: | Florida |
Affiliations: | Kappa Delta Pi; Alpha Sigma Lambda; Delta Epsilon Iota; A.S.C.D.; I.L.A.; |
University/Degree: | B,A., Secondary Education; B.S.T.M.; M.P.M.; M.B.A.; Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Southeastern University, 2017 |
Born: | December 8, 1951, Hastings, Michigan |
Hobbies/Sports: | Studying, sports, spending time with friends |
Children: | 1 son; 1 grandson |
Career Accomplishments: | Dr. McGee-Summers served as a reading teacher for preschoolers during the summer camp session at the Center. She also served as a summer camp teacher for a religious organization. Dr. McGee-Summers is proud of the fact that she completed her dissertation and doctoral program in under 3 years. She (along with a colleague) has been accepted for presenting a paper on the impact of a dual language tutor on the reading comprehension achievement of dual language children at The Qualitative Report's 10th Annual Conference, which will be held at Nova Southeastern University early 2019. |