Dr. Essie McKoy
Elevating Education
1. Who is Dr. Essie Mckoy?
Dr. Essie McKoy is the President/CEO/Founder of her own Educational Consulting Company, Dr. Essie Speaks, LLC. Also, she is blessed to be a 6X’s Amazon best-selling author, award-winning educator, motivational speaker, coach, radio show host, magazine contributor, and podcaster with thirty plus years of experience in public and higher education! Her journey has allowed her to gain a wide range of experiences in education ranging from teacher to principal to Executive Director. She has taught at three different colleges and universities. During her educational career, she acquired four degrees and attended some of the most prestigious universities in the nation working on degrees or in leadership programs, from Howard University to Harvard University! In addition, she possesses several licenses, qualifications, credentials, skills, and knowledge in the field of education. She has been recognized with numerous awards for her work in the field of education and for her ability to transform urban schools into Signature Schools, the highest growth schools! Furthermore, she has appeared on many national and international radio shows and have been featured in numerous magazines throughout the world!
2. Please tell us what being a business owner means to you and why you became an entrepreneur in the first place?
Dr. Mckoy believes that being a business owner means that she has an opportunity to share with the world what she loves to do. That is to share about education! She shares by coaching others, share at events as a motivational speaker, write bestselling books about education, host a radio show, writes for a magazine, and shares a podcast show that airs worldwide. She has been in public and higher education her entire career and she gets to give her gift of acquiring so much experience and knowledge back to others so that they can enhance their capacity. She uses all her knowledge and skills to enlighten others who want to make a powerful impact and make a difference in the lives of others through education. Dr. McKoy became an entrepreneur to use all her career experiences and gained knowledge to share and to make a systemic impact in the field of education. She uses her learned skills to assist others in elevating their leadership capacity so that they can turn their challenges into opportunities, failures into successes, ensure that responsibilities are fulfilled, and enhance their overall success in serving! She wants her legacy to be interwoven into the fabric of education for many generations to come!
3. Please tell readers about your business what product or service you provide and who your target audience is?
Her business Dr. Essie Speaks, LLC, gives you the techniques to elevate your leadership skills to make a powerful impact! If you desire to learn how to create a Signature School- the highest growth school in your district, learn the techniques to transform a school into a place where educators are passionate, students’ learning increase, parents and the community members are engaged, resources are plentiful, discipline improves, wrap-around services provided, and the entire school community benefits from the success, she will assist you in transforming your school or district with GUARANTEED positive success indicators and results! She provides coaching and consulting services in the following areas: Educational Administration, Elementary Administration, Middle School Administration, High School Administration, School Leadership, The Highly Impacted Student Population, Special Education, Higher Education, College Preparation, a Career-College, and Military Readiness! Her specialty areas are in Transformational Leadership, School Leadership Development and Teacher Development! Shewill personalize plans to fit your individual needs, whether it is a small group of educators or an entire school or school district. In addition, she can assist you in becoming an Amazon best-selling author and provide effective writing tips and strategies. If you need a dynamic motivational-inspirational speaker at your next engagement, Dr. McKoy can provide just the right services to meet your needs.
4. Dr. Essie you are a 6X Best Selling Author please tell readers about your books and how they can support and purchase them?
Dr. McKoy has written extensively at the collegiate level and has written several Amazon best-selling books including: The Heart of School Transformation: My Journey Into Transforming Urban Schools, Women of Virtue: Walking in Excellence I and II, The Grylfriend Code Sorority Edition, Coaching Champions: A Guide to Improvement and Success, Leadership Tidbits I and II, Vision and Purpose Inspiring Our Community, Iron Sharpens Iron (foreword) and has more writing projects in the works! She has either authored, co-authored, participated in book collaboration projects around the nation, or served as a foreword author. You may find all her books at https://www.dressiespeaks.com/. Currently, she writes for The Vision and Purpose Lifestyle Magazine which you can purchase at http://vandpmagazine.com
5. Dr. Essie, please tell readers about you are an Award-Winning Podcaster of your own show Dr. Essie Speaks Education. Please tell readers about your show and how they can become a guest and support your show?
Dr. McKoy’s award-winning podcast is Dr. Essie Speaks, Education, which airs each Sunday at 5:30 PM EST. The show has been on the air for several months and has been the Number One Podcast Show, the Top-Rated Podcast Show, as well as the Top Seven and the Top 25! The show continues to grow by leaps and bounds and has a world-wide audience who tunes in each Sunday! It is a show that will give you EVERYTHING you need to know, EVERYTHING you do not know, and EVERYTHING you want to know about education from pre-K to twelve to higher education! It is a show that not only informs you about education but has special guests who shares their journey and how they have overcome obstacles to get where they are today. Dr. Essie Speaks, Education will inspire, motivate, and captivate your desire to make a difference in the field of education and in the lives of others!
Readers can contact Dr. McKoy via the provided contact information to be a guest or tune in each Sunday at 5:30 PM EST!
6. Please tell readers how they can follow and support you on all social media platforms.
Readers may contact and support Dr. McKoy via the following social media platforms and websites, as well as her podcast directory and playlist:
Podcast Directory: https://bit.ly/DrEssieSpeaksEducation
Podcast Playlist: https://bit.ly/DrEssieSpeaksEdPlaylist
Instagram emmckoy
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Twitter @emckoy
https://www.dressiespeaks.com/
https://www.dressiespeaks.com/podcast
https://eliteconversations.com/dressiespeaks.html
https://www.facebook.com/dressiespeaks/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dressiemckoy/
https://www.instagram.com/emmckoy/
https://heypapipromotions.com/profile/DrEssieMcKoySpeaks
https://www.vandpmagazine.com/v-p-team
https://www.facebook.com/authordressie.mckoy.9
In addition, readers can always purchase he books at https://www.dressiespeaks.com/! Her email address is emmckoy@gmail.com.
Biography for Dr. Essie McKoy
Award-Winning Educator/Speaker/Podcaster/Consultant/Amazon 6X’s Best Selling Author/Coach/Entrepreneur!
Dr. McKoy received her Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) and an Educational Specialist Degree (Ed. S.) in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master’s Degree in Middle Grades Education from Appalachian State University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education with certification in Learning Disabilities from Winston-Salem State University. She has additional areas of certification in Public School Administration/Supervision/Principalship, Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in English, K-12 General Curriculum, and the Superintendency in NC and VA. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from WWMI Bible Institute and Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. She possesses expansive knowledge in general and special education at all levels. Her dissertation topic, “A Study of Elementary Principals’ Perceptions of Accountability and Leadership in an Era of High Stakes Testing,” is a foundational part of her book, “The Heart of School Transformation: My Journey into Transforming Urban Schools.” She attended The Urban Superintendent’s Program at Howard University and The American Association of School Administrators and received the National Superintendent’s Certification. In addition, she attended Harvard University’s Public Education Leadership Project Program and many other leadership programs throughout the nation, including the Wake Forest University Leadership Program for Public Engagement, The Distinguished Leadership Program and the Distinguished Leadership Program Digital Learning at North Carolina State University, The Principals’ Executive Program – Leadership Program for Assistant Principals at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received the Program’s Outstanding Academic Achievement Award and she graduated from the Principals’ Executive Program – Leadership Program for New Principals at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received the prestigious Jack McCall Award. Dr. McKoy also attended the Mastering Leadership Dynamics Program with the BB&T Institute, as well as three other programs at BB&T. In addition, she was accepted into The National Scholars Honor Society. A highlight of her career is that in 2017, she was selected by Winston Salem State University as the Education Alumni Achiever Recipient.
Her most recent professional development led her to become a member of The Leadership Academy in Virginia and she has engaged in “Better Communication” professional development with the well-known, Ann G. Hoffman. Dr. Mckoy believes that learning should occur throughout your lifetime and she continues to be involved in the latest growth opportunities to enhance her capacity.
She began her teaching career at an alternative middle school and later taught a “regular” middle school. She has served as assistant principal at the elementary level before becoming the principal of two elementary schools. She worked as an instructor at the Math and Science Academy of Excellence at Winston-Salem State University, worked as an Adjunct Professor at NC A&T State University, ITT Technical Institute, and in the College of Education at George Mason University. Furthermore, she served as an Executive Director/Principal at the middle school level and has experience at the high school level. Her experience spans from pre-K through college and she use her experience and knowledge to continue to make an impact in the field of education! She served as the former Senior Executive Director of the DMV Mastermind Organization and host of Education First Radio Show with Urban Style Media in Maryland.
Dr. McKoy was nominated for the AASA Women in School Leadership Award with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, she received the Educator of the Year Award and The Executive Citation of Anne Arundel County Maryland Award. Dr. McKoy has been featured in K.I.S.H., BSM, SwagHer, Glambitious, UP WORDS (Edutopia), Powerhouse Global Magazine, She Speaks, And Vision and Purpose Lifestyle magazines. She has been a Top 40 Most Influential Dreamers Movers & Shakers with K.I.S.H Magazine! She has received many accolades and recognitions for her accomplishments throughout the span of her career and has been interviewed by a magnitude of radio show personalities throughout the nation and other countries.
Dr. McKoy is known as a transformational leader and has improved the academic performance and success indicators of all the schools she has led. She is most proud of the fact that both elementary schools became Piedmont Triad Signature Schools- highest growth schools! Her mission is to continue to ignite a passion in others and to make a profound impact in the field of education!
She is the President and CEO of her own Educational Consulting Business, Dr. Essie Speaks, travels the nation to do speaking engagements, and is an Amazon 6X’s bestselling author. She has written extensively and continues to contribute to a wide variety of nationwide writing projects. She has written as an author, featured author, contributing author, and a foreword author. Her books are: The Heart of School Transformation; My Journey into Transforming Urban Schools, Coaching Champions- How to understand the players before giving the plays; A Guide to Improvement and Success, two Women of Virtue: Walking in Excellence books, two Leadership Tidbits books, and The Grylfriend Code Sorority Edition, Vision and Purpose; Inspiring Our Community, Women Who Lead; Extraordinary Women With Extraordinary Achievements – Featuring School Principals, and Iron Sharpens Iron: Inspired to Achieve, Think, and Grow.
In addition, she continues to work in her area of expertise, school transformation for a local school district in the DMV and writes for Vision and Purpose Lifestyle Magazine! Furthermore, she is an award-winning podcaster of her own show, “Dr. Essie Speaks Education, that airs each Sunday at 5:30 PM EST. Her podcast has received many recognitions for being the top seven, top ten, and top twenty-five podcasts!
Dr. McKoy is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Inc.
Her own inspiring quote is, “Education is HARD work, but it is also HEART work!”
She invites you to visit her web site at www.dressiespeaks.com and keep abreast of updates on all social media outlets.
