Debra Dawkins

Background

Dawkins, Debra was born on April 16, 1950 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Edmond Rollins and Utha Felts White.

Education

Associate of Arts, Miami-Dade Junior College, 1970; Bachelor, Florida Atlantic U., 1972.

Career

Teacher grade 6, J.W. Johnson Elementary School, Hialeah, Florida, 1973-1975; teacher grade 4, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1975-1977; teacher grade 3, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1977-1978; compensatory education teacher, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1978-1980; teacher grade 5, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1980-1985, 89-90; chapter I facilitator, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1985-1989; chapter I resource teacher, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, since 1990; department chairman, J.H. Bright Elementary School, Hialeah, 1993-1994. Team writer school improvement plan, since 1990. Contact person Parent Outreach Program, Hialeah, since 1992.

Member School Advisory Council, Hialeah, since 1992.

Achievements

• Debra Dawkins has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member School-Based Management Shared Decision-Making Cadre, Hialeah, 1990-1992;member and secretary matron's department National Primitive Baptist Convention Inc., since 1992;secretary East Florida Church School Convention, since 1986, East Florida District Primitive Baptist Association, since 1992. Active National Coalition Title I/Chapter I Parents. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Women in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, United Teachers of Dade, National Coalitionof Title I/Chapter I Parents, Zeta Phi Beta.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, walking, travel, shopping.

Connections

Married William Dawkins, April 5, 1975 (divorced November 1978). 1 child, Caleb Avery.

Father:

Edmond Rollins

Mother:

Utha Felts White

Spouse:

William Dawkins

child:

Caleb Avery Dawkins