Eloise McCoy-Cain, EdD Honored for Contributions to Education

    LAUDERHILL, FL, December 08, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Eloise McCoy-Cain, EdD has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Fueled by an innate, lifelong drive to help others, Eloise McCoy-Cain, EdD dedicated herself for more than four decades to shaping the minds of young people and providing opportunities for them to grow in whatever areas they choose. Through her position as an educator, she led several learning and recreation programs, conducted workshops that guided teachers and parents on how to navigate their roles when it came to children and students with learning disabilities, authored books, and served as a mentor to many.

Growing up in Florida in the 1930s and 40s, Dr. McCoy-Cain always knew she wanted to make the world a better place; she initially set out to be a nurse and even worked briefly as a nurse's aide, but quickly realized it wasn't a job for her. Her grandmother had taught in high school, and always served as a great role model to her—education proved to be the right path, and she obtained an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in education from Edward Waters College in 1958 and 1960, respectively, before launching her career. Beginning as an educator at Miami-Dade Public Schools from 1960 to 1961, she relocated her skills to Broward County Public Schools for the subsequent four years before taking on a position at Nova University, now known as Nova Southeastern University, in 1965—where she shined up until her retirement in 2001. In the midst of her accomplished teaching journey, she also bolstered her own education by earning a master's in education from Florida Atlantic University in 1973 and a Doctor of Education in early childhood education and supervision/administration from Nova in 1980.

No ordinary teacher, Dr. McCoy-Cain reflects upon her time at Nova University as the highlight of her career as it was there that she taught and mentored other educators and fostered her humanitarian services—predominantly by working with the homeless population and Habitat for Humanity to help people who couldn't afford homes find housing and help them through the process. Additionally, she honed her unmatched skills when it came to teaching and tutoring learning-disabled children and students; working alongside a great mentor of hers, Dr. Nikki Seagull, the founder of the university school whose handicapped daughter she tutored, she developed many programs and traveled across the county giving presentations. She conducted the workshop segment of the Channel 10 TV series, "To Reach a Child," ran workshops on creating learning reading centers and assessing learning styles, created numerous videotapes on Nova's Early Childhood Undergraduate Program, and annually coordinated summer workshops for parents of students with specific learning disabilities. She also co-authored, "A Teacher's Resource Guide to Learning Disabilities" and independently wrote "Spotlight on Cultural Arts"—spawned by her development of a cultural arts program at University Lower School, where she was active as an academic coordinator, assistant director, and leader of a learning resource program for students ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade. On top of her many other teaching responsibilities, Dr. McCoy-Cain held the role of adjunct professor within an undergraduate department for early childhood education and a graduate department for specific learning disabilities.

Dr. McCoy-Cain has also served as a trainer for teachers in Head Start programs, a grant writer for Success Camp at First Baptist Church Piney Grove, and a board member for the Broward County African-American Research Library and Cultural Center and Habitat for Humanity of Broward. The first female president of the Broward County Chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, she also belongs to the county chapter of 100 Black Women, Inc., as well as the Upsilon Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. In recognition of her myriad achievements, she has earned the President's Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama, a Community Service Award from the Living Legends Awards, was named "Outstanding Woman of the Year" by Alpha Kappa Alpha, and was inducted into the Broward County Seniors Hall of Fame, among several other plaques, certificates, letters of commendations, and proclamations over the course of her career.

Though retired, Dr. McCoy-Cain remains passionate about building a better world and hopes that future generations "do what they can for as long as they can for as many as they can." In her spare time, she enjoys fishing, reading, making baskets, going to the casino, and spending time with her son, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

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