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August 7-8, 2008: St. Lucie County new teacher orientation workshop
August 29, 2008: Workshop on Cultural Diversity in Celebration, FL
September 10, 2008: Polk County Closing Achievement Gap
September 11-12, 2008: Principals workshop in St. Lucie County
September 24-26, 2008: Presentation on African American Studies and Holocaust Studies at Florida Council on Social Studies Conference, Tampa, FL.
October 3, 2008: Workshop "Valuing Cultural Competence in Healthcare Setting" at USF School of Nursing
October 17, 2008: Workshop "Closing the Achievement Gap" at Polk County
October 22-23, 2008: Workshop at Supreme Court of Connecticut
October 30, 2008: Tuskegee Airmen Conference and Book Signing
November 7, 2008: Valuing cultural competence in the workplace
November 13, 2008: Florida Counseling Association workshop "Using Cultural Competence in Delivery of Mental Health and Counseling Services
November 17, 2008: Writers Workshop at St. Lucie County
November 18, 2008: Presentation to the Korean War Veterans Association about the Tuskegee Airman in Daytona Beach.
November 21, 2008: Successful strategies for increasing minority student graduation rates
December 5, 2008: Workshop on Closing the Achievement gap at Floresta Elementary School, Fort Pierce, Florida.
December 6, 2008: Daytona Beach, Park Plaza Hotel. Keynote Speaker On "Cultural Imperatives for the 21st Century Filipinos". Annual meeting / Celebration of the Filipino American Association of Volusia County
December 6, 2008: Dr. Coggins was profiled in FALL 2008 issue of Stetson University magazine.
December 13, 2008: Dr. Coggins spoke at Grand Opening of Deltona History Museum, 682 Deltona Blvd, Deltona 32725
December 14, 2008: Annual Meeting Of P.C. Coggins & Associates at Rosen Plaza, Orlando
December 15, 2008: Presentation at VTO's Multicultural Success Workshop in Daytona Beach from 4:30pm - 6:30pm.
December 15, 2008: Dr. Coggins in cooperation with American Reading Company launched African American Text Set Collections.
January 5, 2009: Workshop on Closing The Achievement Gap in Dundee Ridge Middle School in Dundee, FL
January 6-7, 2009: Anderson Elementary Academy, Tampa, Florida. Using FCAT Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap
January 12-13, 2009: Anderson Elementary Academy. Workshop on FCAT Writing Strategies. Implementing testing Procedures that enhance achievement.
January 16, 2009: Hostos Community College, City College of New York. Dr Damien Byas and Dr Patrick Coggins presents workshop at leadership Conferences. "Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Health Care Services"
January 20,21, 2009: Anderson Elementary Academy. FCAT Strategies for Success
January 26, 2009: St Lucie County. African American History Curriculum Task Force meeting
January 27, 2009: St Lucie County. African American History Writing team meeting
February 10, 2009: Presentation of the African American History Curriculum to the St Lucie County School board.
February 14, 2009: Dr. Coggins will speak at Orlando Public Library on his experiences with Lt. Col. Mann, what inspired him to write the book. Book signing will follow.
February 24, 2009: Dr. Coggins will speak at Holocaust Documentation and Education center during Christopher Columbus Student Awareness Day.
June 2, 2009: there will be the Unveiling of the completion of the African and African American history Curriculum by the St Lucie county School District. .This curriculum which will be web based is the first of its kind that will allow the teachers to access the entire curriculum in a paperless manner into their classrooms. The PCC COGGINS & ASSOCIATES,LLC started this venture in May 2008 and completed the work in February 2009. This work enabled the school district to be added to the list of “Exemplary Districts’ that completed and fully implemented the African and African American history curriculum. On June 2, Dr Coggins will be representing the firm at this special unveiling ceremony.
June 25, 2009: Dr. Coggins was a keynote speaker at the 13th Anniversary of the Fort Mose Historical Society and the 269th Anniversary of the Battle of Mose. Read the Speech here. "That speaker was dynamic last night---I had to fight back the tears, just hearing him describe what it must have been like for our ancestors. It was so moving."
July 6, 2009: - University of Rizal System (Taytay, Rizal Campus). Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
July 8, 2009: - Unciano Medical Center College. Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines
July 11, 2009: - St. Joseph School. San Jose Nueva Ecija, Philippines
July 16, 2009: - Ford Foundation grant workshop on "Closing the Achievement Gap"
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| [July 23–26, 2008] - Florida Social Studies Standards Writing Team Meeting. |
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| [July 18, 2008] - Task Force Meeting in St. Augustine, FL. |
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| [July 17, 2008] - 1 day training was conducted at USF on teaching African American History and Multi Cultural Education. |
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| [July 15, 2008] - Charter School Consultation meeting. |
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| [July 13, 2008] - FELE Review classes were conducted for upcoming FL education leaders. Interested in future FELE Review classes? please call us. |
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| [July 10, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins was intereviewed on television show about St. Lucie county African American Curriculum Development project. |
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| [June 11, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins participated at St. Lucie County School District's African-American History Curriculum Development Taskforce meeting. |
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| [May 24, 2008] - Melviona Thomson was elected as President of Volusia County Phillipino-American Association. |
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| [May 21-22, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins participated at Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches program committee meeting in Safety Harbour, FL. |
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| [May 8-9, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins participated at State of Florida Social Studies Sunshine State Standards Writing team meeting. |
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| [April 21, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins spoke at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL on "Valuing Cultural Competence". |
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| [April 10, 2008] - Dr Coggins was the keynote speaker at the Annual Holocaust Awareness Day, sponsored by Miami Dade College and Florida Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Miami, Florida. |
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| [April 9, 2008] - Dr Coggins spoke at the Stetson University's Caribbean Student Organization meeting with a topic entitled: "Understanding the Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Caribbean GOP". |
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| [April 1, 2008] - Dr. Patrick Coggins announced that the new book on the Tuskegee Airmen: A Story of Lt.Col. Hiram E.Mann, An original Tuskegee Airman and World War II Fighter Pilot". The copies will be made available first to Col. Mann and then to associates and the public. |
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| [April 1, 2008] - Dr Coggins was a special guest presenter at the Annual Lonnie E. Mitchell conference of the HBCUs. The conference was hosted by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the Morehouse Medical School. The topic focused on recent research on the "Assessment of Cultural Competence on Clients." |
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| [March 28, 2008] - Mark Conners attended Conference sponsored by Volusia County Schools and Volusia Teacher's Organization, and presented topic entitled: "Using Data To Close the Achievement Gap". |
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 [March 25-26, 2008] - Dr. Coggins was selected to a juried research panel who met with other experts including Dr C. Edward Koop, Former Surgeon General of the United States of America. This expert team is part of the Innovators Combating Substance Abuse National Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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| [March 14, 2008] - Dr Coggins presented the following Keynotes at plenary sessions at the Annual Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA) in Tampa, Florida. The two topics were "Strengthening Treatment Access and Recovery for Culturally Diverse and Ethnic Populations" and the second Keynote address was entitled "Multicultural Awareness: New medical Information Useful in Understanding and Treating Substance Abuse Clients". The audience included State offices of Children and Youth, State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association and representatives of Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies and fields. |
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| [March 7, 2008] - Dr Coggins presented a workshop entitled "Trends in Cultural Competence and Diversity" at the National Association of Directors of Equity hosted at the Seminole Community College. Attendees were from Rollins College, University of Central Florida, Seminole Community College, Daytona Beach Community College, Lake County Community College, Valencia Community College and Stetson Multicultural Education Institute. |
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| [February 14, 2008] - Dr Coggins was the keynote speaker at the Annual Holocaust Awareness Day, sponsored by Palm Beach County School District and Florida Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Miami, Florida. |
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| [February 1, 2008] - Within the framework of cooperation with the ESOL program at Pierson Elementary School P.C. Coggins & Associates is collaborating with Mr. Hillaire and Mr. Cortez to develop spanish version of "Integrating The Immigrant Student" presentation to be delivered at Title 1 Conference. |
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| [January 25, 2008] - P.C. Coggins and Associates, LLC is an approved Continuing Education provider by the Florida Board of LCSWs, LMFTs & LMHCs. (BAP #50-9369 Expires 3/31/09) Our providership status is currently only for the workshop entitled: "Using Cultural Competence in Mental and Other Healthcare Settings."
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| [November 30, 2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins, Primrose Cameron and Dr. Barry Daly presented "Using Cultural Competence in Mental Health and other Health Care fields" at Florida Counseling Association Annual Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
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| [10.28.2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins presented a refereed paper entitled "Prejedice: Making choices" at the National Council of Jewish Women Conference held at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College. Dr. Coggins was one of the presenters along with 12 Holocaust survivors and experts. |
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| [10.26.2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins presented a paper entitiled "Practical Strategies for closing the Achievement" at the annual Osceola High School Staff Development Conference in the Champion Hotel Complex, Kissimmee, FL. Over 120 educators participated in the three session. |
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 [09.20.2007] - Per Invitation of Dr. Coggins, Original Tuskegee Airman and World War II Hero, Lt. Col. Hiram E. Mann gave a speech to the audience of more than 100 attendees at Stetson University. Click here for news article. |
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| [08.17.2007] - Dr. Coggins and Dr. Daly conducted a workshop in Pinellas School District for 400 social studies teachers on Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap. |
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| [08.10.2007] - Dr. Coggins attended, and marketed company services at Alpha Phi Alpha General Convention in Orlando, FL. |
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| [08.08.2007] - Dr. Coggins & Associates conducted a workshop "Strategies for managing cultural competence in Public Schools in St. Lucie County, FL" for sports coaches. |
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| [08.02.2007] - Dr. Coggins & Associates conducted training for 500 school principals on strategies for managing culturally competent schools in Pinellas Public Schools, FL. Please, visit our Gallery to check out some photos from this wonderful event. |
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| [07.23.2007] - Mr. Bill Kearns and colleague representing
NorthStar High School, a charter school in Orlando, approached Dr. Coggins for
assistance in developing a reading program that would help the failing
school, to avoid being closed by DOE. Dr. Coggins has tentatively set
consultation meeting dates with the institution's administrators. As per
Dr. Coggins, American Publishing Company may get involved in
furnishing resource materials for support and possibly utilize the school to
pilot their reading program. |
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| [07.16.2007] - Our Associate - Dr. Campbell is a board member of the National Council of Black Studies (NCBS) as well as a member of the NCBS Assessment and Accreditation Commission and will attend the fall board meeting for both organizations in September 2007 in Atlanta, GA. |
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| [06.23.2007] - Our Associate - Melviona Thompson conducted another seminar titled "Innovative Curriculum Strategies to Increase Student Achievement Seminar" in the Philippines. The participants consisted of teachers from Angel of Wisdom Academy, Sweet Valley Academy and Unciano Medical Center and Colleges from the province of Rizal,
Philippines. |
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| [06.11.2007] - Our Associate - Melviona Thompson conducted seminar titled "60 Hour Theory and Practice for Teachers of English Language Learners" at Deltona, Florida. The participants were
middle and high school teachers of Volusia County. |
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| [06.23.2007] - Dr. Patrick C. Coggins was a Keynote Speaker at Chisholm Alumni Legacy Scholarship Banquet in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Event celebrated 2007 recepients of the prestigious scholarship in FL. All recepients are outstanding graduates from New Smyrna Beach High School. |
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| [06.09.2007] - Our Associate - Dr. Campbell was appointed and served as a Reader at the College Board's 2007 AP ENGLISH LITERATURE READING in Louisville, KY June 2-9, 2007 where she analysed and scored AP Exams. Her co-authored article "Affecting Institutionalization: Assessment of Student Learning in Africana Studies" is now available through the Journal of Black Studies Online website. The Journal's print version of the article is fourthcoming. |
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| [05.23.2007] - Our Associate - Dr. Campbell performed an external evaluation of the Africana Studies Program at Moorehouse University in Atlanta, GA. |
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 [05.14.2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins' article titled "Cultural Issues for HIV/AIDS Clients from the Caribbean. Myths and Realities" was published in Guyana Journal - popular Guyanese-American journal published in Ozone Park, NY. |
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| [04.17.2007] - Stetson University, DeLand, FL announced today that Dr. Patrick Coggins and Dr. Shawnrece Campbell have been selected as one of the recipients of 2007 Faculty Appreciation Award. Stetson students, staff and faculty were invited to participate in the 2007 Campus Life Achievement Awards by nominating deserving members of University community. New Faculty Appreciation Award was introduced this year to recognize the importance of faculty-student interactions outside of the classroom to the lives and success of Stetson students. |
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| [04.12.2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins addressed Palm Beach County School District students at the Holocaust Student Awareness Day organized by the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum in West Palm Beach, FL. |
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| [03.20.2007] - Dr. Patrick Coggins addressed over 700 students at the Holocaust Student Awareness Day organized by the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum in Miami, FL. |
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| [03.17.2007] - Associate Dr. Shawnrece Miller gave a workshop for the National Council of Black Studies in San Diego, CA entitled "Infusing Africana Content Into the K-12 Curriculum." |
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| [03.16.2007] - Our Associates have organized and presented at the 2nd Annual Closing the Cultural Gap: A Community Affair Conference Sponsored by Volusia Teachers Organization (VTO) and Volusia County Schools Board (VCSB). |
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| [03.10.2007] - Dr. Coggins conducted a presentation "Legal Aspects of School Operations. Focus on: Alabama Schools" at ASU Principals' Center in School Reform (PCSR)." |
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[02.14.2007] - Dr. Coggins was a guest speaker at coalition meeting of One Voice for Volusia. |
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| [02.12.2007] - Not long ago, Dr. Patrick Coggins conducted a research for Florida Association of Social Studies, and he was referenced in this article by Mr Caros. |
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[02.05.2007] -
Under the leadership of Dr. Patrick Coggins, the Multicultural Education Institute and P. C. Coggins & Associates announces the following workshops which are intended to provide innovative strategies for closing the achieving gap through the use of Cultural Competence Practices. The facilitators will include Dr. Patrick Coggins and Associates.
The following dates and workshops will be held from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm each day. See registration forms.
- April 27, 2007 – Using Cultural Competence to close the Achievement Gap. A one day intensive study of validated strategies that will positively change your school and enhance your student’s learning.
- September 21, 2007 – Using your FCAT Test Data to close the Achievement Gap for all students. Administrators’ grade level coordinators will greatly benefit from using this model.
- October 26, 2007 – Valuing Cultural Diversity in the Workplace. A dynamic and practical model that provides administrators and employees with a model for integrating Cultural Competence in the workplace. A positive checklist of techniques will work in your workplace.
- November 9, 2007 – Using Cultural Competence to close the Achievement Gap. One day intensive study of validated strategies that will positively change your school and enhance student’s learning.
- December 7, 2007 – Using Cultural Competence in Mental Health, Health Care and Human Services Settings. A new approach to client assessment will be introduced to participants
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| [01.22.2007] - P. C. Coggins & Associates issued its new 2007 brochure. You can review and download it here. |
