{"id":123367,"date":"2025-01-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=123367"},"modified":"2025-01-02T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:10:03","slug":"2024-educator-of-the-year-dr-patrick-mckinney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/01\/123367\/2024-educator-of-the-year-dr-patrick-mckinney\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Educator of the Year: Dr. Patrick McKinney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In addition to prepping its students for success in the classroom and the post-grad world, <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadcharterschool.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riverhead Charter School<\/a> educators have taught them how to handle adversity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from making sure they complete their homework or study for crucial exams, these students overcame countless other obstacles thrown their way, such as learning through the COVID-19 pandemic, lacking resources, lacking space and ongoing community opposition to the charter school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all of that, the school did celebrate a few wins this year, most notably the thirteen seniors who made history for being the Riverhead <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/12\/123678\/year-in-review-2024-riverhead-charter-school-hits-milestones-amid-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charter High School\u2019s first-ever graduating class<\/a>.\u00a0Of course, this momentous achievement is attributed to the years of hard work and dedicated from these former 12th-graders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it is just as important to recognize the school leaders who helped foster their growth, fuel their motivation and unlock their full potential to achieve whatever they set their minds to. In the eyes of his colleagues, Riverhead Charter School principal Patrick McKinney checks off all of these boxes and is a true champion for all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riverhead Charter School Superintendent Raymond Ankrum said Mr. McKinney has made a \u201ctransformative\u201d impact on the school with his innovative ideas, problem-solving skills and staunch belief that all students deserve a quality education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. McKinney embodies the qualities of an exceptional educator,\u201d said the superintendent. \u201cHis selflessness shines through in his unwavering dedication to students&#8217; best interests \u2014 he is a true innovator, constantly seeking new and effective ways to engage students and foster their growth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. McKinney, the current founding high school principal, has been with the Riverhead Charter School since its humble beginnings. He previously served several other roles including founding elementary teacher, chair of the humanities department, director of curriculum and instruction, and both the elementary and middle school principal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the six years they have worked together, Nick Timpone, director of academics, said he has witnessed Mr. McKinney, 36, put his doctorate in educational innovation to good use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a brilliant person, his intellect is just unbounding,\u201d Mr. Timpone said. \u201cHe\u2019s been having to run a high school in that tight space and he\u2019s making it work in so many amazing ways \u2014 he\u2019s very calm, he\u2019s always thinking about it, he\u2019s always asking questions, always talking to people and coming up with solutions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that even when <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/05\/120350\/charter-school-opposers-overwhelm-riverhead-town-comprehensive-plan-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confronted by public pushback<\/a>, Mr. McKinney keeps a cool head, can shrug off any negativity and keep putting \u201cone foot in front of the other.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. McKinney also gives the term \u201copen-door policy\u201d \u2014 a literal meaning, as he doesn\u2019t have an office. Like many educators at the charter school, his office is the hallway. Although it may seem strange from an outsider perspective, for Mr. McKinney, it allows him to be constantly connected and present with his students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when frustrations arise, he reminds himself that he gets to come into work and work with kids every day, and \u201cit doesn\u2019t get better than that,&#8221; Mr. Timpone said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had a senior leadership meeting talking about how it\u2019s important to have an open-door policy and I said \u2018Patrick, you don\u2019t even have a door,\u2019 and he said: \u2018I never have, and I never will,\u2019\u201d Mr. Timpone said. \u201cHe knows so much about every kid. He\u2019s been with these kids, too, because he was their middle school principal as well. He\u2019s had a relationship with these kids, he already knows the parents, so it gives him an advantage in that sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terrell Dozier, the high school\u2019s dean and student counselor, said Mr. McKinney is someone who will always make sure everything is taken care of. For example, if a teacher is absent and the school can\u2019t find someone to substitute, Mr. Dozier has seen the principal step in and teach a class himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the founding principal, Mr. McKinney did not have a predecessor to turn to and had to build success \u201cfrom scratch,\u201d Mr. Dozier said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are the blueprint and he&#8217;s the mastermind behind it,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s not just here just being the principal; he\u2019s being whatever is needed for our school and for our students to be successful.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Mr. McKinney\u2019s support for his students doesn\u2019t end after graduation. In fact, with 26 seniors expected to graduate from the charter school this year, Mr. McKinney and Mr. Dozier are working on building their alumni support services program to further guide their students on how they can apply what they learned at the charter school in the post-grad world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For being a morale-booster and advocate for his students in the face of adversity, his hands-on approach, innovation and achievements made without a blueprint, Patrick McKinney has been named our 2024 Educator of the Year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previous Winners<\/strong><br>2023:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/01\/118593\/2023-educators-of-the-year-shoreham-wading-river-central-school-districts-special-education-department\/\">Shoreham-Wading River Central School District\u2019s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/01\/118593\/2023-educators-of-the-year-shoreham-wading-river-central-school-districts-special-education-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/01\/118593\/2023-educators-of-the-year-shoreham-wading-river-central-school-districts-special-education-department\/\"> Education Department<\/a><br>2022:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2023\/01\/114228\/2022-educator-of-the-year-rose-horton\/\">Rose Horton<\/a><br>2021:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2022\/01\/108719\/2021-educators-of-the-year-dena-tishim-and-laura-nitti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dena Tishim and Laura Nitti<\/a><br>2020:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2021\/01\/103596\/2020-news-review-educators-of-the-year-kimberly-benkert-and-robert-brandi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kimberly Benkert and Robert Brandi<\/a><br>2019:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2020\/08\/97521\/2019-educator-of-the-year-sal-loverde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sal Loverde<\/a><br>2018:<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2019\/03\/91279\/2018-educator-of-the-year-ed-meier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Ed Meier<\/a><br>2017:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2018\/01\/85089\/2017-educator-of-the-year-felicia-scocozza\/\">Felicia Scocozza<\/a><br>2016:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2017\/03\/78505\/2016-educator-of-the-year-melissa-haupt\/\">Melissa Haupt<\/a><br>2015:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2016\/01\/70863\/2015-educator-of-the-year-robert-shilling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Shilling<\/a><br>2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2015\/01\/61190\/2014-educator-of-the-year-greg-wallace\/\">Greg Wallace<\/a><br>2013:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2014\/01\/50246\/2013-educator-of-the-year-keri-stromski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keri Stromski<\/a><br>2012:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2013\/01\/42366\/2012-educator-of-the-year-jeff-doroski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff Doroski<\/a><br>2011:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2012\/01\/31525\/2011-educator-of-the-year-jim-schaefer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jim Schaefer<\/a><br>2010:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2011\/01\/6519\/2010-educator-of-the-year-stacy-tuohy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stacy Tuohy<\/a><br>2009: Laura Grable<br>2008: Vincent Nasta<br>2007: Marion Dorman<br>2006: Theresa Drozd<br>2005: Frank Rotenberg<br>2004: Kevin McAllister<br>2003: Leif Shay<br>2002: Bob Jester<br>2001: Jean Lapinski<br>2000: Pat Rose<br>1999: Pat Snyder<br>1998: Carol Masin<br>1997: L. 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