2025 recipient of the Joseph R. Bailer Award, Patricia S. Dorsey M.Ed. '83 has had a long career in education in Carroll County. She was a student in Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) from sixth through 12th grade, began teaching in CCPS in 1972 after completing a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University. She graduated with a Master of Education degree from McDaniel in 1983. She went on to earn a Doctor of Education from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999, and continued to work for CCPS until 2011 as an elementary classroom teacher, Title I resource teacher, assistant principal, and principal.
After retiring from the public school system, she was a field assessment coordinator and field assessment administrator for National Assessment of Educational Progress Westat, which provided data collection and assessment services in support of the Education Department’s efforts to track student achievement.
Since 2018, she has served as a member of the Carroll County Board of Education and has actively contributed to various committees with the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE).
The Joseph R. Bailer Award was established by the family of Dr. Bailer, one of the college’s most highly respected career educators, and is presented annually to a McDaniel College master’s degree recipient who has made a significant contribution to the field of education.