Author: Conversations with My Daughter: Love is patient. Love is kind.

Capella University-Minneapolis, MN, Doctorate of Education, February 2011, PhD

Specialization: Professional Studies in Education

Grade Point Average: 3.75 - Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Argosy University - Chicago, IL, Master of Education, October 2005

Specialization: Curriculum and Instruction

Grade Point Average: 3.54 - Honors: Cum Laude

University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL, Bachelor of Arts: June 1999

Major: Communications

Grade Point Average: 3.57 - Honors: Cum Laude

CORE COMPETENCIES Consultant/Educator, Curriculum Design, Scoring Diagnostic Assessments, Instructor of Hearing/Vision Impaired Students, Classroom Observations, Instructor: Gifted & Talented Students & Special Education Students, Substitute Teacher/Tutor, Motivational Life Skills/Group Facilitator

TALK SHOW HOST ~ The Dr. Cathy L. Shaffer Show, FaceBook, The Script With Dr. Sam, Cumulus Radio, Toledo, OH

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ~ Speaker: ~Topic: Diversity, YMCA~Whitmer/Washington Local Program Center, Toledo, OH, Speaker: Power of Positive Thinking ~ We Change Our Language and We Change Our Lives, Reynolds Corners Branch Library

Panel Guest: Healing from Sexual Abuse; Blogtalkradio.com/109-9penstation

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Panel Guest: Topic: National Healthcare Benefits, Duncan YMCA, Chicago, IL, Participated in healthcare discussion along with Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Ms. Barbara Lumpkin, (Treasurer, City of Chicago), and Parents, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL, Women’s History Month with Vice-President of Malcolm X College, and other Distinguished Guests

AFFILIATIONS ~~ Past Member: African-American Leadership Caucus, Toledo, OH, Spokesperson:YMWFC/Youth Organization, Toledo, OH, Business Advisory Council, Crane Tech Prep Common School, Chicago, IL, Business Partners Advisory Council, Manley Career Academy High School, Chicago, IL

University of Toledo/Department of Education: Served in capacity for coordination with faculty members and community resource individuals in various community activities promoting STEM Program. Facilitated the process of grant writing and the implementation of grants already funded:

UT3 Noyce - $1,045,213 - National Science Foundation

IMPACT - $937,261 - Dept. of Education

IMAGINE - $749,000 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

AWARDS

UT Honorable Mention IE Business Plan: Behavior Therapy App, Stearns Foundation Scholarship, Capella University, Grade Point Average: 3.75 ~ Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Institutional Scholarship & Teaching Assistantship, Argosy University, Golden Key National Honor Society, University of Illinois at Chicago, President’s Leadership Program & Communications Intern, University Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Cathy L. Shaffer, PhD

Toledo, OH 43614

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