Dr. Donald E. Sheffield

Donald E. Sheffield, Ed. D.
Education Consultant/President
TAME Inc.

Dr. Sheffield received his B.A. in Secondary Education from Geneva College in 1969, and his Masters in Education from Slippery Rock University in 1974. He earned his doctorate in Higher Education from Penn State University in 1989. Although Dr. Sheffield is a PA certified secondary school teacher, he spent most of his career in higher education and the last 26 years at Penn State University until his retirement in September, of 2002. He is currently an adjunct professor of education for the Penn State Beaver Campus.

He is the former administrative assistant to Joe Paterno and Director of the Academic Support Center for Student Athletes at Penn State. Prior to retirement, he served as Director of Diversity Outreach for the Office of the Outreach and Cooperative Extension.  He was also an adjunct faculty member for the department of curriculum and instruction.

Dr. Sheffield has developed field experience programs to improve the multicultural education of undergraduate education students for Penn State. Currently students from Geneva and Penn State Beaver Campus participate in diversity related field experiences in the DARE2XL After School Program, which assists in the academic and personal development of elementary and middle school students. Many of the children participating in DARE2XL are from low-income families.

Dr. Sheffield provides extensive diversity training for corporations, businesses and schools. In addition, he conducts workshops for parents in maximizing the potential of their children. He is the founder and president of TAME Inc. (Techniques Assisting Motivation and Excellence), a consulting firm dedicated to cultural excellence by helping schools, families, and businesses understand the “practice” of high performance.

A major emphasis of Dr. Sheffield’s work is helping parents manage the academic development of their children. He has developed programs that incorporate excellence training at home and delivered numerous workshops for improving parenting skills. His academic experience, family background and athletic training has given him a unique perspective on the essence of excellence and high performance. He is the published author of “Practice Makes Perfect—Not!: Excellence is a Habit”

Dr. Sheffield is a father of three adult sons, grandfather (twice) and resident of Beaver Falls PA.