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Cathy Owens-Oliver
CEO, Educational Effectiveness Group
Location: Charlotte, NC United States
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Joined: Oct 22nd, 2021

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Dr. Cathy Owens-Oliver is an accomplished speaker, author, instructional
coach, education policy analyst, and National Board Certified Teacher.
For more than 25 years, in 46 of 50 states as well as Canada, she
has provided consulting services for instructional coaches, college
faculty, state boards, and state departments of education.

She is the President and CEO of Educational Effectiveness
Group, a coaching, and consulting practice that helps
K-12 schools and colleges of education improve
teaching and solve problems that hinder student learning.

She is the author of Why Schools Fumble, a national
bestseller in Pedagogy and Educational Problem-Solving. She
has presented at countless national conferences and written for leading
education journals including Accomplished Teacher Magazine, the
Journal of Staff Development, and the Hope Foundation�s What Works
in Schools newsletter. Her work also appears in the college textbook:
Black Star: An Introduction to African-American Studies.

She earned her doctorate in Education, Leadership, Management,
and Policy at Seton Hall University, and completed her Masters in English Education at
NC A&T State University, and her Bachelors in English Education at the University of NC - Greensboro (where she was a NC Teaching Fellow).

She has held senior roles at the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards, Learning Forward, Educational Testing Service,
and the NC Department of Public Instruction. She has served as
adjunct faculty for several colleges.

She completed leadership and coaching training with the NC Center
for the Advancement of Teaching, Dale Carnegie Corporation, Institute
for Management Studies, Jack McDowell School for Leadership Development,
and the Parker Palmer Center for Courage and Renewal.

She has served as a director of ministerial training in NC, MI, and PA. She is the Dean of Education for the COGIC International Sunday School Department and President of the GirlsGotLIFE Foundation. Affectionately known as Dr. O, she has assisted several faith-based groups in implementing organizational change. She enjoys golf, gardening, and mentoring millennials.

Education (request update)

North Carolina A&T State University class of 1998

Undergrad Major: English

Claim To Fame:

Success Women's Magazine Cover Feature Two bestselling books: Why Schools Fumble and Teachers Who Know What to Do