Michael B. Shaffer

Dr. Michael Shaffer is the Director of the Educational Specialist and Educational Doctorate Programs in Administration and Supervision at Ball State University. Shaffer teaches School Law, Special Ed Law, Facilities, Central Office Administration, and Advanced Policy and Politics. Shaffer's interest in Special Education Law started with a doctoral course and continued through many years of administrative practice in public education as a principal and assistant superintendent. Along with extensive practice in administration, he has long been a student of special education law and has taught the course in two different universities. While many school law courses (special ed or general school law) are taught through the practice of having students memorize hundreds of court cases, Shaffer practices the habit of telling the stories from being a long-term administrator which inform how the law plays out in real school life and experience.