Kimberly Dianne Cassidy

Kimberly Cassidy is an assistant professor at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio. She is also the director of graduate studies at the School of Education, director of early childhood programs and early childhood special education programs. Dr. Cassidy earned her PhD in Early Childhood Education from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. She also earned her Masters in Early Childhood Special Education from East Tennessee State University. Dr. Cassidy has an EdS in Educational Leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee and a Bs degree in Business Management with a Concentration in Marketing from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Dr. Cassidy's research interests are Implementing Yoga in the Classroom for Cognitive Stimulation for Self-Regulation and Attributional Retraining, The Risks and Challenges of Grandparents as Primary Caregivers, Co-Teaching in the Classroom for Increased Rigor and Multi-Perspective Learning, and Using Scenario-Based Dialogue in the Classroom for Strategic Thinking and Rigorous Instruction.

Publications

Creating Diverse Experiences for Rural Appalachian Pre-Service Teachers
Creating Diverse Experiences for Rural Appalachian Pre-Service Teachers
Kimberly Dianne Cassidy. © 2024. 300 pages.
Diversity is on the rise in classrooms across the United States. However, there's a significant gap in preparing rural Appalachian pre-service teachers to meet the challenges...
Advising Preservice Teachers Through Narratives From Students With Disabilities
Advising Preservice Teachers Through Narratives From Students With Disabilities
Kimberly Dianne Cassidy, Beverly Sande. © 2022. 235 pages.
The lives of students with disabilities need to be told in ways that inform preservice teachers about the work involved to legally and morally meet the needs of these students....
Social/Emotional Trauma and Trauma-Informed Strategies for Exceptional Students: A Case Study for Discussion
Social/Emotional Trauma and Trauma-Informed Strategies for Exceptional Students: A Case Study for Discussion
Kimberly D. Cassidy. © 2022. 12 pages.
This chapter is a case study about a 4th grade student who has some exceptionalities. His mother has requested he be tested for many years, but school personnel will not agree to...
Improving Literacy Instruction Through University and P12 Partnerships: Using the SPICE Early Literacy Grant to Foster Literacy Instruction
Improving Literacy Instruction Through University and P12 Partnerships: Using the SPICE Early Literacy Grant to Foster Literacy Instruction
Charles William Kemp, Sandra Lee Beam, Kimberly D. Cassidy. © 2022. 14 pages.
The Strategic Partnering for Integrated Comprehensive Systems in Education (SPICE Early Literacy Grant) focused on supporting authentic, meaningful, and sustainable...
Co-Teaching in Higher Education for Multi-Perspective Learning
Co-Teaching in Higher Education for Multi-Perspective Learning
Kimberly D. Cassidy. © 2022. 22 pages.
Co-teaching is one of several instructional methods used in the clinical model to educate pre-service teachers. The clinical model, implemented by Shawnee State University (SSU)...