Many small universities and colleges are struggling to find diverse classroom experiences in convenient locations for their pre-service teachers due to remote locations and limited funds. This publication gives an actual scenario where professors and community members worked together to provide services to both pre-service teachers and students from diverse backgrounds. The overall idea is to use what is available where the university or college is located. There is diversity all around: we merely have to seek it out and extend that offer to help others. The book also discusses the caveats to any partnership, such as what works and what does not work and how to work out issues in an amicable way to please everyone.
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.
