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Dr. Heather K. Casey

Assistant Professor I
  • Email Address: hcasey@rider.edu
  • Phone: 609-895-5646
  • Fax: 609-895-5483
  • Office: Memorial Hall 102M
  • Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Education

  • 2006  Ph.D. in Literacy Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 2000  Ed.M. in Reading Education, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1995  B.A. in English, Minor in Education, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ

Teaching Certifications

  • Secondary English Educator
  • Elementary Educator
  • Reading Specialist
  • Supervisor

Awards

  • 2007 Recipient of the Evelyn Headley Award for Outstanding Dissertation
  • 2001 Edward Fry Reading Award

Selected Publications

  • Reutzel, R., Casey, H., & Morrow, L.M. (in process). Organization and management of the language arts program with children from diverse backgrounds. In L. Morrow, D. Lapp & R. Rueda (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Literacy Instruction: Issues of Diversity, Policy, and Equity. New York: Guilford Publications.
  • Morrow, L.M., Casey, H.K., & Gambrell, L. (in press) Enhancing the role of professional development for continuing teachers of reading in urban settings. In L. Wilkinson,  L. Morrow, & V. Chou (Eds.), Improving the Preparation of Teachers of Reading in Urban Settings: Policy, Practice, Pedagogy. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
  • Casey, H. (2007). High stakes teaching in an era of high stakes testing. The Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 1, 14 – 30.
  • Morrow, L.M., Reutzel, D.R. & Casey, H. (2006). Organization and management of exemplary language arts teaching: Classroom environments, grouping practices, and exemplary instruction. In C. Evertson & C. Weinstein (Eds.), Handbook of Classroom Management (pp. 559 - 581). Mahwah, NJ: Larry Erlbaum Associates.
  • Casey, H. (2005). Have You Ever Had a Bad Idea? In L.M. Morrow Literacy Activities for Early Childhood Classrooms (p. 2) Pearson Education, Inc.: New York.
  • Casey, H.K. (2004). Using QARs to Motivate Middle School Comprehension. Lesson publication – ReadWriteThink.org.
  • Morrow, L.M. & Casey, H.K. (2004). A professional development project with early literacy teachers: Partners in change. The Reading Teacher, 57, 662-669.
  • Morrow, L.M., Casey, H. & Haworth, C. (2003). Staff development for early literacy teachers: A plan to facilitate change. In D.M. Barone and L.M. Morrow Literacy and young Children, (pp. 13 – 22). New York: Guilford Press.
  • Morrow, L.M. & Casey, H. K. (2003). A comparison of exemplary literacy instruction in first and fourth grade. California Reading Journal, 36, 5 - 17.
  • Casey, H. (March, 2003) Spring – A Time To Grow as Readers and Writers! March parent Newsletter -  Highlights Magazine.

Selected Research Presentations

  • Casey, H. (2007). “The ties that bind: Adolescent literacy practices inside and outside the classroom space.” Paper presented at the National Reading Conference annual meeting, Austin, Texas.
  • Casey, H, Morrow, L. & Gambrell, L. (2007). “Professional development for continuing teachers of reading in urban settings.” Paper presented as part of a Symposium Improving the Preparation of Teachers of Reading in Urban Settings: A Project of the International Reading Association, LLUTE - Literacy Leaders for Urban Teacher Education at the National Reading Conference annual meeting, Austin, Texas.
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Systems that work: Organizing and managing literacy instruction in the middle school.” Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention, New York, New York.
  • Casey, H. & Morrow, L.M. (2007). Session Chair & Organizer, “Situating teaching: Investigating the organization and management systems of language arts classrooms.” Panel prepared for the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention, New York, New York.
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Engaging the disengaged. Using book clubs to motivate struggling adolescent readers.” Paper presented at the International Reading Association’s annual convention, Toronto, Canada.
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Engaging information: Navigating informational text.” New Jersey Reading Association’s annual convention, Edison, NJ.
  • Casey, H. (2006). “Situating middle school teachers’ organization and management practices.” Paper presented at the National Reading Conference’s annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Casey, H. (2006). “Considering context: Understanding effective middle school teachers and their work with struggling readers and writers.” Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Research Forum. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Morrow, L.M. & Casey, H. (2005). “A focus on literacy research.” Poster session for Rutgers Day in Washington: A Showcase of Innovative Research. Session and discussion for members of congress, staff, and alumni. Washington, DC.
  • Casey, H. (2003). “Using children’s literature to motivate middle school literacy.” Paper presented at the New Jersey Reading Association’s Annual Conference. Eatontown, NJ.

Selected Invited Presentations

  • Casey, H. (2008). “Supporting readers and writers in the middle school.” Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
  • Casey, H. (2007). “What am I doing in September? Strategies that work from the start.” Center for Effective School Practices, Rutgers, NJ.
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Differentiating instruction in the language arts: Considering the content, processes, products and assessments that support literacy development among middle  school students.” Center for Innovative Education, Kean University, NJ.
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Reading to learn and learning to read: Literacy across the content areas.” Fort Lee Public Schools, Fort Lee, NJ
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Motivating literacy development in the middle school.” Center for Innovative Education, Kean University, NJ
  • Casey, H. (2007). “Reading and the adolescent learner.”  Somerville Public Schools, Somerville, NJ
  • Casey, H. (2007). “We’re all teachers of reading: Literacy across the content areas.” Center for Effective School Practices, Rutgers University, NJ
  • Casey, H. (2007).“Making room for the middle: Strategies for motivating literacy development among middle school students.” Center for Effective School Practices, Rutgers University, NJ
  • Casey, H. (2006). “Building the literacy block: Strategies for differentiating instruction in the upper grades.” Rutgers Reading Conference, NJ.
  • Casey, H. (2006). “The wonder of words: Strategies for developing word study in the upper grades.” Rutgers Reading Conference, NJ.

Service to the Professional Community

  • Co-Leader – Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society, Rider University
  • New Jersey Reading Association Executive Board – Student Membership Chair
  • Editorial Review Board - Journal of Literacy Research
  • Text Reviewer – Guilford Publications, New York, NY
  • Member of NCTE Opinion Panel

Professional Organizations/ Affiliations

  • International Reading Association
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • American Education Research Association
  • National Reading Conference
  • New Jersey Council of Teachers of English
  • New Jersey Reading Association

Courses Taught

  • ELD 308 Fostering Language and Literacy
  • ELD 395 Literacy Learning in the Middle School
  • EDU 465 Student Teaching

Current Research Interests

  • Small group learning clubs as a system for infusing literacy across the content areas
  • Multi-modal literacy practices
  • Supporting adolescents who struggling with literacy