Rate My Professor Kathleen Kiley Clements

Kathleen Kiley Clements is an Assistant Professor of Education, Chair of the Education Department, and Director of Teacher Education at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. She holds an EdD from Northcentral University in Arizona, an MS from the University of Houston, Clear Lake, and a BA from Boston College. Prior to her faculty appointment, she amassed over twenty years of experience in public school teaching and administration, including roles as Assistant Principal, Principal, and Special Education Administrator. This extensive background enhances her leadership in teacher education programs. Clements teaches a range of courses, including Language Arts and Writing Methods, Characteristics and Identification of Students with Mild Disabilities, Introduction to Special Education, Special Education Methods, Exceptionality and the Special Education Internships, as well as online courses such as Exceptional Student Education and Federal and State Civil Rights and Education Law. Her research interests center on legislation in special education, educational leadership, and school law in the public sector and special education. She serves on the Higher Education Literacy Faculty Committee for the Maine Department of Education. Professional affiliations include Kappa Delta Pi, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and the Council for Exceptional Children.