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The duties of the Program & Professional Development Committee shall be:
The duties of the Program & Professional Development Committee shall be:
To prepare and coordinate program planning with the Officers.
To secure program presenters and participants for SC CASE events.
To identify professional development needs of SC CASE members and issues related to Special Education Administration.
To coordinate program planning with other organizations, including CEC/CASE, SCCEC and its subdivisions, and the State Department of Education.
Committee Members:
Committee Members:
Traci Hogan
Traci Hogan
Committee Chair
Committee Chair
Dr. Deanna Parish
Dr. Deanna Parish
Committee Member
Committee Member
Dr. Jill Christmus
Dr. Jill Christmus
Committee Member
Committee Member
Dr. William Derden
Dr. William Derden
Committee Member
Committee Member
Dr. Derden is a 25-year veteran in the field of special education who has served in leadership in various districts within Minnesota, Georgia, and South Carolina. He is currently serving as the Director of Exceptional Learning for the Colleton County School District. Dr. Derden received a Master of Arts in Special Education and an Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. He earned his Education Doctorate Degree from Bethel University, St. Paul, MN. Dr. Derden is an Adjunct Professor teaching both Undergraduate and Graduate level courses to future Special Education Teachers.
Dr. Mitch Yell
Dr. Mitch Yell
Committee Member
Committee Member
Mitchell L. Yell, Ph.D., is the Fred and Francis Lester Palmetto Chair in Teacher Education and a Professor in Special Education at the University of South Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. in special education from the University of Minnesota. His professional interests include special education law, IEP development, progress monitoring, and parent involvement in special education. Dr. Yell has published 136 journal articles, 6 textbooks, 36 book chapters, and has conducted numerous workshops on various aspects of special education law, classroom management, and progress monitoring. His textbook, Special Education and the Law, is in its 5th edition. He co-authored the text Developing Educationally Meaningful and Legally Sound IEPs. Dr. Bateman and Dr. Yell are the editors of the Special Education Law, Policy, and Practice series published by Rowman Littlefield. In 2020, he was awarded the Researcher of the Year from the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Yell also serves as a State-level due process review officer (SRO) in South Carolina and is on the Board of Directors of the Council for Exceptional Children. He recently served as the special education expert on two cases on discrimination against students with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Yell was a special education teacher in Minnesota for 12 years.
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