COMMITTEES

The Finance Committee assists the CASE Treasurer in the development of the CASE annual budget, recommendations for new joint venture enterprises and financial review.

The Membership Committee disseminates member lists, develops strategies for growing membership, and selects the annual CASE Award Recipients. 

The Policy and Legislation Committee develops and recommends timely statements of CASE legislative and regulatory concerns, providing a framework within which positions can evolve. This committee assists in identifying and collecting legislative and regulatory information for dissemination to members, and provides information relative to issues of concern to special education administrators.

The Product Review Committee provides leadership in advancing evidence-based practices that support improved student outcomes and recognizing management products that increase efficacy and efficiency. The appointed subcommittee engages with vendor representatives to review products in a variety of areas (e.g.,feasibility, research base, product research, reputation, alignment with CASE) and recommends endorsement based upon rigorous criteria.

The Professional Development Committee strives to provide professional learning options that will build the capacity of our membership in order to allow them to meet the needs of staff and the students they serve. The committee is continually exploring ways to improve conferences as well as all learning options we offer to our membership. 

The Publications Committee provides timely and relevant content to members and the field on topics related to special education and special education leadership. Committee members develop publication proposals, recruit authors, edit manuscripts and contribute articles about committee work. Time commitments include monthly meetings and asynchronous editing work that is dependent on the publication schedule and length of the documents to be edited.

The Research Committee is comprised of higher education professionals and practitioners within the field of special education and works in collaboration with organizations, agencies and professional associations. The committee provides leadership in developing and advancing research-based practices in special education that are highly correlated to improve student outcomes; supports leaders of special education by providing information on products, publications and research that promote best practices highly correlated to student outcomes; collects, analyzes and disseminates information on topics critical to the field in appropriate publications and works with identified researchers, scholars, authors and publishers on producing publications that contribute to leadership development. 

The Unit Development Committee provides support and encouragement to the various state and provincial units in their endeavor to meet the needs of CASE members within those units. The committee also assists in the start up of new units in states and provinces with no established CASE unit.