EHS Departmental Colloquia: Perspectives on Education Policy and Other Extraneous Thoughts

Perspectives on Education Policy and Other Extraneous Thoughts from a Reluctant Bureaucrat

 

This talk will focus on current federal initiatives in Education and related agencies including Health and Human Services and Justice.  A focus will be on federal policy development and influences.  The importance of including social and behavioral instruction and support for children will also be discussed.  Renee will bring a sense of humor and candor to the workings of the federal level. There will be time for Q&A.

 

Renee Bradley has almost 30 years of experience in special education.  She began her career as a teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.  Renee worked at the South Carolina Educational Policy Center for two years prior to joining the University of South Carolina Special Education Program as a Clinical Instructor in the Graduate School.  As an experienced consultant and trainer on a variety of education issues including: behavioral supports and interventions, juvenile justice, instructional strategies, teacher training and school leadership, Renee has a reputation as an effective deliverer of research based and practical information with a strong sense of the real world.  In 1997, Renee joined the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs as an education program specialist.  In 1998, she became the Special Assistant to the Director of Research to Practice and now serves as the Deputy Director.  Among her responsibilities she is the project officer for the National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and the Partnership Project.  She coordinated the OSEP LD Initiative and served as the project officer for the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities.  She has written and contributed to numerous publications and chapters, serves on several professional publication boards, and is a frequent presenter on special education issues.  Renee has a bachelors and masters in special education from the College of Charleston and her Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy from the University of South Carolina.