Meet the SPED Homeschool Board
Steve Demme
Chair
Steve has served in full or part time pastoral ministry for many years after graduating from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the creator of Math-U-See and the founder of Building Faith Families.
Jan Bedell
Vice Chair
Jan Bedell, PhD, Master Neurodevelopmentalist is a seasoned special education homeschool mom and President of Brain Sprints (formally Little Giant Steps), a neurodeveopmental curriculum, consulting and support company.
Shari McMinn
Treasurer
Shari Howard McMinn is a mother to 11 children through marriage, birth, and adoption.
An advocate for adoption, homeschooling, nurtured childhoods, and a thriving life with
unique learners, she enjoys mentoring parents and serving others in her church and
community circles.
Sonya Shafer
Secretary
Sonya Shafer has been homeschooling her special needs daughter for 20 years and is co-founder of Simply Charlotte Mason.
Board Advisory Member
Faith Berens
Engineer
Faith’s own learning struggles and diagnosis of dyscalculia compelled her compassion for other bright but struggling students. A fifteen year teaching career before she became a homeschool mom included both public and private schools, tutoring, and working as a reading specialist. Her specific area of expertise is the identification and remediation of reading difficulties.
SPED Homeschool Board Meeting Minutes
Initial Board Meeting 9/1/9/17
Board Meeting 12/8/17
Board Meeting 1/18/18
Board Meeting 4/20/18
Board Meeting 10/4/18
Board Meeting 4/1/19
Board Meeting 10/22/19
Board Meeting 12/21/19
Board Meeting 5/4/20
Board Meeting 10/28/20
Board Meeting 4/12/21
Board Meeting 10/25/21
Board Meeting 4/25/22
Board Meeting 10/26/22
Extra Board Meeting 1/20/23
Board Meeting 4/17/23
