Curriculum Vitae

James Bell

Colorado Board of Education Liciencures

• K-12 Special Education
• Secondary Social Studies

Special Education Training

• Prior Written Notice Requirement
• MDR – Chair and PD Roles
• Local Screening and Child Study Chair/PD Roles
• Best Practices in Evaluations and Re Evaluations
• ESY Qualification
• Special Education Transportation
• IEP Best Practice and Current Requirements
• IEP Process Development for School Year
• Transition Planning Federal Requirments and Best Practice
• Student Run IEPs – Self Advocacy at work
• Monthly Day Long Face to Face Updates with Central Office Leadership
• Data Security and Confidentiality
• MANDT Workshops Mulit Days
• Restraint and Seclusion Regulations and Reporting Requirements
• FERPA Requirments for Schools

Teaching Best Practices

• Twice Exceptional
• ADHD
• Marzano and Kagen Strategies in the classroom
• MANDT certification
• Team Teaching
• Behavioral support

School Leadership

• PLC Team Leadership – Curriculum Team Leader
• Principal Leadership Committee Membership-Weekly

Developed and Led School based trainings – Full/Half DAY or 90 Min Options

• Team Teaching – School Based/District Based
• Special Education vs. General Education Law – School Based
• Student Centered Self Advocacy and Accommodations – School Based
• Section 504 – Teamwork and Requirements for Schools- School Based
• IEP Overviews Teamwork and Teachers Requirements – School Based
• SEASTARS and Person Workflow Automation Solutions
• PLCs that Produce and Why – Division Wide FCPS

Section 504

• Eligibility Process
• Accommodations and Services
• Re-Eligibility
• Prior Written Notice Requirements
• Federal Timelines under IDEA (current and past authorizations)
• Office of Civil Rights Complaint Process and Resolutions

Education Records

• FERPA Requests
• FERPA Compliance
• Retention and Destruction
• Evaluations and Interpretive

Education Evaluations

• Woodcock Johnson
• Reading and Math Assessments
• Behavioral Assessments
• Observational Assessments
• Speech and Language Reports, Updates and Full Assessments

Pychological Evalutation Reports

• Cognitive, Behaviors, Fine Motor, ADHD

Twice Exceptional Students

• Meeting student needs in classroom
• Managing high incidence learning differences in general ed classrooms