Consultation Services Available

Janet Humphryes – Coach/Child Development and Leadership Consultant

Janet Humphryes offers a range of consultant services.  For Leadership her expertise is in developing peer-coaching/coaching systems in organizations, and she offers herself as a ‘thinking partner/coach”.  For education staff Janet excels in guidance strategies/executive function skills/trauma-informed practices; B-5 child development; and cognitively enriched environments. Contact her with questions or support at 303-912-0540 or Janet@CoachingPotentials.org.

Mark Heinert – Fiscal and Program Management Consultant

Mark Heinert recently retired from the Region 8 Office of Head Start where he served as a Program Specialist for 17 years supporting over 100 Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) grant recipients’ in improving quality and regulation compliance. His expertise is in fiscal management, Board/Policy Council governance, program management, and offering effective client strategies, technical assistance, and solutions to these areas of concern, including preparation for Head Start Monitoring reviews. Mark got his Head Start career started as the CFO and then Executive Director of a Head Start program in central Montana. He later worked for the Region 8 Training and Technical Assistance Network as a Fiscal, Management & Governance expert. He has participated in/led numerous Federal monitoring reviews across the regions including many tribal programs. Mark is a Certified Public Accountant with a BA in Business Management and a master’s in accounting from Montana State University/Billings. Contact him with questions or support at 406-366-1877 or mdjheinert@yahoo.com.

Lisa Blue – Special Education Consultant

Lisa Blue offers special education/disability services. With thirty-two years of personal experience as a special needs mother, along with academic and professional experience, she offers her knowledge of the world of special needs through both the brain and the heart. Lisa knows the laws, the language and the needs of a program. She has expertise in training on behaviors and autism, special education, IEPs, and life with special needs. Lisa has experience as a presenter/trainer speaking on the realities of life with special needs, autism, intellectual disabilities, disabilities in general, IEPs, PBIS, and Trauma. She has presented at national and NM conferences. Lisa was a member of the IEP review committee to update the IEP forms and the manual for NM state. She has taught nursing students at Santa Fe Community College about autism, ID and schizophrenia. She was a member of the NM IDEA State Advisory Panel for 8 years, and co-chair of the Advisory Committee on Quality Supports for Individuals with Intellectual and Development Disabilities, working with the Department of Health to advise on issues surrounding the Development Disabilities Waiver, Mi Via Waiver, and the Medically Fragile Waiver. Lisa has done training for first year special education teachers monthly, and training and coaching for school districts special education departments per Public Education Department (PED) audits, as well as site visits for NM PED. Lisa has a master’s degree in special education, a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and is a dissertation away from a Ph.D. in special education. She did a fellowship, NM LEND Fellow, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program, as well as Partners in Policymaking, an intensive program with the mission to build future advocates and leaders for New Mexico in disabilities. Lisa has served the last 7 years with a Tribal Head Start/Early Head Start program as a Special Education Consultant and Disability Coordinator. Lisa is available to support your disabilities services on a virtual consultant basis and can be reached at Tblue11@comcast.net, cell: 505-417-1788.

Nicole Simpkins – Early Childhood Consultant

Nicole Simpkins is currently the Executive Support for Coaching Potentials and a consultant with over 30 years of experience in the EC profession. Her most recent focus has been on coaching and consulting with staff and program management to improve the quality provided to Infant, Toddler, and Preschool-aged children and their families. Nicole is a certified Montessori teacher and Director with additional experience in Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, Creative Curriculum®, Tools of the Mind, and Colorado early learning and development guidelines and assessment tools. Her consultative expertise is in supporting classroom coaching partnerships and program leadership teams, as well as providing overall EC technical assistance to programs inclusive of navigating all aspects of the Colorado Shines rating process. Nicole can be reached at colescreationconsulting@gmail.com.