Jim Howell
Mr. Howell started teaching in 1998 and is currently the band director and music teacher at Claymont City Schools in Uhrichsville, Ohio. Beginning in 2009, Mr. Howell has been developing a teaching method that includes a performance ensemble for students with special needs at both the middle school and high school levels. This ensemble provides opportunities to a group of students that did not have a chance to participate in a musical performance in the past and has evolved into a great source of pride in the school district.
Mr. Howell and his students have been featured in the documentary film, “922 From Academic Watch to Academic Wow!” and they have been featured several times in the Times Reporter Ohio newspaper. Mr. Howell has presented his teaching methods at professional conferences for both special education and music educators in Ohio, such as:
• Texas Autism Conference 2022
• Milestones National Autism Conference 2022
• OCALICONLINE 2021 Artist Spotlight
• Milestones National Autism Conference 2021
• OCALICON 2019
• Ohio Music Education Association District 8 Mini-Conference 2013
Mr. Howell received the Tuscarawas County Board of Developmental Disabilities “Better Together Award” in 2022.
Mr. Howell has most recently created a performing group at Advocates for Success, an organization that provides life skills training and vocational programs for adults with disabilities in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mr. Howell holds a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Ashland University and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Bowling Green State University.
