Season 1 Ep. 12: The Anniversary Episode
“For success in life depends in every case on self confidence and the knowledge of one’s own capacity and many-sided powers of adaptation.”
–From Childhood to Adolescence by Dr. Maria Montessori
This Anniversary episode is a celebration of one year together. It holds thoughts from previous guests as they look back at the past school year and reflect on what they learned. They offer a cache (a collection of something stored away for future use) of insights to take forward into the future.
Insights on:
Collaboration
Adaptation
Creativity
Hope
Energy
Thank you to the contributors for their reflections, their resilience and their commitment to holding children at the center. And thank you, listener, for all you are doing to forward this work.
Congratulations to everyone on the completion of this 2020-21 school year.
Contributors to this episode:
Bobby Johnson, Dean of Students and Culture at Lee Montessori in Washington, DC
Hadar Peled, the CEO and Founder of Milla in Israel
Hannah Richardson, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Breakthrough Montessori in Washington, DC
Jacqui Miller, Director of Montessori Programming and Operations for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District in Cleveland, OH
Koren Clark, Partner with Wildflower Schools, CEO and Co-founder of Knowthyselfinc, based in Oakland, CA
Katie Rucker, Head of School at Moore Montessori Community School in Southern Pines, NC
Dr. Lucy Canzoneri-Golden, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter School in Miami, FL
Patrizia Mercuri, Director of the Istituto Comprensivo San Donato in Sardinia, Italy