Planning and recordkeeping are an essential part of our work to reach all learners.  This session provides an overview of how to use a Montessori Curriculum Map, lesson planning templates, observation to support future lesson planning and recordkeeping.  We also offer a resource - Montessori Planning and Recordkeeping Guide - which can be enjoyed along with, or separate from, this session.

Following three years in the same classroom, it’s important to have an equitable process for transitioning learners. Seamless Transitions is a process that reimagines the entire experience of how children move from one classroom to another. Everyone should see what’s coming: children, families, school adults, and be able to walk towards it prepared and with a sense of excitement. We also offer a resource - Seamless Transition Guidebook- which can be enjoyed along with, or separate from, this session.

Observation is an essential aspect of offering a strong Montessori program. We often talk about observing, yet struggle to find the time and tools to do it.  This session provides an overview of Montessori observation and tools to support the practice at every level.

A 2 day workshop focused on discovering the magic of the Montessori elementary program and providing an indispensable classroom framework, resources & tools needed to make new and existing classrooms thrive. We also offer a General Elementary Workshop each summer for anyone who’d like to attend.

This session focuses on the child’s transition from Early Childhood into Lower Elementary and ways adults can support their preparation

Big Work, work of the child’s own choosing is an essential aspect of a fully functioning Montessori Elementary classroom. This session explores two avenues to inspiring Big Work in the classroom.

Our Key children help us to grow and are the keys to our transformation. This session looks at the needs of Key children and then uses the lens of planes of development to understand developmental characteristics that help us best support them.

This session provides an overview of the Montessori Method of Education for all community members ensuring everyone is aligned to your schools mission and vision. In addition to this course, tailored to your school, we have a general Montessori Orientation available asynchronously.

This session provides an overview of the developmental stages described by Dr. Montessori. It is useful for new staff as well as families.

This session provides an overview of the three components of the Montessori approach and how the assistant can best support the children and the prepared environment. In addition, we offer an asynchronous Assistant Course that allows your classroom assistants a solid foundation.

Our first task is to check our environment, then check ourselves. Exploring equity work is essential for ensuring welcoming culturally sustaining environments for all learners. This work is designed to move from where your school is towards offering liberatory education for all.

Literacy is foundational and every level depends on its full implementation. This session aligns Science of Reading with Montessori literacy to prepare teachers across all grade levels to implement best practices for real challenges.

We support schools in their strong implementation of Math, leveraging the Montessori model while working to meet state standards. This workshop was created in response to public Montessori’s nation-wide dip in math assessment scores with resources to implement immediately and practical ways to improve your scores.

This session discusses the ways that the right systems can create both stability and structure that supports all community members’ thriving. Leaning into the what, how, and why of what we do can create a clear understanding of how to implement best practices where they do not yet exist. Centering around three invisible structures the session provides for new tools and resources for immediate use in the classroom.

This session dives into the history of Black education in America, from 1619 to present day. We examine the policies, laws, and social changes that both challenged and uplifted the Black experience and why Montessori is a liberatory approach.

Our students need the executive function skills to choose work and engage in it without distraction. Once they have accomplished that, the educator's next task is to ensure they are engaging in rigorous work at their level. This session supports the whole school in recognizing the four aspects of rigor with guidance on how to create strong practices among students.

Whether we are aware of it or not, each school has a System of Justness that supports Montessori’s original goal of reaching all children. At the center of that system is how we respond to students when they are struggling in the classroom. Our Nautilus Approach is a system of step-by-step guidance, through set phases, during which the goal is to support the child in returning to their work. This approach to school discipline matches the Montessori approach to school. We also offer General Nautilus Approach trainings for anyone interested in this aligned approach.