Montessori Planning and Recordkeeping Guide
The Montessori curriculum is a spiraling marvel, weaving learners through both concept and skill lessons as they interface with materials, resources, and each other. Organizing lessons to ensure every learner is getting all of it is a complex task that can quickly become overwhelming. Then keeping track of learner progress through observation, follow-up work systems, and recordkeeping can be an additional daunting undertaking.
Public Montessori in Action International created a guide intended to simplify the process through a network of tools to support educators in keeping track of what is most important. This year it was piloted by 8 public Montessori schools across the United States. With their input, the team was able to make these resources even stronger.
The Montessori Planning and Recordkeeping Guide (the MPR) is a long-awaited tool for public school Montessori guides seeking to have a clear, organized way of understanding and implementing effective lesson planning and the documentation of their students’ progress. Filled with visual examples and concise explanations, the MPR breaks down the often overwhelming experience of lesson planning and recordkeeping in Montessori classrooms. In doing so, all guides, novice and seasoned educators alike, can better serve the child; strengthening their community through calibration across teams and transparency with families. In addition to this information, the MPR is also populated throughout with links to our expansive library of time-saving tools and resources designed to help your program increase its fidelity to high-quality Montessori implementation. These tools include but are not limited to, access to Public Montessori in Action International’s popular Curriculum Map, Transition Skills Checklists, and CCSS-aligned Montessori lesson sets.
This 38-page guidebook includes links to embedded tools that can be downloaded and created as customizable Word documents.
“Thank you PMA for providing us with effective ways to plan and gather data through recordkeeping. We have consistency and collaboration across levels because of schoolwide use of the Curriculum Map, Observation forms, Lesson Plans and Assessment Documents. We also find these support structures are very reassuring to new hires. This system helps guides to stay on track with curriculum, shine a spotlight on equity, and key in on any needed focus. At the same time, the Administration appreciates being able to look at schoolwide as well as specific progress being made. PMA has provided our team with a solid working system that provides for a wealth of information. They have our highest recommendation.”
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