“Even before the pandemic, the childcare sector faced significant infrastructure challenges—including safety, facilities, and personnel—that are rarely discussed.”

From Trust for Learning: “On Saturday, March 27th, Trust for Learning’s Grant Manager, Cathrine Aasen Floyd, PhD., Katie Danna-Posten from Early Milestones, and Martha Teien from Mountain Montessori Schools led a rich dialogue about Embracing a Whole-Child Approach with early educators at the Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference. You can watch the recording here and read the Padlet interactive […]

MACTE, The Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, has announced that they are now accepting applications for the accreditation of the Administrator Credential. From their website: “Careful consideration was put into crafting competencies and setting the academic and practicum requirements that will prepare adult learners to lead a children’s school.” The first applicant for the […]

Throughout 2020, traditional Montessori conferences around the country and world pivoted into virtual settings and others postponed their events until travel and gatherings were possible. In early 2020, online conferences were held by South Carolina Montessori Association, Southeast Montessori Collective; The Montessori Foundation/IMC and Montessori Schools of Massachusetts‘ traditional live conference were held online as […]

Jerry Davis at Washington Montessori spent weeks creating the original song and recording a music video with his students.

Funded by the Brady Education Foundation and conducted in collaboration with Dr. Delia Allen.

Participants can learn about the Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s program or the AM² Master’s program

BluLotus Retreat Conclave, a new concept by Jonathan Wolff and Andrew Kutt will be held at Highland Lake Inn & Resort in Western North Carolina, July, 2021, and feature special guests Claire Salkowski and Kitty Bravo. From the retreat website: “We believe that when a group of well-intentioned Montessorians come together in a retreat-like setting, […]

Skye Dodson, M.Ed and Montessori trained Infant/Toddler teacher, writes and illustrates board books for infants and toddlers after noticing difficulty in finding well-illustrated and Montessori-aligned resources. What inspired you to author your first book? I always had a hard time finding a good variety of board books that featured simple, relatable stories and images of […]

A recent graduate of the CGMS Infant-Toddler course, Kristin Alexander, was accepted into a special program at Johns Hopkins.  The program is called Urban Teachers, and applicants must complete a rigorous two-step process for consideration.  Urban Teachers was specifically designed to prepare teachers to better understand and “seek solutions to the biggest issues facing schools […]

Adam Gerhardstein of Kennedy Heights Montessori Center, Cincinnati, developed the sound machine for an assignment during his Montessori teacher training.

Dr. Cameron Camp and Gary Johnson will facilitate 12 monthly webinars in 2021, each focused on a principle that participants can apply to real-life situations and gain ideas for engaging persons with dementia.