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  • Contains 19 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Led by Gabrielle Kotkov and Michela Castellarin, this official AMS on-demand, self-guided class focuses on early childhood multilingualism and builds on Montessori teachers' training to gain insight and strategies for supporting language development among multilingual children.

    What does multilingualism look like in early childhood, and why is it beneficial in the short- and long-term? How can educators who have been trained on monolingual language development apply Montessori theory and prepare children to learn multiple languages simultaneously and sequentially? With content created by multilingualism experts, Gabrielle Kotkov and Michela Castellarin, this official AMS on-demand, self-guided class addresses these questions and more! It focuses on early childhood and builds on Montessori training to gain insight and strategies for supporting language development among multilingual children.

    Instruction takes approximately 6 hours to complete at your own pace with no homework assignments. Each of the 6 class modules of the dynamic multimedia course includes a short introduction, content for the participant to review (including videos, podcasts, readings, resources, etc.), a game or activity related to the content, and a required discussion post. Each lesson/module is estimated to take approximately one hour to complete. You will have six months from the date of purchase to complete the class and download the certificate that grants 8 hours of professional development.

    Learner Outcomes

    • Understand the process of multiple language acquisition for young children.
    • Deepen knowledge of how Montessori principles relate to multiple language acquisition in young children.
    • Explore misconceptions and benefits of multilingualism.
    • Develop tools and strategies to support multilingualism with young children in an early childhood setting.
    • Access ready-to-use templates and identify practical Montessori-aligned strategies to support multilingual children during early childhood.

    Gabrielle Kotkov

    Founder of Multilingual Montessori

    Multilingual Montessori

    Gabrielle Kotkov, MS, is an educational consultant and founder of Multilingual Montessori, an AMI 3-6 Montessori Guide and Fulbright Scholar with a Master of Science in Child Studies and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certification. She has taught in schools in New York City, London, Italy, and Austin, Texas and speaks English, Italian, French, and a bit of Spanish.

    Michela Castellarin

    Field Expert

    Michela Castellarin is an internationally-renowned expert in the Montessori approach to early education. She has been working with the Montessori community as a teacher educator and accreditation assessor for the last 20 years, both in the UK and internationally.  Michela is a native Italian speaker and raised her own children in a multilingual environment.

    Pricing

    Non-Members AMS Members
    $150 $120

    With an AMS membership, our professional development is free or at a significantly reduced rate. Find out how you can save on PD by exploring AMS membership.

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  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn how embracing the unique rest needed to fuel our minds, bodies, and spirits can help us become a Prepared Adult.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time: 1:05

    So often we confuse rest with sleep, leaving us feeling incomplete even when we are “fully rested.” In this session, we will discover the 7 types of rest outlined by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith that are necessary for each of us to reach our fullest potential. Together we'll learn how embracing the unique rest needed to fuel our minds, bodies, and spirits can help us become the Prepared Adult Dr. Montessori so often described.

    Heather White, EdS, is a Montessori coach and consultant, content creator, and educator for adult learners, as well as a moderator and manager for the Montessori at Home (0 – 3 years) Facebook group. Formerly, she was a Montessori teacher, in-home caregiver, Lower Elementary coordinator, and associate head of school. She also has experience as a school psychologist intern. She is AMS-credentialed (Early Childhood, Elementary I) and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Ejemplos reales y alternativas respetuosas en momentos de conflicto para ayudarnos a crear conexión y colaboración.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time: 1:13:30

    Según la filosofía Montessori existe una tendencia innata en el ser humano a la orientación grupal que proviene de la necesidad de crear vínculos y eso es posible al crear una comunidad. Por su parte, Alfred Alder el fundador de la Psicología Individual, sostenía que las 2 grandes necesidades del ser humano son la pertenencia y la contribución. En esta presentación veremos las principales formas de crear esta comunidad en la que todxs, adultos y niños se sienten iguales en pertenencia y en valor para poder querer y poder participar.

    Cristina Sanz Ferrero es Terapeuta Adleriana Montessoriana multilingüe y Entrenadora de Disciplina Positiva para la PDA, es cofundadora de nuestra Asociación Disciplina Positiva España y fue parte de su Junta Directiva durante 6 años. Es miembro de las siguientes asociaciones profesionales: Positive Discipline Association, Asociación Disciplina Positiva España, Asociación Española de Psicologia Adleriana y Asociación Montessori Española

    Trabajó como maestra de infantil en colegios británicos y Montessori antes de fundar Life Skills Escuela para la Vida en 2014. Tiene 20 años de experiencia en el ámbito de la educación y la formación. Se Licenció en Filología Inglesa y partir de ahí dirigió su formación hacia la educación tiene un PGCE en Lenguas Extranjeras por la University of Exeter y 2 Másters uno en Educación Montessori de 0 a 6 años por International Montessori Institute y la Universidad de Barcelona y otro en Counselling Adleriano que estudió en la Facultad de Psicología de la Ramón Llull de Barcelona

    Tras formarse en Psicología Adleriana, la base de DP, ahora ofrece también counselling y orientación psicológica individual y familliar, además de seguir con su labor de parenting y formación a claustros de centros educativos y escuelas infantiles.

    Desde 2023, podéis encontrarla en su nuevo espacio físico de desarrollo personal y familiar Escuela Life Skills en la calle Jorge Juan de Valencia y virtualmente: en IG @‌crislifeskills y en su WEB escuelalifeskills.com

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn skills/strategies needed to engage in meaningful conversations about race, class, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time 30:55

    Join us for a transformative workshop led by AaLeiyah DeSimas on "Developing Identity Conscious Montessorians." In this interactive session, we will delve into the essential skills and strategies needed to engage in meaningful conversations about race, class, sexual orientation, gender, and disability within the Montessori community. This journey of self-discovery will provide practical tools and insights to foster a more inclusive and empathetic educational environment for students, colleagues, and parents - ultimately enriching the Montessori experience for all!

    AaLeiyah DeSimas is passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging developed while working within a special education classroom in Oakland Unified School District. She saw first hand how differences in equity, inclusion and belonging have detrimental long-term effects on students and educators. She is a skilled diversity, equity and inclusion and belonging practitioner who strives to develop inclusive and equitable learning environments for all.

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    A discussion about AI that centers the voices, experiences, and opinions of adolescents.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time:  55:35

    This is AMS’s first discussion about AI that centers the voices, experiences, and opinions of adolescents. This panel of students helped to motivate and inspire us to pave the way for a future where technology and Montessori complement each other. This has shown us that we can craft a vision for artificial intelligence (AI) in Montessori education that is groundbreaking and authentic to our values. It also highlights the importance of listening to our students for the matters that will affect them most.

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    A discussion of why policy change is important both to Montessori implementation and equity.

     1.5 CPDs, Run time:

    Montessori friendly early education and K-12 policies are becoming more common thanks to the hard work of Montessori advocates working with the Montessori Public Policy Initiative. In this session we’ll discuss:

    - why policy change is important both to Montessori implementation and equity 
    - policy areas where Montessori Public Policy Initiative is making advances 
    - specific policy wins achieved in different states working with different policy making bodies. 

     Leading this session will be Denise and Vyju from MPPI

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    How views of neurodiversity, pathology, and cognition can inform education research and Montessori practitioners’ understanding of normalization.

    1.5 CPDs, 1:05:53

    This learning session considers how views of neurodiversity, pathology, and cognition can inform education research and Montessori practitioners’ understanding of normalization. Specifically, the neurodiversity and pathology paradigms and the information processing model of cognition are introduced to foster participants’ critical consumption of “evidence-based” practices for working with neurodivergent students. Further, research on elementary (yes, elementary!) teachers’ perceptions of normalization is discussed and examined through these lenses. Finally, participants will be asked to critically examine their own views of normalization given their new understanding of these paradigms and cognition.

    Presenter Bios:

    Dr. Laura Flores Shaw

    Laura Flores Shaw, Assistant Professor and Interim Director of the Doctor of Education program at The Johns Hopkins University School of Education, is extensively trained in family systems therapy and educational neuroscience and has direct experience as Head of School within an AMI-based Montessori school framework. Laura’s work has focused on translating research from the learning sciences, sustainability education, and family systems research into school design and classroom practice. Re-contextualizing common terms such as “executive function” and “attention” are areas of particular interest, especially in relation to issues of race, class, neurodiversity, and behavior.

    Dr. Dana Baker

    Dana Baker brings 15 years of experience as an early childhood educator, interventionist, and learning specialist, during which she actively designed inclusive models of instruction and coached novice and experienced teachers in child-centered practices to promote achievement for all. She is a mind, brain, and teaching specialist with a research focus on designing learner-centered, innovative school environments and modes of instruction that reject the false binary of typical and atypical learners in exchange for the reality of neurodiversity as normative. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University where she prepares undergraduate and graduate students to effectively teach students with disabilities in PK-12 settings.

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Explore how the Montessori community can effectively integrate technology while staying true to its core principles of human-centered learning.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time 41:54

    In an era where technology's influence permeates every aspect of life, it's imperative for Montessori educators to engage in meaningful conversations about its role in education. This open forum, led by Eric J. Rodriguez, explores how the Montessori community can effectively integrate technology while staying true to its core principles of human-centered learning. We'll delve into the Crucial Conversation model as a framework for discussing the integration of tech tools in Montessori settings. The focus will be on not just how children can use technology, but also on how they can critically assess and balance these tools with their cognitive, emotional, and ethical development. Eric's unique perspective, blending his tech expertise with a deep understanding of human-centric education, will guide a discussion on why and how Montessori education can embrace technology. This forum aims to empower educators with strategies to foster a balanced and thoughtful approach to tech, ensuring it enhances rather than overrides the Montessori philosophy of nurturing the whole child. Join us in this vital dialogue to explore how we can harness technology to enrich the Montessori educational experience, preparing students to thrive in a tech-driven world while retaining their innate human values and creativity.

    Eric J  Rodriguez,  is the former Regional Director of Education at Intel Corporation and Montessori parent, and was one of our Montessori Voices keynote speaker at #themontessorievent 2023 in Boston. Eric is an education speaker with a message about developing a human-centered future as exponential technologies become more relevant.

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn effective, deliverable exercises for emotional safety, connection and joy.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time 37:25

    Welcome to Embodied Educating! This is the third Workshop in our three part Series of the Spiritual Preparation of the Adult.
    Our invitation in Workshop 3 is into understanding the interdependence between the Spiritual Preparation of individual staff members, the evolution of individual classrooms, and nurturance of support staff and the Parent Community as as a measure of the success of a school.


    We weave together our relationships with others to create a culture of belonging, cohesion and growth. We tap into the power of our collective growth and Spiritual Development through understanding of embodiment as a pathway to intentionally nurture our school community as an ecosystem. On this 40 minute journey together we learn effective, deliverable exercises for emotional safety, connection and joy!

    Bio of Presenter: 

    Peace Educator, Montessori Consultant, Podcast Host and Author, through work Charlotte Awdry seeks to support Parents, Educators and government organizations with the most important work of our lives; raising the next generation of capable, compassionate contributors; to create a more peaceful and just world for all. A Big Dreamer with big ideas, she weaves together Montessori as a way of life, Sustainability and Embodiment, to offer a unique journey of understanding of self and of our children, today and for a better future for humanity and our planet. Having trained in the UK and South Africa; the United Arab Emirates has been her home for almost a decade. Through serving families here, she is  thrilled to learn every day from the richness of culture, language and faith in this beautiful region.


    Click here for EMBODIED EDUCATION WORKSHOP 1

    Click here for EMBODEIED EDUCATION WORKSHOP 2

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Cultivating daily habits that create connection, vulnerability and expansion of all of the adults that we work.

    1.5 CPDs, Run Time 36:00

    Welcome to Embodied Educating! This is the second Workshop in our three part Series of the Spiritual Preparation of the Adult.
    Our invitation in Workshop 2 is in understanding our role as just one Prepared Adult amongst several in the Prepared Environment, and how our relationship with those other adults impacts the children in our care.


    On this 40 minute journey together we will look at the vital role of adults in the Prepared environment, cultivating a connected relationship with team members, with the understanding that this is often the first time that young children have experienced adult to adult relationships outside of the family.  Cultivating daily habits that create connection, vulnerability and expansion of all of the adults that we work with in our classroom.

    Bio of presenter: 

    Peace Educator, Montessori Consultant, Podcast Host and Author, through my work Charlotte Awdry seeks to support Parents, Educators and government organizations with the most important work of our lives; raising the next generation of capable, compassionate contributors; to create a more peaceful and just world for all. A Big Dreamer with big ideas, she weaves together Montessori as a way of life, Sustainability and Embodiment, to offer a unique journey of understanding of self and of our children, today and for a better future for humanity and our planet. Having trained in the UK and South Africa; the United Arab Emirates has been her home for almost a decade. Through serving families here, she is thrilled to learn every day from the richness of culture, language and faith in this beautiful region.

    click here for EMBODIED EDUCATING WORKSHOP 1

    click here for EMBODIED EDUCATING WORKSHOP 3