1.5 CPDs longitud 54:42

Las artes escénicas, en conjunto con la consciencia, traen armonía al entorno Montessori. La integración de la música, movimiento, y conciencia en el salón de clases, enriquece la experiencia de aprendizaje en los niños. Esta sesión les dará a las maestras las herramientas para incorporar éstos elementos en el salón de clases y mejorar su plan de estudios.

Ardass Khalsa es una maestra de bebés y niños pequeños certificada por AMS y MACTE y tiene más de veinte años de experiencia trabajando con niños. Coordinadora del programa Montessori y directora de dos años en Green Hedges School, con estudios profesionales en Danza y Drama, Ardass es practicante de yoga e instructora de yoga para niños y adultos de toda la vida. Su participación en el Instituto Wolftrap para las Artes Escénicas facilitó la integración de su creatividad en el entorno Montessori. Le apasiona apoyar a niños y adultos en su viaje de aprendizaje y verlos prosperar.

1.5 CPDs, Run Time 1:04

The performing arts, in unison with awareness, bring harmony to the Montessori environment. The integration of music, movement, and mindfulness into the classroom enriches the children’s learning experience. This webinar will give teachers the tools to bring these elements into the classroom to enhance their curriculum.

Ardass Khalsa is an AMS and MACTE-certified Infant/Toddler and Children’s House teacher with over twenty years of experience working with children. Montessori Program Coordinator and Two-year-old directress at Green Hedges School, with professional studies in Dance and Drama, Ardass is a lifelong yoga practitioner and instructor for children and adults. Her participation with The Wolftrap Institute for the Performing Arts facilitated the integration of her creativity into the Montessori environment. She is passionate about supporting children and adults in their learning journey and seeing them thrive.

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.

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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).

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

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.

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.

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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

1.5 CPDs, 1:05:42

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.

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.