Cultivating Classroom Collaboration

1.5 CPDs Run Time 51:10

In order to cultivate classroom collaboration with support staff, Montessori teachers need to foster the strengths of their assistant teachers while guiding them in a genuinely positive model of social relationships. Skills and competencies that enrich our practice as leaders of other adults include understanding and explaining Montessori philosophy, growing strong communication skills, and nurturing the ability to resolve conflict. Practicing these skills will lead to positive outcomes for staff and students in a cooperative, peaceful, and fruitful environment.

Amy Ford has been an Infant and Toddler lead guide a Montessori school in Versailles, KY. She has worked in a Montessori toddler environment since 2000. AMS credentialed (Infant & Toddler).

Rebecca Thompson-Stewart, MSEd, has supervised interns and new teachers in an early childhood program at a Montessori school in Versailles, KY. She has led classrooms for children ages 1 – 6 in Kentucky and New York since 2011. She has presented at local and national Montessori conferences as well as in regional workshops and training programs. AMS credentialed (Infant & Toddler, Early Childhood).

This webinar was originally presented at TME 2022.