Supporting Children in the Public Sector

1.5 CPDs, Run time 1 hour

Join Allison Jones from Public Montessori in Action; María Carvajal from the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector; and moderator Maati Wafford, AMS director of equity and engagement, for a live panel discussion on supporting all children in our public Montessori schools. The panel will discuss why we consider child studies a critical practice for all Montessori communities, as well as how they are designed to support multilingual learners, neurodivergent students, and students with disabilities.

Allison Jones  is a primary- and elementary- trained Montessorian with 20 years of experience, including teaching, coaching, special education, school administration, bilingual Montessori, and DEI in school settings. She holds an M.Ed. from Loyola University. Her passion is ensuring that Montessori is implemented in a way that serves all children and is rooted in each child's identity and community. 

María Carvahal  has 20 years of experience in teaching, educational research, consulting, mentorship, and program management in El Salvador, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S. She is a certified AMI elementary guide with primary teaching experience, and holds a B.A. and M.A. in Humanities from the University of Navarra and a M.Ed. in Montessori Elementary Education from Loyola University Maryland. María’s professional interests include trauma-informed care, English learner education, and early intervention.