Live Programs Calendar

Explore our comprehensive Live Class Calendar, featuring AMS certificate programs and live classes curated by The American Montessori Society. Easily access class dates, deadlines, and more to streamline your professional development journey.

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AMS Teacher Education Instructor Academy

AMS Teacher Education Instructor Academy

Instructor Academy is a course of study for future teacher education program instructors. Rigorous, advanced, and staffed by leaders in the field, AMS Instructor Academy provides the training TEP instructors need to prepare Montessori teacher educators who can successfully take on their work.

  • Application deadline: September 22, 2024
  • Program begins: October 28, 2024

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Online Onboard

Intro to Designing Online Classes

Part of our Online Onboard program that supports AMS-affiliated teacher education programs in learning how to design and teach online, Intro to Designing Online classes outlines key elements of course design for TEP instructors. It balances an understanding of the pedagogy of online learning with practical applications in Canvas, our learning management system.

  • Registration Deadline: September 10 or until cohort is full.
  • Classes begin: September 16, 2024

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You and Your Child's Montessori Education: Early Childhood

You and Your Child's Montessori Education: Early Childhood

We know that learning happens both inside and outside the classroom. This course is designed for families interested in incorporating the Montessori philosophy into their day-to-day lives and parenting approach.

  • Deadline to Register: October 8, 2024 or until full.
  • Program Starts: October 14, 2024

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Elementary Reading Certificate Program

Elementary Reading Certificate Program

The AMS Elementary Reading Certificate Program is designed for Montessori teachers who are interested in applying the science of reading by engaging the most recent research-based strategies for teaching reading in their Montessori classroom.

  • Registration deadline: October 8, 2024, or until cohort is full.
  • Program begins: October 14, 2024

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AMS Curriculum Coaching Academy

The AMS Curriculum Coaching Academy offers an immersive experience, grounded in cosmic education principles. In preparation for a transition to guiding and improving adult classroom practices, we will focus on coaching and adult learning (androgogy) principles.

  • Deadline to apply: October 27, 2024, 11:59 PM (ET) or until the cohort is full
  • Class begins: November 4, 2024

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Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program

AMS Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program cultivates highly qualified future Montessori leaders who are equipped to drive impactful change within their organizations and the larger AMS community. Gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to take on leadership roles and make a lasting impact.

  • Deadline to apply: December 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM (ET)
  • Program Start Date: March 12 – 14, 2025 

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AMS Teacher Education Director Academy

AMS Teacher Education Director Academy

This academy provides knowledge and guidance for excellence and innovation in Montessori teacher education. It supports AMS directors and future directors in designing and delivering an adult learner-centered program from its first steps of determining the program vision and planning and building the curriculum, to the moment of adult learner graduation and beyond.

  • Application deadline: January 6, 2025, 11:59 PM (ET) or until cohort is full
  • Class begins: January 20, 2025

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Elementary Writing Certificate Program

Elementary Writing Certificate Program

The AMS Elementary Writing Certificate Program is designed to enhance your foundational understanding and shift the teaching of writing in a way that promotes collaboration and curiosity in the learning environment.

  • Registration deadline: January 22, 2024, or until cohort is full.
  • Program begins: January 27, 2024

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Anti-bias, Antiracist (ABAR) Certificate Program

The AMS Anti-Bias, Antiracist (ABAR) Certificate Program provides a thorough examination of ABAR education to support Montessori schools and classrooms in creating just and equitable spaces for all. This program responds to Maria Montessori’s mandate that we engage in a systematic study of self.

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Early Childhood Reading Certificate Program

Early Childhood Reading Certificate Program

The AMS Early Childhood Reading Certificate Program is designed for Early Childhood Montessori teachers who are interested in applying the most recent research-based strategies for exploring reading in their Montessori environments.

  • Application deadline: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 or until full
  • Class begins: September 23, 2024

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Positive Discipline
Chip DeLorenzo will present strategies for taking your skills to new, Montessori-friendly depths through the use of Positive Discipline, which teaches that for discipline to be effective, it must—among other things—be kind, firm, and respectful; and invite children to discover how capable they are.
Montessori and ADD/ADHD
This webinar will present an examination of the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of attention deficit disorder in children from early childhood to adolescence, with a focus on children in the learning and social environments.
Classroom Assistants and You: Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Our presenter will walk you through concrete steps to take for building a checklist for your assistant to follow, when and how to allow your assistant to take on greater responsibilities in the classroom, and defining and respectfully enforcing boundaries.

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