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Sarasota University & CGMS Announce Historic Partnership

by International Montessori Council Staff | ML 2021, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

Sarasota University, the world’s only Montessori-focused institution of higher education, and the Center for Guided Montessori Studies, one of the world’s leading accredited teacher education programs, today announced a historic partnership to reshape the direction of...

Where Have All The Teachers Gone?

by Robin Howe, EdD | ML 2021, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

In Elka Torpey’s (2018) article “ Projections for teachers: How many are leaving the occupation?” According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, between the years of 2016 and 2026, more than 270,000 teachers will be leaving the profession each year. Whether it is...

Storytelling and Executive Functioning

by Michael Dorer, EdD | Brain Development, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Emotionally Healthy Children, Executive Functioning, ML 2021, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, Story-telling, The International Montessori Council

All classroom teachers have had experiences with children who have difficulty in school; often, it’s unclear why. We might try a number of things and still find frustration. Often, the students clearly want to do well and evince great potential, but their difficulties...

Why are Children so Different Today

by Jane Nelson and Chip DeLorenzo | Challenging Behaviors, Discipline, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, ML 2021, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

by Jane Nelsen, EdD and Chip DeLorenzo, MEd When working with Montessori teachers, we always start by asking them to list their current stressors. Inevitably, they share that children exhibit a high degree of disrespect, entitlement, and lack of...

Looking Back and Moving Forward

by The Montessori Foundation Staff | Communication, Montessori Administrators, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

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Reaching & Maintaining Operational Sustainability

by The Montessori Foundation Staff | MFA, Montessori Administrators, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

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Creating Workplace Culture with Jody Malterre

by Jody Malterre | Communication, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

School leaders juggle not only administrative responsibilities, but also the even bigger job of cultivating a healthy work culture It’s not easy to find programs that support how we do this! We will be discussing a few ways help foster staff relations based on trust,...