Leading With Emotional Intelligence

by Dane L. Peters | Administrative Team, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), ML 2021, Montessori Administrators, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

On Cue Everyone, “Consider EQ before IQ” by Dane Peters from Montessori Leadership November 2021       “I knew I was a relatively smart guy, with an average or a little bit above average IQ, but I knew I had something going for me in my ability to connect with people,...

So What Is Special Education?

by Christine Lowry | Administrative Team, Challenging Behaviors, Children with Exceptionalities, Educational Program Coordination, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), MFA, ML 2021, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

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Spotlight on One of Our IMC Accredited Schools: Garden Oaks Montessori

by Lorna McGrath | ML 2021, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Leadership Magazine Online Issue, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

 Garden Oaks is a public school in a neighborhood of Houston, TX, called the Heights. The school was under-enrolled at 405 students with five Montessori and 19 traditional classrooms when Dr. Lindsey Pollock arrived in 2008. The district tasked her to convert the...

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...

Book Review: Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom

by Mary Schneider | Challenging Behaviors, Discipline, Faculty, ML 2021, Montessori Teachers, The International Montessori Council

I have been a Montessorian and educator for over forty years — as an assistant, a Primary and Lower Elementary head teacher, a school founder, a head of school, and a Montessori teacher educator. As I read Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom, I found...

Maria Montessori’s 151st Birthday

by Kathleen Dzurza | Maria Montessori, ML 2021, The International Montessori Council

In Celebration of Maria Montessori!   We celebrated the anniversary of Montessori’s 151st Birthday in 2021 and we look forward to celebrating 115 years since the founding of the very first Casa dei Bambini on January 6, 2022.   As August 31, 2021, marked the...

Letter from the IMC Executive Director

by Kathy Leitch | ML 2021, Montessori Leadership Magazine Online Issue, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership

Dear IMC Members… Our IMC community has shown incredible resilience and optimism through almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have worked together to support and encourage each other, share resources, policies, procedures, and inspiring stories. We...