


The Student Retention Ecosystem!

School Culture Part II – What can we do and how can we get there? – A conversation and shared wisdom about building and participating in your school’s culture.

Culture Concerns – How to lead the changes that help your school grow like you want it to.

Enrollment/Marketing Ideas: how to speak to prospective families and easily gain enrollment

What do parents care about in your middle school or high school? How is your program meeting student and parent hopes?
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Growing Your Own… Supporting Teachers in Training
During this time of focus on teacher recruitment and retention, we will discuss when to send teachers for training and considerations for sponsorship. How can we best support successful partnerships with supervising teachers as well as support the self-directed intern...
What Children Really Get Out of Montessori

Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools and how Montessori coaching transforms schools.

TWO PART SERIES ON THE SUPRISING POWER OF PARENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS AT OUR SCHOOLS

TWO PART SERIES ON THE SUPRISING POWER OF PARENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS AT OUR SCHOOLS

Solving Seemingly Impossible Talent Puzzles without Hiring
Solving organizational role vacancies with staff already part of an organization can provide opportunities for those staff to grow and develop and for the organization to benefit from their organizational acumen. Unfortunately, too often our knee jerk reaction as...
Staff Planning for Next Year – Comings, Goings, and Growth.
This is the time of year when school leaders ask themselves the following questions. Who is staying and who is leaving, who needs to move on, and who needs to grow in their teaching practice or professionalism? Our discussion will focus on how we make staffing...
Budgeting for your School in a Time of Rising Costs
Currently in the United States and in many places around the world costs are on the rise. This week, Tim and Marc Seldin will open a conversation on how schools can re-examine their projected budget for the coming school year and prepare for rising costs., With a...
The Courage To Be a Montessori Parent
By Joyce St. Giermaine Montessori is great for little children but that’s it! Montessori is warm and fuzzy. Children enjoy it, but the real world isn’t warm and fuzzy. They have to grow up sometime. I’m worried that Montessori shelters my...
Why Parents Tend Not To Continue With Montessori

Sample Financial Aid Policy #1
I. Introduction A. Rationale Part of the mission of the _____ School is to demonstrate that intelligence is not rare in the universe, but rather can be cultivated if we begin to provide children with the right intellectual and emotional environments from an early age...
Refining your Marketing Message: Points to Ponder
Refining your Marketing Message: Points to Ponder was published in the June 2006 issue of Montessori Leadership By Jake Mortensen Marketing your school can seem like an immense undertaking, but it does not have to be. Even a little marketing can go a long way if you approach it correctly, with a good strategy being […]