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What is a formative assessment and why should I use one?

by Kathy Leitch | Administrative Team, Communication, Faculty, Montessori Administrators, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

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Social Justice Parenting ‘The Child is Both the Hope and the Promise for the Future’ M Montessori

by Dr. Traci Baxley | Black History, Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Grandparenting, Montessori Parenting, Parenting on the Same Page, Social Justice, Video, Webinars / MFA

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Time for a Re-Set! Part 2

by Christine Lowry | Administrative Team, Children with Exceptionalities, Communication, Faculty, Montessori Administrators, Research, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

In this 2- part conversation, we will discuss the “burn-out” our teachers, and we as leaders, are experiencing as this school year comes to an end. Using a recent post from Edutopia “How Burned Out Are You? A Scale for Teachers, we can frame our conversation toward...

Time for a Re-Set! Part 1

by Christine Lowry | Administrative Team, Children with Exceptionalities, Communication, Faculty, Montessori Administrators, Research, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

In this 2- part conversation, we will discuss the “burn-out” our teachers, and we as leaders, are experiencing as this school year comes to an end. Using a recent post from Edutopia “How Burned Out Are You? A Scale for Teachers, we can frame our conversation toward...

Montessori Town Hall, June 1st, 2022

by Cindy Acker | Black History, Gender, School Resources, Town Hall, Video, Webcasts / IMC

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CAN THE WORK OF THE ASSISTANT TEACHER BE FRAMED AS A GROWTH MINDSET? Deconstructing a Classroom Hierarchy

by Jonathan Wolff | Administrative Team, Communication, Faculty, Montessori Administrators, Research, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

In too many Montessori programs the Assistant Teacher continues to be viewed and treated like some kind of blue collar worker, assigned the fixed roles of “restorer of the environment” and “behavior management SWAT team.” The Montessori cultural curriculum teaches...

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SILENCE – Encourage Deep Thinking, Collaboration, and Community-Building By Practicing the “Reflective Pause”

by Jonathan Wolff | Montessori Administrators, Research, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webcasts / IMC

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Creativity, Ecological Intelligence, Cultivating the Cosmic Task at Home and School

by Kelly Johnson | ML March 2022, The International Montessori Council

PART 1: Creativity and Cultivation of the Cosmic Task Creativity — and being a creative thinker — is elusive and inherent all at once. As humans, we all have immense potential for creativity across all fields of life and learning — from art to science, to social and...

TEC/TEP Update: Congratulations to VMAT Gradautes

by International Montessori Council Staff | ML March 2022, The International Montessori Council

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MACTE Update

by International Montessori Council Staff | ML March 2022, The International Montessori Council

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Implementing Servant – Leadership in a Montessori School Part 1

by International Montessori Council Staff | ML March 2022, The International Montessori Council

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Flip Your Organizational Chart

by Charlie Biggs | ML March 2022, The International Montessori Council

Leading Your School the Montessori Way: Flip Your Organizational Chart! Would you like to lead your school in a way that’s more consistent with Montessori values? If you would, I have a simple suggestion that can help you move in that direction: Flip your...