A Home for Public Montessori

We sustain Montessori in the public sector through a community network, teacher training, school support, and field-tested tools.

By public Montessorians, for public Montessorians

Our 2024 Conference and Retreat offers two-and-a-half days of insight, inspiration, and implementation.

More Montessori For More Children

What We Do

We support and sustain public Montessori schools, leaders, and teachers, while growing and connecting a national public Montessori community.

Why We Do It

NCMPS - Why we do it
Equitable, accessible, sustainable public Montessori programs have the power to disrupt racism, poverty, and structural inequality and transform lives and societies for peace and justice.

Our Impact

NCMPS makes public Montessori happen

Our network, services, tools, and professional development have helped hundreds of teachers change the lives of thousands of children.

150+

Public Schools Supported

through training, workshops and direct services

1,800+

Assessment Playbooks Sold

1,300+

Coaches, Leaders & Teachers Supported

through workshops and professional development

Our Networks

Supporting a Community

Personal outreach draws a diverse community together in a web of connection.

NCMPS supports communication across the public Montessori community with several organizations offering newsletters, teacher training and employment resources and a database of Montessori schools.

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Cheyenne Eete Kippenberger

Cheyenne Eete KippenbergerCheyenne is a Seminole and Chilean woman, advocate for Indigenous people and a former Miss Indian World. She has utilized her platform as an ambassador to advocate for environmental protections of the Florida Everglades, overturn adverse stereotypes and stigmatizations of mental health in tribal communities, encourage healing through identity and self love, and combat the negative, stereotypical narrative of Native and Indigenous people through education. Cheyenne also provides motivational speaking presentations, empowerment workshops, pageantry coaching, cultural and historical consulting, hosts and emcees, and presents on topics such as culture as prevention, identity, human trafficking, domestic violence, and much more. She strives for authenticity and to live a healthy life physically, mentally and spiritually through her culture and teachings.

Desmond Blackburn

Desmond BlackburnFacing History and Ourselves is a non-profit organization founded in 1976 to “use lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.” Today, Facing History and Ourselves is a global organization with a network of hundreds of thousands of educators reaching millions of students worldwide, providing extensive curriculum, professional development, and resources. CEO Desmond Blackburn began his public education career as a high school math teacher in Florida and rose through the state’s school system, including serving as principal at a public Montessori school, to become Superintendent of Brevard Public Schools. Blackburn has served as CEO of the New Teacher Center, a national nonprofit that works to disrupt the predictability of educational inequities for systemically underserved students. He was previously Deputy Chancellor of School Leadership for the New York City Department of Education, the largest school system in the nation, before joining Facing History and Ourselves this year.