Professional Learning
Classroom Practice
Safe Learning Cultures and Emotional Support for Children
January 25–March 22 • $195
Seven-week course with five live sessions
This course provides practical strategies and research-based interventions to help children feel safe and ready to learn in Montessori classrooms, schools, and communities.
Ambientes Seguros y Apoyo Emocional para Estudiantes Sesiones en línea
1 de febrero – 29 de marzo • $195
Curso de 7 semanas con 5 sesiones en vivo
En estos tiempos de estrés e incertidumbre, nuestros estudiantes pueden tener retos emocionales. Como educadores, debemos estar preparados para apoyarles.
Assistants Training
School-based preparation for support
Open enrollment year-round • $195
12-hour online course with school-based support
This course introduces new Montessori primary and elementary assistants to the prepared environment and their role within it. Enrollment requires a school-based facilitator to support aspects of the course.
Assistants can take the course individually, or a whole school can subscribe at a group rate.
Montessori Coaching and Child Study
Coaches Training
January 26–March 9 • $295
Seven-week online course with seven online sessions
This course prepares coaches to support effective, equitable Montessori practice, and to work with leadership teams to strengthen developmentally supportive practices throughout the program. This spring’s sessions will address coaching under in-person and distance learning conditions.
The training will be offered in two sections—
choose the day and time that works best for you:
Coaches Workshop
January–May 2021 • $445
Eight online sessions through the end of the school year
This Workshop brings participants from previous Coaches Trainings together to refine and deepen their work, ask questions, share, reflect, problem-solve, and implement Coaching tools during this unusual year.
Child Study Workshop
January–May 2021 • $295
Five online sessions through the end of the school year
This Workshop brings participants from previous Child Study Trainings together in small, facilitated groups to refine and deepen their work, and supports them as they implement Child Study through this unusual year.
Assessment
DERS – Developmental Environment Rating Scale
Orientation
Open enrollment year-round • $85
A three-hour online orientation to the DERS
This course introduces leaders and teachers to the Developmental Environment Rating Scale and how it can be used for coaching, support, and classroom assessment.
DERS – Developmental Environment Rating Scale
Training and Certification
Open enrollment year-round • $380
A six-hour online training and certification
The DERS, used for coaching, support, and assessment, measures classroom quality according to developmental outcomes such as executive functions, linguistic and cultural fluency, and social-emotional flexibility. This course provides training and a one-year subscription.
Assessment Playbook Tool Study
Open enrollment year-round • $295
Nine recorded sessions plus live office hours
The Montessori Assessment Playbook is a strategy manual and collection of tools for implementing an assessment model grounded in Montessori and supporting human flourishing.
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