LEAD MONTESSORI

CONFERENCE

2019

Building Montessori Schools to Last!

 WELCOME TO
LEAD MONTESSORI 2019
 And I am
Peter Davidson!!!
Hello, I am
Hi, I'm
Mirka Vlčková
MEET
Sue Pritzker

I am
Kathy Minardi! FOUNDERS
Miroslava Vlč ková Reflecting on Lead Montessori
Read Miroslava Vlčková’s reflection of Lead Montessori 2019
The end of 2019 is approaching
fast.
I am sitting at my home office,
looking out the window to the
winterry garden. It is semi sunny,
cold and very quiet everywhere.
Thoughts and memories of Lead
Montessori 2019 are running
through my head. I am thinking:
“It is incredible that another year
has gone by. And it is hard to
believe that we are working on a
3rd Lead Montessori program
already. Lead Montessori 2020 is
coming up. In spite of that, it
feels as if the work has just
started..”
When I stood in front of you,
Lead Montessori participants,
welcoming you to 2019 event, I
was a bit anxious. Last year we
created large expectations and
sometimes it can be hard to
stand up to those. Second year
is always very hard.  Highest
But it took me only a small
moment to realise that we are
ok. When I looked into your
faces and saw your eyes, I saw
that friends and colleagues
came back, that you are a family
that has just arrived, and you
are glad to have come back
“home” and amongst your own.
When you go to Google to find
out “What is a true
community?”, this definition
comes up:
Community means living for The
Good of All,
commitment to helping each
other demonstrate unconditional
love for one another, and
supporting the constant growth
and improvement of ourselves,
each other, and our global
environment.
Or, and I like this one even better:
True community we subscribe to is
a celebration of human differences
and the profound healing,
communication, love and creation
that comes from living in such a
community environment.
They are beautiful definitions of
what Lead Montessori
Community is. I am sure you,
who participated, only agree.  Lead Montessori do, don't we,
So, how was it for me this year?  also focus on supporting and
Many profound things took place
and were said.
We looked at our schools as the
source of regenerative power. We
sow the seed of our school, water
and nourish the business roots,
community and other roots of
the school. We help all humans at
the school to reach their
potential and then, the tree bears
fruit. The tree itself becomes
regenerative sustainable force.
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And the child is the main
sustainability factor in it.
Also, we reminded ourselves that
building sustainable schools is a
long run, it is an always evolving
non-linear process, and we need 
to be patient and take it one
step at a time.
There are many things that we
can do, which help us reach this
ambitious goal and we have all
the ability to build our schools,
and therefore the future of our
societies, in a sustainable way,
but first of all, we have to have
the stamina to go for it. We at
right?
Once we are on the way, we
shall always, always!, make
child-centered decisions. And
remember that parents of our
children are our partners.
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Helping all humans in our school
to grow and develop means to
developing your staff. Your
teachers and everyone else in
your school building who is a big
person is also important! And it is
up to you to always say what is
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obvious, do not expect people will
get it. Do not be worried to step
out of your comfort zone and lead
the difficult conversation. If you
don't lead it, no-one else will learn
to do so.
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"I saw that friends and
ávok
colleagues came back, that
you are a family that has
just arrived, and you are
glad to have come back
“home” and amongst your
own."
Miroslava Vlčková
Another gooooood piece of
advice is: Guide your teachers,
do not try to control them. For
many of us, a hard learned
lesson, right?
It also helps to keep in mind that
what you focus on, that grows.
This one is particularly powerful
for me. It is true when I think of
myself. It is true when I think of
my colleagues. It is true when I
think of my children and of the
relationship with my husband. I
will definitely remember this
one.  we serve.
The greatest force of the
universe is love. Create elastic
relationships with people - bonds
which do not break, but stretch.
And when you see two extreme
opinions, know that truth is
usually in the middle.
And! One last one :). When you
feel small, be reminded that
the smallest person in the
room can make the biggest
difference. Because “You are
not the knot!” And whatever
happens, the sun is going to rise
again tomorrow.
I just recently turned 45 years
and I must honestly say that I feel
something in me has changed. As
I entered into what is inarguably
second half of my life, I am much
better at focusing on what is
really important.
And I am much better at
determining what I want to spend
my time on and what really
makes a difference in this world.
(I wish I had known this earlier, I
would have saved myself and
others a lot of time doing things
which were not that meaningful
:)).
Anyway, Lead Montessori is it. It
is what I plan to spend my time
on in the next year, because I feel
very strongly that Lead
Montessori will make a time on in the next year,
difference. It will make a
difference in my life, in your lives,
and in the lives of children whom
Enjoy reading this reminiscing
Lead Montessori 2019 Ebook. I
hope it will bring back a lot of
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important memories, thoughts
and “aha” moments for you.
And for those of you who did not
attend the conference, perhaps it
will be an inspiration to come
next year. The date is set!
Faithfully Lead Montessori's,
e.g. yours,
Mirka Vlčková
"Lead Montessori is it. It is
what I plan to spend my
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because I feel very
strongly that Lead
Montessori will make a
difference. It will make a
difference in my life, in
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your lives, and in the lives
ávok
of children whom we
serve."
Miroslava Vlčková
Pre-Conference Day - October 30, 2019

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Why Pre-Conference day?
Lots of different topics were discussed by the participants at Lead Montessori 2018. And there were a few really burning issues.The
pre-conference day covered two of the most crucial.  We invited Catherine Massie and Barbara Luborsky to speak about
Inclusion in Montessori Schools and Peter Davidson to give Overview of Montessori for leaders who are not trained in
Montessori yet. Meet these speakers:

Peter Davidson Catherine Massie Barbara Luborsky

Peter devoted his life to children and the
Montessori movement, with 6 years in the
classroom and 37 years in administration
including 27 years as Head of School at
Montessori School of Beaverton, Oregon.
Peter consults, speaks on management
topics and provides leadership seminars
across USA and Canada and around the
world, including Russia, Australia, GB, the
Czech Republic, Israel and the Palestinian
Territories.
Founder and Director of Montessori Medical
Partnership for Inclusion (MMPI), an
international advocacy and support
organization dedicated to expanding the
inclusion of children with more diverse needs
in Montessori schools around the world.
Catherine has been studying and researching
Montessori education, Special Education and
the uniquely powerful developmental impact
of combining the two.  She studied Montessori
Education at CISM, Bergamo, Italy, and has
a  Master’s degree in Elementary and Special
Education.
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Barbara Luborsky, OTR/L is a  pediatric
occupational therapist with over 25 years
of experience treating children with
various diagnoses. 
Following her OT training, she earned an
Infant Toddler Specialization certificate
after spending a year as a Research Fellow
at the Georgetown University Hospital
Child Development Center. She is the
owner of Way to Grow, LLC a  private
practice in Frederick, MD, USA.
Change Equals Opportunity
Pre-Conference Day, October 30, 2019
Every year we learn and try something new. This year one of the new things for
Lead Montessori  was Pre-Conference day. We were a bit nervous before it all
started, thinking of how it will go. In the end it was amazing!!! It was such a
refreshing experience, in a “homy” atmosphere of Montessori Institute
Prague, where you can truly connect with people, get to know them, talk to
speakers, eat good food  with them without a rush, and make yourself
comfortable.
We had two amazing Workshops on that day. One was bringing up a very vital
Inclusion in Montessori School
Catherine Massie and Barbara Luborsky
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topic of inclusion in Montessori Schools (and in society in general).
It was led by Catherine Massie and Barbara Luborsky from the US, who devoted
their lives to help inclusion be not just a word or a concept, but to be an everyday
practice and everyday life in Montessori Schools. The second  workshop was given
by Peter Davidson, who stole our hearts and gave us so much inspiration
throughout the whole conference! The second theme was Montessori Overview -
an overview for leaders who yet did not have time to do their Montessori training.
Overview of Montessori
Peter Davidson
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How can we Build Montessori Schools Prepared for Inclusion?
Reflective Article by Svetlana Kokushkina
Once I was helping at one school as ''Look, that one is empty, go play administrators, teachers, medical We're really hoping that Catherine
an assistant. I was just starting and there''. But Johny wanted to play team members), preparation of your and Barbara will visit us one more
had no idea what it really meant to together with the rest of the children. environment (inside and outside time to give the full-time workshop
be in a Montessori environment in Adults weren't doing anything about areas, psychological environment, on inclusion.
a role of an assistant. the situation.  hallways and entries), and
preparation of children. All three are It was an eye-opening experience,
There was a boy in the class. Let's On that day I knew I wouldn't inseparably important. to talk to women who are making
call him Johny (this is not his real continue working at that school. But I our World Change every day of their
name). He was “different”. He also had too many questions and too The process of making inclusion work lives, supporting children, treating
would start crying, or destroy little answers of how to handle this is very complex, and it can happen them as true individuals, thinking of
materials, when he was upset with situation. only if everyone in the whole school ways how to let each one of them
something. And he was upset understands the importance of thrive to their best.
sometimes. It was painful to watch I didn’t know how to help children cooperation of the staff, children and
without knowing what to do... accept more differences. Honestly, I parents. By Svetlana Kokushkina
have a hard time accepting many
All the children seemed to be differences myself. A very important point was the
careful around him. He had an constant presence of a medically
assistant, a girl who seemed to be And then I came to the workshop trained specialist in the school, who
confused even more than me. Her devoted to Inclusion, given by can see the background of the issue,
job was to take care of Johny, in a Catherine Massie and Barbara who can implement the needed
way that would allow other children Luborsky, who understand  inclusion practices to help the classroom
to study. Johny could choose any as a normal way of leading a school, function together, and who can train
activity, even if other children were and they use this concept in practice. the teaching staff how to behave with
not permitted to do that. The the children, how to solve difficult
teacher preferred that Johny would Barbara and Catherine explained to situations that can happen in the
always be busy and behave quietly. us that Inclusion is not something classroom. With respect.
given. It's a process.  And if you treat For more information on
Once, the teacher told me: ''Next inclusion seriously and try to Catherine and Barbara talked Inclusive Montessori
year Johny won't be here with us implement it in practice, there's a about  the necessity of knowing the Schools
anymore. I don’t see the reason for serious preparation that should be law and knowing how to request help
him to stay''... done. and support for the school and for Contact
Later that day I saw older children If you want to build a fully inclusive the children. Catherine Massie
sending Johny away to a separate Montessori School, you need to work  Catherine@Montessori4Inclusion.org
sandpit: on preparation of adults (parents,
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Are you interested to
learn more about
Inclusion?

Catherine Massie and Barbara

Luborsky are in charge of organising

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an amazing event in the USA

Space is limited, make sure to make your reservation on time

More Info: Catherine@Montessori4Inclusion.org

Overview of Montessori
By Peter Davidson
What is it like to start a Montessori
School? Is it difficult? Is it even
possible to make it happen if I don't
have a Montessori Training yet?
These are the questions we often
hear from people who love the
concept of Montessori Pedagogy,
who would love to develop this
concept and bring it to the
community, but didn't manage to
get Montessori Education yet.
How many projects were created in
somebody's mind and then got
stuck over one simple question:
HOW???
For those who found themselves in
a similar situation, we offered this
workshop.
Peter Davidson, one of the co-
founders of Lead Montessori, and
our dear friend, shared  insights
based on 30 years of experience in
Montessori Pedagogy and with
managing Montessori schools.
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He was there to show that nothing
is impossible!
Together with the participants of
the workshop, Peter went through
the planes of development of the
child, giving the insight for the main
ideas to consider when creating a
Montessori environment for each
specific age group. 
We really hope that such
introduction will be of service to the
participants of  this workshop. Who
knows, maybe next year we will
have several new Montessori
Schools to welcome on Lead
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Montessori?
Are you in a similar situation?
DO YOU NEED SUPPORT?
OR SOMEONE TO SHARE
THEIR EXPERIENCE?
Join Lead Montessori Group
on Mighty Networks which is an
online platform we use
for our community
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"Whenever It Starts is the Right Time!"

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*“At each Lead Montessori Conference we create a particular “conference language”.
This is one of the citations from one of the speakers which we want to retain in our memories…"
Overview of Lead Montessori by Kathy Minardi
Read Kathy Minardi’s reflection of Lead Montessori 2019

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I was so happy to see so many people return for another year
and I think it contributed to a multi-year depth of support
and understanding.  People coming back had a context they
could contribute to the new school leaders coming in. Next
year we may see a full 3-year cycle of depth of experience,
just as we see in our Montessori classrooms.  It was so
wonderful to have people from throughout the world join
together to learn together more about guiding our
Montessori schools. 

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We did some excellent work together on key areas of
knowledge in sustaining a Montessori school.  And again, the
overwhelmingly authentic and deeply loving nature of this
gathering was so nourishing!  I am certain that this
experience was  shared in common by everyone and
enhanced our conference’s meaning and purpose. I recently
saw a quote by Carl Jung that speaks to our experience
together: “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside,
awakes!”    We did our share together of both dreaming and
awakening.

With kind regards,

Kathy Minardi
A Montessori School is Alive!
Kathy Minardi

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We began this work on sustainability with some key concepts to inform us:

Our aim is to create a school culture that is regenerative so that it is strong and capable
of continuous learning and transformation in a healthy way in response to change.  We
experience the reality that change is the nature of life itself.

Sustainability is not about building it and then keeping it in a fixed state, as that is not in
tune with the nature of life. 
A Montessori school is alive.
The way to sustain life is to build and nurture community – this is the profound lesson
we learn from nature.

An understanding of pattern is crucial to understanding living systems.  A Montessori

school has a “pattern integrity.” We use the knot as a metaphor for that pattern integrity.

We can pass through the knot many continuous threads (people, facilities etc.) over many

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years.  The knot stays true to its integrity even as the threads that pass through the knot
come and go.

Montessori schools have this quality of pattern integrity around the world because the
principles of human development are universal.  A Montessori school is, in this way,
much the same throughout the world.

We come and go, our staff and school families come and go and are impacted to the
better for that opportunity, but the Montessori principles, integral to the knot pattern,
will remain steadfast. 

We are not the knot, but we are in service to the principles that it represents as the
metaphor for a Montessori school created to aid life!

Kathy Minardi
Building Our Schools to Last
Kathy Minardi's Keynote Overview

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The Tree image of the living school represents an understanding that our
schools actually have two natures: 

A BUSINESS NATURE AND A HUMAN LIVING SYSTEMS NATURE

These are represented as the “roots” of the tree as they must be strong in order
to support and help grow the tree. 

We work on how to nourish the roots of the business area of the school and
how to nourish the community nature of the school. We learn how to prepare
each environment of the roots so that they can flourish and support the tree. 
This is primarily the work among adults who are in service to the school’s
mission.

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When the tree is strong and healthy it will produce the “fruits” we hope to see:
a child who grows to their full potential, families who thrive in raising their
child and in valuing the Montessori environment, a school that thrives as a
learning community of practice in continuous development in service to the
child and the Montessori environment, a local community that feels the positive
impact of the Montessori community in its midst, and societies that evolve
socially in positive ways.  This was the vision.

Montessori proposed as an evolutionary purpose of our work for the future of

humanity.

By Kathy Minardi
Sustaining the Montessori School through Community Building
Kathy Minardi's Workshop Summary

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One of the most important roots of sustainability is community
building. 

Community building practices work to achieve social cohesion

among the adult community.  If the adult community is healthy, it
will have a positive impact on the children.

The Montessori environments for children are prepared to

accomplish this social cohesion, and we also need to prepare
them for the adults. 

Community is defined as people having a sense of belonging, a

sense of influence and a sense of psychological safety.  A key
principle put into practice in achieving these characteristics of

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community is to make sure that the leader/guide includes in
every adult gathering a time for differentiation of each individual.
Differentiation leads to integration or unity.  This is a congruency
to Montessori practice in the child’s environment.

We learned about various ways to put that into practice during

the workshop. We looked at the prepared environment – both
tangible and intangible – for building community among the
adults. 

We also reviewed methods of hosting gatherings and meetings

where we can build community. Some of those are: Circle
Process, Pair/Share, RAP, World Café, Open Space.

By Kathy Minardi
Creating a Thriving Staff Culture for Sustainability
Kathy Minardi's Keynote Summary

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Culture is, in part, the DNA of a school in terms of its
shared beliefs, values and attitudes and how those are
put into action.

The important word is “shared.” To thrive and

positively empower everyone, we must hold in
common shared beliefs and values.

A Montessori leader guides a culture rather than

controls it.    An “Everyone Culture” is a mutually
reinforcing model of a workplace for continuous

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human development and improvement. It aligns with
Montessori principles to create a “deliberately
developmental school” where it is safe to continue to
improve one’s practices and develop as an adult in
order to fulfill the mission of the school.  

We looked at some of the unconscious fears that

prevent trust in building culture and the practices
school leaders need to employ to overcome these
fears.

Key to creating a thriving culture is sharing the vision

often – where we are and where we are going.

By Kathy Minardi
Staff Professional Growth and Learning Models and Tools
Kathy Minardi's Workshop Summary

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Presentation of a growth model of professional
coaching and a growth model of professional
evaluation that represents, supports and encourages
continuous learning and improvement of practice.

Experience with the “Immunity Map” tool as a way

of uncovering what we unconsciously do that
prevents us from reaching some of our goals due to
our worries and unconscious drives. 

In a deliberately developmental school, the school

leader and other staff members can mutually support
each other in efforts for self- improvement and
overcoming some of the behaviors that get in our

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way.

We experienced the “Charter of Agreements” we

want to create among our staff community as way of
forming a mutual commitment to achieving a healthy
workplace among one another that intentionally
builds community. 

We looked at the importance of establishing a

healthy social and emotional environment
throughout the entire school and the history of this
important aspect of our work.

By Kathy Minardi
Practicing Leadership Authenticity and Presence
Kathy Minardi's Workshop Summary

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The power of our leadership resides in our presence – in the
nature of our being.  It is not about bossing or impressing or
playing a role artificially.

Oddly enough, the more authentic and vulnerable we become in

our way of being with our community, the greater our
effectiveness.  This is about becoming a well-differentiated leader
who can be authentic, take a stand when needed and be true to
one’s beliefs and principles.

When we are worried about what others think, we “eye the scope”
instead of acting from our own truth.  A key to becoming oneself
is also being a life-long learner always working on one’s own
self-development.

We looked at some of the characteristics of a well-differentiated

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adult in relation to the emotional field of the living human system
we are guiding as key to guiding a school.

The differences between reactivity and creativity were considered

as part of this authentic presence we hope to develop as leaders.

The tools that are helpful in becoming mindful and deeply aware
of our feelings and their regulation, our moods and our ability to
communicate within conflict or disagreement were explored. 

We looked at the work in this area from the Yale Center for
Emotional Intelligence.  We acknowledged that Maria Montessori
was a truly well-differentiated human being in all the ways we
hope to possess in ourselves.

By Kathy Minardi
 *
Floating or Paddling Like a Swan...

Which one
are you
today?
Swans are beautiful. They swim on water
and look peaceful and elegant.
But under water, where no one can see,
they may be paddling like crazy.

*“At each Lead Montessori Conference we create a particular “conference language”.

This is one of the citations from one of the speakers which we want to retain in our memories…"
 Overview of Lead Montessori by Peter Davidson
Read Peter Davidson’s reflection of Lead Montessori 2019

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For me Lead Montessori 2019 was all about the people who attended.  They came from all over the world, This allows us to maintain
some with large schools and others with small, some with much experience and others with none, with our own identity separate
but one thing in common: a sincere desire to learn how to serve children and their communities better.  from the school, and more
They came loaded with questions and burdened with feelings of isolation and loneliness.    easily establish boundaries,
What they found was this welcoming community of take things less personally,
common experience and purpose, people with whom they make allowances for our
could learn and share, commiserate and support.  It was lives outside of the school,
such an inspiration to me, as I renewed my bonds with and see it as a goal for the
friends of many years and made new and lasting school to outlive even our
friendships, as well.  Together we elevated our work and very participation in it. 
lifted one another to new heights. Our role is to keep the rope strong and not allow
  ourselves as part of that rope to fray.  In that way we are

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We began this year’s Lead Montessori conference by
constantly working toward our own sustainability while
revisiting the image of the Lead Montessori logo: the knot.
we work to sustain the school. 
It became emblematic of so much of what Sustainability was
we discussed and embraced over the three the theme of the
days.  As Futurist Buckminster Fuller weekend and we
described it, a knot is a “pattern integrity.” I explored it in terms
used a rope in three differently colored of the community of
sections to illustrate that the knot is not the staff and parents, as
rope, as one can pass each color of rope well as our own
through the knot and the pattern integrity of sustainability as
the knot itself remains.  The rope is what leaders.
makes the knot visible, but it is not the knot.  I know that I came away from the weekend feeling renewed
and sustained, ready to continue my work in support of the
As the knot is analogous to the pattern integrity that is your school, so the rope is analogous to the
universal child with vigor and perseverance.
community and resources of the school.  As administrators, we can see ourselves as a critical strand of the
rope, but it is significant to recognize that we are not the knot (the school) itself. By Peter Davidson
 "Remember,
You are
NOT
THE KNOT!" *

Peter Davidson

*“At each Lead Montessori Conference we create a particular “conference language”.

This is one of the citations from one of the speakers which we want to retain in our memories…"
Do you want to burn out?
Sustaining the Leader to Sustain the School

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Peter Davidson's Keynote Overview

Do you want to burn out? 

Or have a long and
illustrious career?  What
you are modeling for your
teachers? Self-care and
self-actualization or
unsustainable behavior
that could lead them to
also burn out? 

You can avoid burnout yourself and model healthy behavior for

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others through self-knowledge and self-care. 
Seek perspective by connecting with your unique lifetime goals,
"As hard as it feels at times,
assess your true self-worth and practice self-awareness.  At the same
time, establish healthy professional boundaries and get your THIS WORK IS THE PRIVILEGE.
schedule under control.
You have the opportunity to be YOUR BEST
You do not have to be the
first person at work every SELF every day and contribute to something
day and the last to that does so much good in the world and that
leave!  Prioritize your own
needs and make it a daily may very well outlast you. 
practice of gratitude and
BE GRATEFUL."
living in the moment.
Peter Davidson
By Peter Davidson
My Favorite Parent Education Event
Peter Davidson's Workshop Summary
To be effective, Parent Education
events should include an element of
surprise, to help parents suspend
their judging/critiquing frame of
mind and be open to what Montessori
has to offer.  To illustrate this, we
proved Pi   in “the Montessori way”.
Rather than lecturing parents on topics
of concern, create an experience that
illustrates what you would like them to
learn or change.
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For instance, to illustrate that expecting a product
every day from one’s child is counterproductive to
natural learning, you could create a parent event
where each parent receives the same four
Montessori lessons:
- Hand Washing;
- Timeline of Life;
- Pythagorean Plates;
- Detective Adjective Game.
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Participants learn something from each as they
rotate through the four lessons, none of which
result in a product for a child to take home!
By Peter Davidson
" The take-away is obvious:
Often it’s about the process,
and not product!"
Peter Davidson
Support Your Teachers and Students Through Objective Observation
Peter Davidson's Workshop Summary

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We talked about different kinds of
observation, including the daily informal
“touching the back wall of every classroom”
as well as the more formal but less frequent
one- to three-hour objective observation.

We also discussed the “Ladder of

Inference” that leads us to jump to

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conclusions, and ways to come
down the “ladder” and return to
objectivity.

By Peter Davidson

We looked at a format for recording objective

data from the formal observation, and ways Join Lead Montessori Group
on Mighty Networks which is an
to interpret that data in helpful ways,
online platform we use
encouraging the teacher to draw her own for our community
conclusions. https://lead-montessori.mn.co
Don’t Work Longer – Work Smarter Through
Planning and Prioritizing
Peter Davidson's Workshop Summary
Prioritize!!!

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If you are going to get everything done
without burning yourself out you will
need to plan and prioritize!

Learn from brain science and schedule

the most attention-rich tasks (creative
writing, prioritizing, etc.) for when you
have a fresh and alert mind.

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Plan for the year ahead, one month at a
time, and refer to the plan as you
schedule each week. Track how you
spend your time and decide in which
quadrant each task belongs according to
its urgency and importance, paying
special attention to those tasks such as
observation that are not urgent but
nonetheless very important.

Then plan your next week accordingly!

By Peter Davidson
Change for Sustainability

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Read Sue Pritzker’s introduction to Lead Montessori 2019
All organizations are evolving--- always on the threshold of Maria Montessori, in her exploration of the child,
change.  Accepting and preparing for change is essential to suggested our efforts should rest in determining what is in
sustainability.  the best interest of the child.
 
We can best see the path to the future by exploring patterns in
nature. Indigenous populations have lived in harmony with the
natural world by looking for those patterns. Our communities thrive
when we know change will
come, we embrace it and put
our resources toward the
children who will inherit it.

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Sue Pritzker

In Montessori we prepare children for the future by

creating environments that match their developmental
needs:
“They have lived humbly in the face of the
0-6 They absorb their culture and become a child of
unknown, listening closely to all that is within
their time;
and beyond our human ways of knowing. They
6-12 They explore culture to understand
honor the very small things that create the
interdependencies of all cultures and nature;
largest shifts in the world.”
12-18:  They change from a ‘dependent’ to a
‘transformer’.  They begin the work of adults which is
Adrienne Marie Brown, Emergent Strategy
to transform the world around them.

By Sue Pritzker
Montessori Fusion
Sue Pritzker's Keynote Overview
The story of one school’s history and growth began with the
suggestion that Montessori leaders experience a “fusion” when

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they engage in Montessori work.  As the principles guide the
mindset of the leader, they also create the foundation of a
sustainable community.  The school that is guided by the principles
will have a clear path.  By focusing on what each child needs, every
decision in the community creates a standard of quality practice.
The physical environment, engagement of parents, caring staff and
visionary governance all move the community forward. 

Intentional hiring, program supportive budgeting, and child-

centered decision making are the keys to sustainability of the
school community.

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By Sue Pritzker
 
“We see the emergence of characteristics not usually associated
with adults, let alone children; a pleasure in working hard and a
satisfaction in challenge, a strong desire to collaborate and
cooperate with others, a love of service and helping others and an
urge to contribute.” 

EM Standing
Communication Plan
Sue Pritzker's Workshop Summary

One of the major efforts we make as Montessori leaders is

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toward parent understanding and engagement.  Children
will benefit when the principles of Montessori and the
school’s mission are consistently articulated with “user-
friendly” communication tools.  A master plan for
communication can assist a leader in getting our message
across, whether in a big school or small. 

This workshop shared a school communication plan with

·      Website structure
·      Assessment of tools

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·      Implementing strategic initiatives
·      Visualizing the child’s experience
·      Handbooks and Calendars
·      Social Media

Engaging parents is a fine art.  But it is also at the other

end of a good plan.

By Sue Pritzker
Teachers As Supervisors
Sue Pritzker's Workshop Summary
This workshop focused on helping teachers to be good
supervisors of others. 

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Montessori training does not always provide the
teaching adult with the principles for supporting,
encouraging and collaborating with another adult.
The adult cycle of development continues to need
support.

The leader can assist by creating an organizational

structure, hiring policy, and stated expectations to

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assist the teacher in developing a relationship with an
assistant and other support staff. 

Sample documents for job descriptions, evaluations,

performance improvement plans, and professional
development plans were shared, with the goal of
supporting every member of the school toward
growth and satisfaction in their work.

By Sue Pritzker
If you don't, who will? Self-Care
Sue Pritzker's Workshop Summary
While we all know that we need to have balance
in our lives, it is not always easy to find.

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Compassion fatigue is a condition attributed to
people who are drawn to helping or healing work.

Those who are drawn to Montessori work may be,

by their nature, outward directed; responding to
the needs of others before their own. Compassion
defines who they are and what they do.

It is essential to recognize that self-care requires

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connection, physical comfort, balance, and
personal (educational) growth.

Accepting that it is not bad to “care too much” is

the starting place for self-care. Asking for what
you need, preparing for change, and expanding
capacity by inward growth were described as
components of a sustainable plan for achieving
the personal-professional balance we all seek.

By Sue Pritzker
Walk and Talk
Lunch Self Care Session with Sue Pritzker

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Overview of Lead Montessori by Sue Pritzker

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Read Sue Pritzker’s reflection of Lead Montessori 2019

Lead Montessori’s second event seemed to flow easily from the

first (2018) event. While our hotel was bigger and less personal, "The vision and work of the
everything about our time together was in support of entire Lead Montessori team
developing friendship and professional collaboration. helped us expand the
community we started last
I believe we successfully transitioned from our focus on
“transforming self ---transforming organization”, which was our year and helped us take
key message last year to this year’s work on building a another step toward Lead
sustainable school community. The addition of group singing, Montessori being a
self-care activities (lunch time meditation and walk), and sustainable, professional

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graphic notation to capture our themes all provided essential community of leaders."
moments of community building. Sue Pritzker
The keynote messages offered stories and
reminders of how sustainability is a slow
and evolving process, intentional and
sequential. 

The workshops provided concrete ideas

for identifying and implementing the
building blocks of sustainability for the
leader, the teacher and the community. 

By Sue Pritzker
Overview of Lead Montessori by Inga Sieminski
Read reflection of Lead Montessori 2019 by Inga Sieminski
Montessori Orff

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Making music together … with 140+ attendees … sitting around
tables … in a room half the size of a soccer field???

YES, - WE DID! And it was so much fun! We all sang, clapped, tapped,
and snapped. We danced and pranced and dared to be playful and
silly.

Most of all, we practiced our collaborate spirit in a different way:

Adela and Vitezslav supported our sessions expertly on the beautiful
Orff instruments; our alert technicians gently miked us up, so we
not only sounded good, but could also move around without
tripping; the devoted LM team quietly resolved invisible details as if

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sprinkling fairy dust; Kathy, Sue, and Peter encouraged us with their
smiles and full-blown participation; Mirka resolutely moved tables
to transform our final song and dance into a deeply moving event;
and Svetlana did e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g to help us be our best.

I think, we all experienced that, in addition to our passions,

strategies, skills, inspiration, and hard work there is a bond that
evolves from very simple, primal instincts and effortlessly forms
community and a sense of universal belonging and togetherness.

Inga Sieminski
One, Two, Three, Say Hello To Me
Inga Sieminski and Orff Magic

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Greeting Song

One, two, three,

Say hello to me.

We’ll have fun with everyone.

One, two, three.

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More info about Orff Music and Inga:
https://www.montessoriorffmusic.com/

Montessori Orff Workshop in Prague

Lead by Inga Sieminski
April 4-5, 2020

More information at:

www.leadmontessori.com
Registrations:
courses@leadmontessori.com
Flash Presentations

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This year we tried a new concept for us on Lead
Montessori. We called it Flash Presentations.

We had eight presenters in one hour, with a challenge for

each presenter to give a speech and introduce their project
in six minutes.

The presenters were really good at that, and Flash

Presentations turned out to be a lot of fun.

We will be implementing new ways of presenting.

networking and group work within the next conference,

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really curious how it turns out!

We're happy to share with you these amazing projects.

Let's have a look!

In just a Flash! :)
Montessori Orff
Inga Sieminski

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Inga Sieminski has arrived to Lead Montessori
2019 to share her knowledge and inspiration
to dance, sing and move with the children. And
not only children, she made all of us remember
what it is like - to sing and play.

Orff pedagogy joins Montessori’s consideration

for each child’s specific needs through a multi-
sensory approach: visual, auditory, tactile,
bodily/kinesthetic, and vestibular.

Children choose from various forms of musical

expression through interactive modeling,
guided exploration, and improvisation. Their
active music-making opens many possibilities
for interaction with each other and elicits social
adjustments in a playful manner.

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While the doors for boundless imagination and
experimentation are wide open, the
framework of musical rules sets natural
boundaries and provides stability. More info about Orff Music and Inga:
https://www.montessoriorffmusic.com
In its primal approach, elemental music is also
universal. It is a basis from which to explore
musical traditions in one’s own culture.
_________________________________________________ Montessori Orff Workshop in Prague
Extracts from texts are taken from the website: Lead by Inga Sieminski
www.montessoriorffmusic.com
April 4-5, 2020

More information at: www.leadmontessori.com

Registrations: courses@leadmontessori.com
Whole School Leadership Institute
Kathy Minardi
In Flash Presentation Kathy Minardi
shared the information about Whole
School Leadership Institute.
Kathy Minardi is Executive Director
of Whole School Leadership, a  non-
profit organization founded to help
Montessori administrators around
the world to guide healthy
communities of children, families
and school staff. Kathy has 40 years
of experience as a school leader and
was the Head of School at Aidan
Montessori in Washington, DC for
nearly 20 years. Kathy presents for
NAMTA, AMI USA, Montessori
Australia Foundation, AMS and AMI.
Kathy shared that there will be the
Montessori Leadership Master
Course in Prague!
It will be led by Kathy herself, with
Peter Davidson and Sue Pritzker
visiting her and sharing their
experience. The course is meant to
help participants discover a new type
of Leadership, full of innovative
solutions and effective models of
leading the school and teams.
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It is meant to show a new dimension
of Work and Life balance, where
Leaders take care of themselves as
much as of their teachers, students
and environment.
So come visit us again in a beautiful
city of Prague for a refreshing
experience that will let you catch
a  new wave of Whole School
Leadership, full of new discoveries
and a  fresh look on our own
Montessori Leadership Journey.
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Certificate of Completion
issued by
Loyola University Maryland
Graduate School of Education
Center for Montessori Studies More info at: www.leadmontessori.com
Lead Montessori www.wholeschoolleadership.org
Registrations: courses@leadmontessori.com
Adizes for Education

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Anna Gurariy

To prepare us for life we do not need to know everything.

Nor a sample of everything. We need to learn to love to learn,
to know where to find what we want to learn, what we believe
is essential for us to learn.

Within this educational framework it is most important that

one learns not only from books but from other people, as well
as from stones and bees and stars. From everything. In short,
we need to teach how much there is to learn from
experience. To have an open mind. To let go of what one
knows in order to learn something new about the same
subject.

Anna Gurariy, founder and CEO of Montessori Kindergarten

Please feel free to contact Anna Gurariy in case you'd like to
''Guranya'' in Russia, founder and manager of Adizes for
learn more about her work in implementation ideas of Dr.

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Education project, has brought up the ideas of Adizes that can
Adizes in Montessori Education!
be used in Montessori Environments.
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Extracts from texts are taken from the website:
She is developing these ideas in Russia and ready to help with
www.ichakadizes.com/on-education
their implementation in Montessori Schools.

According to Dr. Adizes, what educators need to build into our More info at: www.guranya.com
education system is a program and a curriculum where
students want to continue learning for a lifetime. A
Email: annaom910@yandex.ru
curriculum that excites the student to find where he can learn
more about a subject that has aroused his/her interest and
passion. The point is the student recognizes there is more to
know.
Nienhuis Cfolio
Christian Willemsen
Christian Willemsen was a guest on
Lead Montessori 2019. Besides
representing Nienhuis Montessori,
he was there to tell us about the new
application that is being developed
by Nienhuis - Cfolio. C stands for the
Child and Folio - for Portfolio.
He shared the concept and main
features with us. It is the application
that keeps track of the actual
development of children.
Christian was very interested to
interact with teachers and school
leaders in order to get the feedback
and valuable insights for the further
development of the application.
We're very grateful to Christian for
attending Lead Montessori and
telling us about new projects of
Nienhuis.
Lead Montessori is a great place for
the new projects, don't you think?
Let's see what Nienhuis will tell us in
a year, we're really looking forward
to it!
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Christian Willemsen  at Lead Montessori 2019
It was great to be present during the 2nd edition of the Lead Montessori
Conference in Prague. Aside from the interesting lectures it was really
wonderful to meet and speak to and new people again.
It was really nice to have to opportunity to give a sneak preview of our
observation application Cfolio during the flash presentations. It felt a little
bit like an elevator pitch and it was a real challenge to entice the
participants for joining me during the open space session. Many people
had questions about it and quite few people joined me in the open space
session.
I think this format is really nice to make sure that every speaker gets the
right people at the table. In the open space session it would have been
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nice to have the chance to sit in a smaller separate room with a beamer.
Then you have the chance to make even more impact. But it worked really
well.
The feedback I received was really valuable and it has been an interesting
start of our journey towards creating something valuable for the
Montessori community.
Thank you!
Christian Willemsen
For more information about Cfolio please write to
Christian Willemsen: c.willemsen@nienhuis.nl
Global Adolescent Classroom

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Ožbe Štěblaj

Please meet Ožbe Štěblaj, who brings his fresh

look to a project of Global Adolescent Classroom.
And this project was born on Lead Montessori! Expected Global Adolescent Classroom
We're so proud to be a place that inspires new
projects to start.
Outcomes:

Montessori Development Park Slovenia is the
main pillar of the Erdkinder of the 21 st Century
program, it’s first of its kind and it perfectly
combines summertime camp activities with the
practical ‘solution-seeking’ learning, the greatest
tools of building quality life-long relationships.
The purpose of the project is for adolescents to
gain more confidence, life skills, global
connections and tools for finding and sticking
Improved knowledge with guided academic mentorships;
More confidence and clarity;
Powerful positive memories;
Personal development though teamwork and physical
achievement;
Social development through community activities and
excursions;
Lasting international relationships;
Improved English (official camp language) and general
communication skills.

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with their purpose on the path of life.

All the activities will be supported by the

professionals, engineers and PhDs in agriculture,
beekeeping, ecology and biology, mechanical and
electro engineering, microbiology, etc.
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Extracts from texts are taken from the
website: www.montessoridp.com More info at: www.montessoridp.com

Join Adolescent Programs Group on Mighty networks:

www.lead-montessori.mn.co

Email Ožbe Štěblaj: info@montessoridp.com

Montessori Student Exchange Program
The Story of the New Project Started on Lead Montessori 2018
Akira and Momoko Yokoyama
Lead Montessori 2019 has started
with a speech of Akira Yokoyama. His
Mother, Momoko Yokoyama, who has
visited Lead Montessori 2018,
organised an amazing experience for
her son - an Exchange Student Visit of
the Montessori School of
Charlottetown.
At first, Akira was very disappointed
that his mother found a school far in
the North, in Prince Edward Island,
Canada. He was really hoping for a
warmer climate, like the one in Spain.
Right when he started dreaming of
spending days on the beach, he
learned that he was heading to a
much colder destination.
The disappointment didn't last long,
though, as Akira got to have an
amazing experience in the end!
Starting from travelling on his own
internationally, going through
customs, to living with families he
didn't know, working at the school, in a
completely new environment.
Akira spent three weeks in Canada,
and felt welcomed every single day
of it.
He told us about the amazing
directress of the school Wraychel
Horne, and the team that he had
honour working with.
Akira has been living with three
different families over the period of
three weeks. All the families had
children of different ages. Being
around so many new people and
children of different age groups
made Akira feel more confident
when finding himself in new
situations, and feeling more
comfortable being around younger
children.
Akira only wished that the stay was
longer, as three weeks seemed a bit
short for him. Getting used to the new
environment, finding his place, getting
to know the people, takes a lot of time.
And it would be great if there were
programs organised by schools that
would allow students to get a deeper
and more profound experience being a
part of the school.
Akira's experience can be the start of a
new amazing project: Montessori
Student Exchange Program!!! And we
are very proud that Lead Montessori
had it's impact here as well.
And for sure, we're so grateful to
Akira's mother, Momoko Yokoyama,
who took this initiative and agreed the
visit with Wraychel Horne.  It might be
the initiative to inspire people all over
the World. Thank you, Momoko!
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It would be really great if other schools
got inspired by this project and
provided opportunities for the young
students to go through the similar
experience.
Akira noted that he would be happy if
every student could go abroad for just
some time, because it changes so many
things. it opens up new perspectives,
new cultures, new relationships. And
helps students grow into confident
open adults.
And isn't it what it's all about? Following
Child's need in order to help them
stand out in this world and make a
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difference?
To get in touch with Momoko Yokoyama, please
write to m.yokoyama@montessoricampus.at
Cultivator of the Human Spirit
Punum Bhatia
About the Book: Author Dr. Punum
Bhatia invites you to walk beside her
as she revisits Maria Montessori’s
incredible journey through Italy,
Spain, England, the United States, and
India. For over thirty years, Dr. Bhatia
has been involved in Montessori, and
has tirelessly studied Maria
Montessori’s philosophy and
methodology. Dr. Montessori was a
pioneer and educator who
implemented methods through which
young children learned social skills,
spontaneous discipline, and achieved
academic excellence unheard of until
that time. Not only did she
revolutionize education, but she also
worked to further the rights of
women, children, and all of
humankind. She worked consistently
to create a better world, confident in
the ability of the child to create a
more peaceful, harmonious society.
Dr. Bhatia began her travels in 2006,
and 13 years later, with
determination, passion, and resolute,
the result of Dr. Bhatia’s in-depth
research into the footsteps of Maria
Montessori is Cultivator of the
Human Spirit: Revisiting Maria
Montessori’s Journey.
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About the Author: Inspired by Dr.
Maria Montessori’s philosophy,
Punum Bhatia, PhD has dedicated her
life to Montessori education as a
parent, teacher, and teacher educator
for over thirty years. She completed
her Bachelor’s degree in English
Literature; earned Masters’ degrees
in English Literature and Education
from the University of Calcutta; and
completed a certificate diploma in
Montessori Pedagogy. She earned
her Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Colorado Denver in 2012
for her work on the Self-Efficacy of
Montessori teachers. In her efforts to
understand children and the
environments necessary for them to
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grow and flourish, Punum focuses on
Maria Montessori’s original
philosophy and techniques. After
teaching the Montessori method to
cohorts all around the world, she is
now the proud owner of her very own
bilingual preschool, Montessori Casa
International in Denver, Colorado. More info at:
She is the author of A Montessori
Workbook, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and The www.mcidenver.edu
Inspired Child www.punumbhatia.com
Email: pb@mcidenver.edu
Second Language in Montessori Envrionments
Marikay McCabe

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During the recent Lead Montessori conference I had the
pleasure of meeting and reconnecting with many wonderful
educators. Not surprisingly the conversations tended towards
issues of bilingualism and second language instruction.

In the Open Space that followed my lecture on Sunday there

was an interesting, if brief, exchange about materials and
other needs. There was a feeling among those present that
having clear objectives in relation to second language learning
in their schools would go a long way to alleviating some of the

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concerns that guides have in the classroom.

It was also agreed that clear objectives would also faciliate

communication with the parents ensuring tha expectations
between school and families are aligned. More info about Second Language In
Montessori Environments Workshop in
We all felt that the time for discussion went very quickly so I Prague:
am eager for the weekend course February 8 and 9 in Prague
in order to continue the exchange. February 8-9, 2020

Yours sincerely, https://leadmontessori.com/courses

Marikay McCabe Registrations:

courses@leadmontessori.com
Food for your Mind... and Soul... ok, and Body... :)

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How About Fun?
SMYBOX

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Dinner Party
Hotel Duo, November 2 ,2019

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"Go Where Something Interests You!" *
Open Space
“Open Space” is a technique for running meetings where the participants create and manage the agenda themselves. 

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Sessions can be for between 5 to 2000 plus people (providing you have a big enough venue :).  This method is ideal when we want participants to gain
ownership of an issue and come up with solutions.

At Lead Montessori 2019 the themes which you wanted to talk about were following:

Adolescent Work
Led by Ožbe Šteblaj

This group talked about the fact that many adolescent

programs are emerging all over the world and that there
is a rising need for these organisations to connect,
network, share experience and learn from each other.

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Ožbe committed to moderate Adolescent Work Group
on Lead Montessori Mighty network which you can
join here, if you are interested:

https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1560181

Ožbe will also, together with Lead Montessori, make an

attempt to raise Erasmus funds for some of this work to
continue on a professional basis.

*“At each Lead Montessori Conference we create a particular “conference language”.

This is one of the citations from one of the speakers which we want to retain in our memories…"
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Second Languages in Montessori Environments
Led by Marikay McCabe

This group shared where each participant is in terms of

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building bilingual or multilingual Montessori programs.

They exchanged contact information and Marikay started

a Whatsapp group where she offered to provide
continual and regular support to people who need it.

It is also available for exchange of experience, documents,

questions and mutual advice. The address of the group is
here and you can request to join it:

https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1615217
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Classroom Observation Tool
Led by Christian Willemsen

Chris is supporting a project called Cfolio -

a child centred observation and tracking
tool.

Schools which want to find out more about

this or be part of the creation process can
contact Chris here:

c.willemsen@nienhuis.nl

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Lead Montessori is committed to research
EU funding which could help sponsor
creation of this useful and needed
product.
 Montessori Student Exchange Program
Led by Momoko Yokoyama and Barbara Surzhak

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Momo shared about the experience of Akira, her son, who
travelled to Canada as a result of a friendship Momo and
Wraychel made here at Lead Montessori 2018.

We think this story is inspiring and Lead Montessori is

planning to start a program within Lead Montessori
Community which would allow children to travel from
one Lead Montessori family to another. This pilot would
later become a template for a larger project offered to
other schools.

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https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1560181
 Opening New Montessori Schools
Led by Peter Davidson

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This group was initiated because Peter has a great
heart for people who are struggling to open their
schools. He has been there and done it.

In this group people shared what their stories and

plans are. People in this group exchanged contact
information and Peter intiatied a Mighty Network
Group called Starting Montessori Schools. You
can join it here:

https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1617718

People are in a lively conversation in the group,

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sharing and supporting each other.
 AMI Accreditation, Standards and Lack of AMI

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Teachers
Led by Tessa Wessels

Tessa is the leader of a very beautiful and strong

Montessori School outside of Amsterdam.

For those of you who know Tessa, you know she is a very
energetic and powerful outspoken leader.

Tessa is on a mission to support AMI in finishing the

standardization work. And she is also very keen on giving
her own energy and time to help AMI come up with
creative solutions how to make AMI trainings more
accessible.

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If you want to join Tessa and Sue Pritzker in this group,
you can do it here:

https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1664238

We need your help.

 Intentional Hiring
Led by Magdalena Ponurska

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This group had a big success on Lead Montessori
2019. And we saw that this is the topic of great
interest for the Leaders.

The participants shared their experience in this

field and it brought up many questions of how to
handle the process of hiring, and also firing
people. The sensitive topic, right? Especially for
Montessori Schools, where everything is about
people.

Magdalena shared her experience based on many

years of working in HR for big Multinational
Companies.

And because the topic of this group is very

sensitive, what happened in this group stays in
this group.

Lead Montessori Team and Miroslava Vlčková are

planning to get back to this topic during Lead
Montessori 2020.
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Montessori Orff
Led by Inga Sieminski

Inga Sieminski made Lead Montessori 2019 sound

like beautiful music, and she is teaching other
adults how to be more like children, and how to
sing and dance together.

We've written about Inga above, but if you'd like to

get in touch with her on Mighty Networks, please
join the group here:

ecapS nepO
https://lead-montessori.mn.co/groups/1507278
Round the Oak Tree
Inga Sieminski Montessori Orff

9102 irossetnoM daeL

Round the Oak Tree

Round the oak tree,

Round the oak tree
Walk with me.
In every acorn,
Every little acorn
There's a tree.

ffrO irossetnoM
Something Great
Is inside of me!
 When It's Over, It's Over!

revO s'tI ,revO s'ti nehW 9102 irossetnoM daeL

 “Remember: The Smallest
Person In the Room Can Make
the Biggest Impact…!” *

Thank you for coming to

Lead Montessori 2019

*“At each Lead Montessori Conference we create a particular “conference language”.

This is one of the citations from one of the speakers which we want to retain in our memories…"
 Save the Date:
Lead Montessori 2020 Conference
November 19-22, 2020
Prague, Czech Republic

"Inward and Outward Communication

of a Montessori School"

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