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P2P SUMMIT

PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE

CLASSROOMECHANICS + TRILLIUMMONTESSORI

June 21-25

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P2P SUMMIT

PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE

CLASSROOMECHANICS + TRILLIUMMONTESSORI

June 21-25

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ONLINE CONFERENCE

helping teachers translate Montessori principles into practice

ONLINE CONFERENCE

helping teachers translate Montessori principles into practice

TODDLER - PRIMARY - ELEMENTARY - INCLUSION - LEADERSHIP

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ABOUT P2P

Tammy Oesting

Classroomechanics.com

Principles to Practice (P2P) is a joint project between Seemi Abdullah of Trillium Montessori and Tammy Oesting of ClassrooMechanics. The P2P subscription provides monthly online professional development for Montessori guides. Learn more here.

The P2P Summit was launched as a way to continue our commitment to delivering quality, affordable, effective, and accessible professional development to the Montessori community.

Seemi Abdullah

TrilliumMontessori.org

SUMMIT SCHEDULE

June 21

Keynote
Philip Snow Gang
Bringing Montessori Back to Montessori
Infant-Toddler (0-3)
Simone Davies
10 Ways to Deepen Our Practice with Toddlers
Early Childhood (3-6)
Cathie Perolman
The Rainbow Reading Series: Orderly, Creative and Fun Way to Set up Your Reading Materials
Elementary (6-12)
Letty Rising
Level Up! Helping Elementary Students Enhance the Quality of their Work
Inclusion
Britt Hawthorne
Fairness, Equality and Justice: Using Anti-Bias Education to Prepare Our Environments
Leadership
Claudia Mann
Tough to Treasured: How to Forge Positive Relationships Throughout Your Programs (and Your Life)
Live Session
Philip Snow Gang
Chat with the Keynote speaker

June 22

Infant-Toddler (0-3)
Laura LeClair
Infant Environment Deep Dive
Early Childhood (3-6)
Jana Morgan Herman
Creating Balance in the Age of Technology
Elementary (6-12)
Jackie Grundberg and Christine Gacharná
Setting the Stage for Writing Success
Inclusion
Matt Bronsil
How to Incorporate Multiple Languages into Montessori
Leadership
Margaret Whitley
What Comes Next? Planning for Succession
Live Session
Facilitated by Laura LeClair
for Infant-Toddler Guides

June 23

Infant-Toddler (0-3)
Emily Breaux
Purposeful Work: Practical Life in the Montessori Toddler Environment
Early Childhood (3-6)
Aimee Fagan
Sewing in the Classroom: Meaningful Practical Life
Elementary (6-12)
Priscilla Spears
The Story of Mammals: A Link Between the Coming of Life and the Coming of Humans
Inclusion
Christine Lowry
Today's Children: How Do We Honor Our Montessori Roots in Changing Times?
Leadership
Colleen Wilkinson
Trauma Informed Schools
Live Session
Facilitated by Jana Morgan Herman
For Early Childhood (3-6) guides

June 24

Infant-Toddler (0-3)
Ana Rivas
In Limbo: Serving the Needs of 2 1/2 to 3 Year Olds
Early Childhood (3-6)
Vyju Kadambi
Mindfulness and Montessori: Practical Strategies that Facilitate Self-Regulation
Elementary (6-12)
Kristen Richter
Conflict Resolution in the Second Plane
Inclusion
Dr. Natalie Danner
Montessori Inclusion: How, What, Why?
Leadership
Kathy Minardi
Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment: Preparing the Adult Environment
Live Session
Facilitated by Letty Rising
For Elementary (6-12) guides

June 25

Infant-Toddler (0-3)
Felice DiMartino
Food Prep: Daily Living Skills in the Toddler Classroom
Early Childhood (3-6)
Sandra Houston
Loud, Rowdy, and Rude: Child Guidance Techniques in Montessori
Elementary (6-12)
Anna Langstaff
NEST: A Framework for Preparing the Elementary Environment
Inclusion
Andy Lulka, Ashley Speed, D. Ann Williams
What is White Supremacy? Tools to Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Leadership
Andrew Kutt
Creating Kinship: The Interwoven Web of the Whole School
Inclusion
Dr. Laura Flores Shaw
Born to Move: An Embodied and Whole Brain Approach to Executive Functions
Live Session
D. Ann Williams
Social Justice Q&A

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW

Bringing Montessori Back to Montessori

Philip Snow Gang
Do you ever wonder, “What would Dr. Montessori do?” or even, “Are we doing what she intended?” In this powerful interview, Dr. Philip Snow Gang shares insights into these questions from a lifetime of working with those that knew Dr. Montessori best. Dr. Gang’s revelations about Dr. Montessori highlights her understanding of the interconnectedness of all life, the role of nature in unleashing the child’s potential, and where we must better prepare ourselves for our cosmic task as practitioners.

Dr. Gang shares pre WWII Montessori materials and albums that when seen in the context of today’s practices, reveal an evolution of the Montessori methodology both where it has stayed true to Dr. Montessori’s intent and where it has strayed from her original vision.

In this keynote interview, Dr. Gang deepens our understanding of Dr. Montessori’s lifework subsequently informing our path as Montessori guides and leaders.

About Philip Snow Gang

Philip Snow Gang, PhD, is the Founder and Academic Dean of the MEd in Montessori Integrative Learning at The Institute for Educational Studies (TIES). Dr. Gang is the author of Rethinking Education and Conscious Education: The Bridge To Freedom. He has been a Montessori school head, consultant, author, and educator of teachers.Philip holds a PhD in Educational Philosophy from the Union Institute and University as well as an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. His new book, Educating for Right-Action and Love, Extending and Expanding the Montessori Vision, is set for publication in 2020.

SPEAKERS & SESSIONS

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Infant-Toddler (0-3)

10 Ways to Deepen our Practice with Toddlers

Simone Davies
This workshop will help toddler teachers explore some of the most common issues that come up in the classroom once we finish our training. We will explore how to improve our practice, create a sustainable practice, and keep joy in our work with children. The workshop will cover 10 topics in 60 minutes, 6 minutes per topic. Each topic will help you analyze your work and take you to the next level to be the loving, joyful teacher you want to be.

Simone Davies is the author of “The Montessori Toddler”, a comprehensive guide to raising toddlers in a Montessori way. The book is based on her 15+ years experience working with toddlers as an AMI 0-3 Montessori teacher in Sydney and in Amsterdam. She also has a popular blog, “The Montessori Notebook”. Simone is mother to two young adults and currently runs parent-child Montessori classes in Amsterdam at her school, Jacaranda Tree Montessori.

In Limbo: Serving the Needs of 2 ½ to 3 Year Olds

Ana Rivas
There is a limbo period before toddlers transition into the Children's House. This gap of time must be filled with meaningful, productive activity. In this presentation, we explore the abilities of the experienced toddler as well as the challenges that come with being at the top of their age group. We share practical suggestions for creating lessons and activities that invite the toddler to exert his maximum effort and bring balance to his days in order to maintain a normalized experience.

About Ana Rivas

Ana Rivas holds a Montessori Assistants to Infancy Diploma from the Montessori Institute of San Diego. She has held positions as Director of Curriculum, Assistant Director, Montessori Specialist, "Parent and Child" Instructor, and Head Teacher in various educational settings. She has served as an advisor and guest lecturer for training centers and schools in China and the Philippines, furthering the impact of Montessori education worldwide. She is an alumna at the University of Hartford and is currently pursuing Primary training at the Montessori Training Center of the Northeast.

Infant Environment Deep Dive

Laura LeClair
This will be a multifaceted presentation of the elements necessary for a high-quality infant environment. We will discuss the infant as a scientist, and how the environment is fine-tuned for exploration. Participants will leave this presentation with an understanding of how activity, order, and communication are incorporated into an infant’s day- specifically, ways of guiding infants, and ways of speaking with them that facilitate productive growth for them and emotional connection in the relationship between the adult and the child.

About Laura LeClair

Laura LeClair is a Montessori instructor, yoga teacher, and postpartum doula. She spent over two decades in Montessori classrooms, guiding children Birth-Kindergarten, helping create liberating, inclusive environments for all. She has a B.A. in English from Middlebury College in Vermont, and American Montessori Society credentials in Infant/Toddler and 3-6. She received her M.Ed. in Interdisciplinary Studies of Preschool Education & Development from UNC-Greensboro. Laura provides consulting and mentoring services to families and schools through her company, Aurora Educational.

Purposeful Work: Practical Life in the Montessori Toddler Environment

Emily Breaux
Practical Life is the heart of the Toddler Montessori classroom, and has the potential to educate the child in the way they learn best: through their senses. In this workshop, you will see videos and photos from real-life Toddler classrooms of children engaging in activities such as: bread baking, washing dishes, and setting up snack. You will learn how these lessons activate learning and build community, and you will get tips for set up and overcoming common obstacles.

About Emily Breaux

Emily Breaux has been in education for almost 20 years, as a teacher in Early Childhood and Infant-Toddler classrooms, an instructor, mentor and field consultant at a training center. She currently serves as Director of a Toddler program at an AMS and IMC accredited school, and is Director of a MACTE accredited and AMS affiliated training center. She is an advocate for all children, specifically those ages 0-3, and the parents and teachers who guide them.

Food Prep: Daily Living Skills in the Toddler Classroom

Felice DiMartino
Incorporating activities in the classroom that center around food supports the development of independence, self care, grace and courtesy, and serves the sensitive periods for language, movement and order. In this presentation, viewers will explore the benefits of incorporating food in the classroom. Snack ideas and routines, independent and group food preparation activities, and food tasting circles will be covered. From the simple to complex, ideas, and problem solving commonly held beliefs and barriers such as state regulations will be addressed.

About Felice DiMartino

Felice earned a BFA from NYU and her Montessori Credential from the Center for Montessori Education (CMTE), New York. She has been involved in the education of young children for twenty plus years. She served as Lead Montessori Guide in the Toddler program at the Amherst Montessori School, a program she started in 1998. Felice has been on the Board of Trustees at AMS , and has presented at numerous conferences, parent and community events throughout her career, in addition to being an independent school consultant and field consultant for CMTE.

Early Childhood (3-6)

The Rainbow Reading Series: An Orderly, Creative and Fun Way to Set up Your Reading Materials

Cathie Perolman
Reading is one of the most important skills we teach our children, but it's easy to feel overwhelmed with the materials available. How do you know how much work to have out at each reading level, and when a student is ready to move on? What about the children that need more practice, but are getting bored?

This workshop offers structure to your classroom’s core reading program, following the same Montessori principles and reading progression. Children have a variety of activities and materials to practice and master basic reading skills, while working towards fluency.

You’ll come away feeling organized, and confident to help your children learn to read in an orderly, creative and fun way. You’ll also learn how to adapt the program for individual children as well as to your classroom and school culture.

About Cathie Perolman

Cathie Perolman holds a BS and MEd. in education with a Reading Specialist certificate. She did her AMS Montessori training at the 3-6 level. Following a 36 year teaching career in the Montessori world with a bit of time in the public sector, she currently works as a teacher trainer, supports adults learners and consults in private, public and charter schools at the Early Childhood Level (3-6). Cathie is also Orton Gillingham dyslexia trained and her work reflects her belief in inclusion for children with special needs.

Loud, Rowdy, and Rude: Child Guidance Techniques in Montessori

Sandra Houston
The normalized child is what teachers strive for, what they hope to achieve through their work. In this presentation we will talk about tried and true positive child guidance strategies to help the children experience the transformation from loud, rowdy, and rude to becoming peaceful, self-regulated, composed, independent, self-disciplined, lovers of learning.

About Sandra Houston

Sandra Houston is a seasoned Montessorian with over 50 years of experience. She holds a BA in Education along with various other certifications. She trained under Dr. & Mrs. Claude Claremont, Lena Wikramaratne, Estella C. Palmieri and Mario Montessori, among others.

Sandra has served as an evaluator for MACTE and NCA. She has owned and operated nine primary schools and founded five Montessori charter schools. She has spoken at numerous conferences and published articles in educational magazines.

Sewing in the Classroom: Meaningful Practical Life

Aimee Fagan
Do you want to incorporate sewing into your class, but have been intimidated? Join us as we explore how to set up an inviting sequential sewing curriculum that calls to the primary aged child – no sewing experience required! Having access to meaningful practical life materials supports the child and the classroom on the journey to normalization, independence, and peacefulness.

About Aimee Fagan

Aimee Fagan is an AMS trained Primary Montessori guide and has her M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Virginia. She is currently the Director of Accreditation at MACTE. Aimee has worked in Montessori Early Childhood classrooms for 12 years. During that time she developed and implemented a sewing curriculum that spans the 3-year cycle of the class. In 2015, she published the book, "Sewing in the Montessori Class: A Practical Life Curriculum."

Mindfulness and Montessori: Practical Strategies that Facilitate Self-Regulation

Vyju Kadambi
This workshop is designed to help participants understand how the practice of mindfulness can support self-regulation. You will learn learn about the history of the mindfulness movement in the US, the effects of mindfulness on the mind and body, how the Montessori curriculum is already aligned to mindfulness and how you can enhance that with specific mindfulness practices.

About Vyju Kadambi

Vyju Kadambi holds Montessori credentials in Early Childhood, Elementary 1 and Administration, and a Masters of Education from Xavier University. Her thesis for her Masters was Montessori and Mindfulness. She is also certified in Positive Discipline as a Parent and Teacher Educator.

Vyju is the founder and Head of School at Southwest Montessori Academy. With over 20 years of experience in Montessori schools, Vyju has taught Primary and Lower Elementary and has served as an Administrator for 11 years.

Creating Balance in the Age of Technology

Jana Morgan Herman
What is the correlation between overexposure to media, technology, and brain development? As Montessorians, we provide a counterbalance to today's media onslaught with activities that extend concentration, critical thinking, social graces and courtesies, and that nurture the executive functioning skills necessary for optimal brain development.

Participants will learn what the research says, where to find references (books, websites, handouts, etc) and support, and how to educate their children (for class and for home) and their families about why Montessori truly does provide the perfect antidote for the pervasive issues we see as a result of excessive exposure to technology.

About Jana Morgan Herman

Jana Morgan Herman has been involved in Montessori education since 1992, first as a parent sub then as a teacher, school director, teacher trainer, and director of training for VMAT, a MACTE teacher education program. She travels internationally, presenting, training teachers, and working with parents. Jana has a Master’s in Montessori and is a co-founder of The Kentucky Montessori Alliance. She is a co-author of the Montessori Parent Coronavirus Survival Guide and numerous articles for parents and teachers.

Elementary (9-12)

Level Up! Helping Elementary Students Enhance the Quality of their Work

Letty Rising
In Montessori, we know that the process is more important than the product. However, neglecting the product can be a disservice to the child. In this presentation, we will talk about what it means to deliver quality work, how we can share this concept with the children in our classes, and how we can support them in developing the quality of their work. We will talk about quality in terms of both content and aesthetics, how we can make aesthetics a “point of interest” for the elementary child, and how to help them develop a sense of interest and excitement in taking their time on work as opposed to completing work in a rush.

About Letty Rising

Letty Rising has been involved in Montessori education for over 15 years. She earned her B.A. in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, obtained her State Teaching Credential through the California State University, San Marcos, and earned her AMI elementary diploma for ages 6-12 and M.Ed from Loyola University in Maryland. She has held positions as a Homeschool Education Specialist, Montessori Elementary Teacher, School Director, Principal, Montessori Coordinator, and Consultant in several pubic and private Montessori school communities throughout the years. She currently runs a business conducting professional development, consulting, and mentoring for schools in the United States and worldwide with a small team of consultants, filling the role of education director and instructional coach for schools needing part-time, accessible support.

N.E.S.T. A Framework for Preparing the Elementary Environment

Anna Langstaff
The acronym, NEST, is a helpful way to frame our thinking about the intangible Montessori environment as teachers set up the classroom. The acronym breaks down as follows: N represents nooks, which include the areas of the classroom that are set aside for a specific purpose like snack tables and reading areas. E is for equipment, which covers everything from the Montessori materials to the baskets and trays in which they are housed. S is for spirit and includes the way visitors (and children) take in the classroom with their senses. T stands for trimmings, which refers to the points of beauty and small final touches that teachers add to their classrooms. After this presentation, teachers will be equipped with concrete classroom design ideas to implement in their classrooms immediately.

About Anna Langstaff

Anna Langstaff has spent the past fifteen years teaching in Montessori Primary and Elementary classrooms and working with teachers in training in the US and abroad. She is currently the Head of School at Whole Child Montessori Center in Portland, Oregon. She holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a 6-12 credential in Montessori education from St. Catherine’s University. She is also credentialed at the Montessori Early Childhood level.

The Story of Mammals: A Link Between the Coming of Life and the Coming of Humans

Priscilla Spears
The Great Lesson on the coming of life has only a little about the development of mammals during the Cenozoic Era. The next lesson, the coming of humans, skips many Cenozoic events. The story of mammals is a bridge between these two Great Lessons, and it can be a great way to introduce mammal adaptations. There have been exciting additions to the story in the past few years, as paleontologists studied a rich fossil site from the early Paleocene Epoch. They tell how plant life changed and provided mammals with new food sources. Consequently, the mammals changed and developed new ways of feeding, moving, and living together. The story concludes with the arrival of the modern orders of mammals, including the primates. This presentation will give teachers new, inspiring stories to tell, and it will help them guide children who explore the diversity of mammals.

About Priscilla Spears

Priscilla Spears earned a B.S. degree in biology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and then a Ph. D. in microbiology from Colorado State University. She has been creating science materials for Montessori classrooms since 1994. Her goals are to help teachers understand the best science content to teach and to provide elementary and secondary level science materials that are current and useful. Priscilla has presented workshops for the past 15 years, speaking at national conferences of the American Montessori Society, the former National Center for Montessori Education, and the Montessori Foundation. In the summer of 2013, she presented a workshop at the International Montessori Congress in Portland, Oregon

Conflict Resolution in the Second Plane

Kristen Richter
Does this scenario sound familiar? Children arguing on the playground over the same issues day in and day out. They come to a teacher for help, the teacher issues a verdict and the kids are off and it happens again the next day.

This presentation will show you how to break this pattern and effectively guide children in solving conflicts. You will gain a working understanding of emotional intelligences, the underlying beliefs behind the behaviors, and mistaken goals. This will give you a window into some of the “whys” of the behavior so that you may approach the conflicts with a deeper understanding and ability to guide the students firmly and compassionately.

About Kristen Richter

Kristen Richter holds her 6-12 Montessori credentials and is currently guiding a group of 9-12 year olds. She has over 25 years of experience in the Montessori environment and has worked in classrooms with students whose ages range from infants to 12 year olds. She has also spent numerous years as a teacher educator and program administrator. Kristen is passionate about creating a strong peaceful community with her students and their parents. In addition to her work in Montessori she is a certified Positive Discipline Educator and Teacher Facilitator and enjoys facilitating classes for parents and educators.

Setting the Stage for Writing Success

Jackie Grundberg
Christine Gacharná
This presentation will help Montessori teachers bridge the gap between writing assigned simply for writing’s sake and teaching communication that demonstrates synthesis and learning.

We show teachers of all ages and disciplines the simple formula for communication success and how to set the foundation in elementary classrooms for academic writing success at the high school and undergraduate levels.

Armed with our easy-to-follow, usable guide, this systemic approach to effective communication gives teachers the tools to empower young students to approach writing assignments with confidence and streamlines the effective evaluation of student writing among teaching staff and across disciplines within the school.

About the presenters

Jackie Grundberg is an AMS credentialed EL 1 and 2 guide with 11 years of Montessori classroom experience and 22 years in the education field. She earned her Bachelor’s in environmental biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a M.Ed in Instructional Technology. Her teaching credentials from Washington and Maryland are at the secondary biology and middle level. She is an Instructional Guide, Field Consultant, and Practicum Advisor for the Center for Guided Montessori Studies (CGMS). At CGMS, she helps guide adult learners who are earning their MACTE Montessori teaching credentials. She is the founder of Backpack Sciences where she helps elementary educators overcome the overwhelm in teaching science with hands-on, inquiry-based lesson plans.

Christine Gacharná is the creator of The Essay Cure, providing online courses in academic writing for middle school, high school, and undergraduate students. She holds a BA in English from Oregon State University and an MA in journalism from the University of Arizona, where she was the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper and founded the Arizona Daily Wildcat online in 1995. She’s worked as an award-winning writer, editor, copyeditor, and photographer for numerous newspapers and magazines nationwide. For six years, she taught college essay writing to undergraduates at The University of Phoenix and, as Lead Faculty for Communication, spearheaded campus policy and efforts to streamline the evaluation and assessment of student writing. Now in its fourth year, “RIGHT My College Application Essay has helped hundreds of high school students achieve their academic dreams.

Inclusion

Fairness, Equality and Justice: Using Anti-Bias Education to Prepare Our Environments

Britt Hawthorne
This presentation will explore anti-bias Montessori practice. When we commit to collectively talking about fairness, equality, and justice with young children, we begin to envision a world in which not only children but all people are treated with dignity; free from the burden of unfair assumptions based on a single characteristic. It becomes a world where we actively challenge racism and bias each and every day for a more just and compassionate world.

About Britt Hawthorne

Britt Hawthorne (pronouns she/her) is a nationally recognized anti-bias/antiracist teacher-educator. Britt partners with action-oriented educators, creating classroom environments that are inclusive and equitable for all learners. Her work seeks to move justice from being an idea to the authentic culture. Britt graduated from Rockford University where she studied Elementary Education and English as a Second Language. From there she earned her Montessori certification in Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori from the American Montessori Society. Additionally, Britt sought her anti-racism training from CrossRoads Organizing and Training Center.

How to Incorporate Multiple Languages into the Montessori Environment

Matt Bronsil
Many schools are contemplating adding language programs to their school or have students who speak or are learning multiple languages. This presentation will help schools and teachers have a better understanding of incorporating multiple languages into the rhythm of the Montessori environment.

About Matt Bronsil

Matt Bronsil grew up with two Montessori parents. Both his parents are retired teachers and teacher trainers. He attended Montessori school and is now a Montessori 3-6 teacher in Taiwan. He holds an AMS Early Childhood credential and has over 18 years of experience as an educator. He also has a TEFL Certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)

Montessori Inclusion: How, What, Why?

Natalie Danner
Over 10% of the U.S. population has a diagnosed disability. Montessori teachers, with carefully tuned observation skills, may notice lags in a particular child's development. This workshop will help teachers to consider and explore partnerships with families, communication with co-workers and other professionals, and the special education evaluation process. Not every child's journey is the same, but every child can benefit from Montessori.

About Natalie Danner

Natalie Danner, Ph.D. is the Plambeck Endowed Chair of Montessori Education and Director of Montessori Teacher Education programs at the University of Nebraska - Kearney. Her work focuses on teacher education, research on the inclusion of children with disabilities in Montessori classroom, and Montessori policy change at the state level. Natalie's background in Montessori and special education fuels her passion for all children's rights to access, participation, and supports in education. She is AMS credentialed at the Early Childhood level.

Born to Move: An Embodied and Whole Brain Approach to Executive Functions

Laura Flores Shaw
For the last two decades, cognitive science has been experiencing a “pragmatic turn” away from traditional “thinking” based frameworks of cognitive development towards an embodied or “enactive” framework, where cognition is grounded in sensorimotor skills. As neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert states, “We have a brain for one reason, and one reason only: to produce adaptable and complex movements.” This means we are not born to think—we are born to move. This talk presents the research supporting an enactive view of cognition, correlates it with Montessori practice, and discusses the implications for creating inclusive schools.

About Laura Flores Shaw

Laura Flores Shaw, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education, is extensively trained in family systems therapy and educational neuroscience. She also has experience as Head of School within an AMI based Montessori school framework. Dr. Shaw’s work has focused on translating research from multiple areas of neuroscience, educational psychology, sustainability education, and family systems research into school design and classroom practice.

What is White Supremacy? Tools to Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom

Ashley Speed, D. Ann Williams, Andy Lulka
This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of white supremacist ideology and how it functions in our daily lives. It will offer a means to dismantle the unconscious biases that are present in our classrooms to create intersectional communities that honor our differences as well as our shared humanity.

Participants will be invited to reflect on internalized narratives about their own identities as well as other people’s identities. They will be further invited to reflect on how that affects their ability to create safe and inclusive classroom and school communities.

We will provide examples of ways in which intentionally creating intersectionality leads to greater understanding, and invite participants to think of ways in which they can pursue this work in their own school communities.

About the presenters

Andy Lulka is the cofounder of Integrating Montessori. She is a certified 3-6 guide, working towards 12-18 certification, Andy holds an M.Ed. in Integrative Montessori Learning. She has played various roles in Toddler through Upper Elementary, and been a communications and admissions coordinator. Andy has published writing and spoken about Montessori, as well as Holocaust education and antisemitism from intersectional perspectives since her teenage years. Andy moderates the largest online professional development and support group specifically and exclusively for Montessori teachers.

Ashley Speed,a queer, neurodiverse, Jewish woman (pronouns she/hers), is an AMI trained 3-6 guide with seven years of classroom experience. She is the founder of Diamond Montessori, a card material company that focuses on inclusion, and runs an Instagram (@ashspeedteaches) that focuses on diverse children’s books. She has presented across North America on topics to do with queer issues, children’s lit, and Montessori; and has curated a series of articles for the AMS publication, Montessori Life, on inclusion. She’s also the mother to one human, two dogs, and a snake.

D. Ann Williams, a cis-queer individual, is the co-founder of Queer Consultants, a consulting company that provides professional development workshops for schools and businesses aiming to create LBGTQIA+ inclusive spaces. She is also the Co-Founder/Past Director of Zora Montessori, a preschool in Eugene, Oregon. She currently serves on four local and national board of directors, including Montessori for Social Justice. D. Ann spends her time giving workshops on Anti-Bias/Anti-Racism with a focus on queer inclusion/representation, writing, podcasting, and traveling the world.

Today's Children: How Do We Honor Our Montessori Roots in Changing Times?

Christine Lowry
Who are 'today’s children and families?' We are living in dynamic times of great change. Our understandings and respect for diversity, our knowledge from the fields of neuroscience, special education, and early childhood through adult learning is growing exponentially. Our Montessori roots are our foundation for supporting the growth and development of all children. How do we honor those roots while meeting the needs of “today’s children” with new knowledge and understandings? Can we follow in the footsteps of Dr. Montessori whose ongoing observations led her to revisit, revise, and renew her understandings of children? In this workshop, learners will explore the value of reflecting upon our practice as we support a variety of learners in our classrooms and gain an understanding of how we provide fidelity Montessori education while innovating and revising our practice to meet 'today's children.'

About Christine Lowry

With an M.Ed. in special education, a Montessori credential, and more than 30 years of experience, Christine has served students with special needs in a variety of settings. Christine consults and coaches with schools, districts and provides teachers support as they support all students in Montessori environments. She teaches online courses through the Montessori Foundation and is a contributing writer to Montessori Leadership magazine.

Leadership

Tough to Treasured: How to Forge Positive Relationships Throughout Your Programs (and Your Life)

Claudia Mann
Building treasured relationships among all your school's stakeholders can be a hugely tall order. It's not all dependent on "good" communication. In fact, many of the typical challenges can be remedied through a carefully prepared environment. Specifically, learning outcomes will be a process for developing mission and vision-driven policies and procedures that clearly communicate what it takes for children and adults to be successful in your school. Just having those policies and procedures is not enough, so attendees will also leave with some strategies and sample community-wide events for sharing those policies that result in real understanding and buy-in. Attendees will walk through a process of design touching all areas of the school, consider fun alternatives to handbooks that engage parents in learning the policies and procedures and practice a process for handling those hard conversations that none of us look forward to having.

About Claudia Mann

Claudia: Claudia Mann, M.Ed., has been a Montessori educator for more than 30 years, working with elementary and secondary students, teacher trainees, and as school founder and director. She holds Montessori certification at three levels: Elementary I (Xavier University), Elem II (CMTE/NY) and Secondary I (HMC). Ms. Mann currently works full-time supporting Montessori leaders, teachers and parents through on-line courses, material development and coaching/mentoring.

What Comes Next? Planning for Succession

Margaret Whitley
You and others have worked tirelessly for years- weekends, evenings, long hot summer days to ensure everything is in order for your Montessori school. Every day the children in your school are offered opportunities for choice to develop independence. In contrast, your school community is still dependent on you or maybe one other key person to keep everything going. But either by choice or chance, you will not be able to do your work forever. Have you thought about what comes next and ideally planned for it? I have lived all of this and along the way learned some dos and don'ts about leadership succession and why it is a critical piece to the legacy each of you will leave.

This presentation will cover why Montessori school leaders need to think about and plan for succession of all types in their school. Learners will understand why succession is important and will be provided the steps to prepare a school community for succession while considering how to do it being mindful of our Montessori philosophy.

About Margaret Whitley

Margaret Whitley has spent more than 35 years in Montessori education. After completing her teacher training in Italy, she taught all levels of elementary and established the first Montessori middle school in Canada in 1988. Over the years, Margaret embraced many other roles including head of school, teacher trainer and director of school accreditation. She believes deeply in human potential. Today Margaret speaks, writes and consults about education and change, all informed by Montessori philosophy.

Trauma Informed Schools

Colleen Wilkinson
In this workshop, we will discuss the goals and framework of trauma informed care, and explain how to apply it to routine discipline practices and guidance. You will be provided with an overview of current research findings, which have shaped our understanding of how children are impacted by adverse childhood experiences. Creating supportive environments with reliable, consistent adults who understand how to appropriately interact through a trauma informed framework can significantly decrease behavioral disruptions, encourage appropriate coping skills, and foster healthy brain development. You will be provided with resources and techniques to ensure you understand how to be one of these reliable, consistent adults, and begin to implement strategies in your school.

About Colleen Wilkinson

Colleen Wilkinson is an AMS-credentialed teacher (Early Childhood), consultant, and a Director at Montessori Country Day School. She lives with her wife, teenage daughter and many pets in Houston, TX. In addition to her partnership with trauma informed care and social justice organizations, she provides professional development and support groups for parents and educators. She is passionate about trauma informed care, ABAR work, adoption and foster care, and disability rights.

Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment: Preparing the Adult Environment

Kathy Minardi
Our Montessori philosophy and pedagogy is the world's most powerful way to enable human beings in their whole development. The principles and practices we find in Montessori can operate just as powerfully in the design of the tangible and intangible environments of the adult. We often know little about how to prepare the environment for adult meetings, gatherings and events. This presentation will share the frameworks for designing and facilitating adult environments that create trust and belonging, develop collaboration and commitment, and include ways to provide freedom while inspiring accountability.

About Kathy Minardi

Kathy Minardi is Executive Director of Whole School Leadership Institute, founded to help Montessori school leaders around the world guide healthy communities of children, families and school staff. She has over forty years of experience as a school leader, including Aidan Montessori School in Washington DC. She holds a BA from St. Olaf college, MA from University of Wisconsin, and transformational and developmental leadership credentials from Harvard, Georgetown and Yale Universities and MIT. Her strong focus is on creating emotionally and socially healthy school communities where adult interactions are congruent with Montessori principles. She is a member of Margaret Wheatley's Warriors for the Human Spirit. She is the founding leadership trainer for Montessori Leadership: Transforming Self, Community and Society presented through the WSL Institute.

Creating Kinship: The Interwoven Web of the Whole School

Andrew Kutt
A core message of Montessori was the cosmic curriculum - the interconnected web of the universe of which we are all a part. This workshop will explore how our schools are also interconnected webs, but unless we view them as such we get stuck in putting out fires, focusing only on part of the story or reacting to events rather than consciously joining the emergence of growth. Learners will take away the skills necessary to become more self-aware, more reflective and more skilled at looking at the big picture and how organizations self-organize like organisms in nature. The content will draw upon my experience as a school founder & head, as well as the work of Ken Wilbur, Daniel Pink, Raj Chawla Seth Kahan, and Kathy Minardi.

About Andrew Kutt

Founder of the Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase MD, Andrew Kutt has 35 years of experience as a school founder, Montessori teacher, administrator, teacher trainer and leadership consultant. Andrew holds a B.A. in English & French and a Montessori Diploma for grades 1-6. Andrew serves on the Board of the International Montessori Council, and he is the author of numerous articles on education, child development and modern society. He has created curriculum materials for personal reflection, positive discipline, conflict resolution, diversity, happiness and world religions, as well other extensions to the Montessori classroom. Andrew is an accomplished poet and songwriter, with 6 CD’s and hundreds of songs to his credit.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How does this work?
Use the registration links above to sign up for the conference. During the registration process you will set up a login account for the Trillium Montessori Courses platform. Please save your login details (email and password) in a safe place... you will need those to log in and view the videos! The videos will be released June 21-25. You may log in and view the presentations as soon as they are released or at your convenience. You have access for a full year. After you have watched a presentation, you may request a certificate of completion by filling out a certificate request form. All certificate requests must be made by June 25, 2021 (next year).
NOTE: If you do not receive a confirmation email within 30 minutes of signing up, please contact support@trilliummontessori.org. The most common reason for this is registering with a typo in your email! We can help you sort this out.

Does the registration price include access to all the videos and certificates?
Yes.

Is the cost of the Summit included in my HOKA or P2P monthly membership?
No. The Summit must be purchased separately.

Can I download the videos?
No. They can only be watched when you are logged in. Streaming the videos requires a fairly reliable internet connection.

How long are the presentations?
The videos are 45-90 minutes long.

How long do I have access to the videos?
You have access for one year. You may watch the videos as often as you wish during that time.

What time are the sessions in my country?
You do not have to attend at a specific time. No need to worry about time zones! You can watch the presentations at your convenience.

I'm only interested in a couple of the presentations. Can I purchase them separately?
Not at this time. We may make some of the presentations available for separate purchase in the future. Please be advised that our regular pricing is $33-$45/person for workshops that are 60-90 minutes in length.

Will I have direct access to the presenters if I have a specific question or need clarification?
No.

Will the certificate count towards the AMS Continuing Education requirement or the requirements for my state/region?
While we do not guarantee that our certificates will be accepted by any particular agency, thousands of Montessori educators have received Trillium certificates over the past couple of years and we have not heard any feedback that the certificates were rejected. If you are counting on having the certificates approved, we recommend contacting your agency of choice before you sign up.

Do you have any discounts or scholarships?
The regular price for the conference is $70/person. You can save 30% through May 24 via the registration links above. We recommend contacting your school administration if you need further financial assistance to cover the cost of the conference.

How can I watch the videos?
The videos will be released June 21-25. You will receive an email reminder each morning with details about how to log in and view the sessions. If you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam folder. You can also log in directly on the Trillium Montessori Courses website.

Please go here: https://courses.trilliummontessori.org/
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Enter your email and password. If you have forgotten your password, click the forgot password link and follow the instructions.
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This will show you all the courses you are registered for. Click on the thumbnail for "P2P SUMMIT 2020" to enter and view the contents.

I am a parent/homeschooler. Is this right for me?
Everyone is welcome. However, the presentations are geared towards professionals working in an educational setting. Please review the session details above to see if they are a fit for your needs.

I don't work in a Montessori setting. Can I sign up?
Yes, everyone is welcome to join. Most of these presentations apply in any educational setting.

Will the certificates qualify me to teach in a Montessori school?
No. These certificates simply serve as documentation that you participated in a professional development opportunity. This conference is not equivalent to Montessori training.

GROUP REGISTRATIONS

How does the school registration work?
The 'school registration' allows one buyer to purchase access for multiple people. Once you have made your purchase, we will set up access links for the additional participants so that everyone can have their own login credentials. This process may take up to 72 hours. You do not need to send us the names or emails of the participants. We will contact you.

How does a Purchase Order work?
If you need to request a purchase order, please contact Aaron Oesting at info@classroomechanics.com

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ABOUT P2P

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SUMMIT SCHEDULE

June 21

Keynote

Philip Snow Gang

Infant-Toddler (0-3)

Simone Davies

Early Childhood (3-6)

Cathie Perolman

Elementary (6-12)

Letty Rising

Inclusion

Britt Hawthorne

Leadership

Claudia Mann

Live Session

Philip Snow Gang

June 22

Infant-Toddler (0-3)

Laura LeClair

Early Childhood (3-6)

Jana Morgan Herman

Elementary (6-12)

Jackie Grundberg and Christine Gacharná

Inclusion

Matt Bronsil

Leadership

Margaret Whitley

Live Session

Facilitated by Laura LeClair

June 23

Infant-Toddler (0-3)

Emily Breaux

Early Childhood (3-6)

Aimee Fagan

Elementary (6-12)

Priscilla Spears

Inclusion

Christine Lowry

Leadership

Colleen Wilkinson

Live Session

Facilitated by Jana Morgan Herman

June 24

Infant-Toddler (0-3)

Ana Rivas

Early Childhood (3-6)

Vyju Kadambi

Elementary (6-12)

Kristen Richter

Inclusion