Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning
Elevating and supporting the critical work of educators, leaders, and schools.
Don’t Miss this upcoming event!
Montessori in Bloom: Cultivating Outdoor Learning Communities
with Tamara Sheesley Balis
Monday, June 17, 2024 (Virtual via Zoom)
As part of Trillium Montessori’s Ecological Consciousness Summit
Over the past five years, Greenspring Montessori School has been actively working on addressing the #1 goal of our Strategic Plan: Inspiring an Allegiance to Nature. This presentation will briefly describe Greenspring’s journey, starting with creating a Green Schools Committee, becoming a Certified Maryland Green School, and creating Outdoor Learning Environments for every classroom with trained staff. Tamara will walk you through the brass tacks of what it takes to implement this. What planning and budgetary considerations are needed to create outdoor learning environments? How should outdoor learning environments be set up? What kind of additional staff and staff training are needed? We hope this presentation will inspire other schools to create outdoor learning environments of their own!
Meeting the Need
Our Initiatives
During the first phase of our launch, we are creating a toolbox of resources to support educators and school leaders. These are our first initiaves.
Voices in Montessori Podcast
Our Voices in Montessori podcast shares vibrant and engaging conversations with seasoned Montessori educators and leaders, as well as other experts, to inspire and support our growing community of educators. Browse episodes on our website, find us wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube!
Mentoring Communities
When you are just starting out, you need ongoing, high-quality support. We facilitate year-long, weekly virtual coaching communities for new school leaders and Montessori Guides that provide high-quality education and practical help in real time. Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is now open!
Workshops
Throughout the year we provide full-day workshops that dig deeply into important topics so that you leave with actionable ideas to implement in your classroom and school. We offer workshops both in-person (on our campus at Greenspring Montessori School in Baltimore, Maryland) and via Zoom.
Who We Serve
Resources for your whole team
We invite you to share our site with your school community. We are building a library of resources to support educators at every level, as well as administrators and parents. Click on the sections below to learn more about the resources for each of these groups.
Infant/Toddler Educators
Ages 0-3 years
Infant and Toddler educators nurture and inspire the potential of young children as they build a foundation for the rest of their lives. We are here to help.
Primary Educators
Ages 3-6 years
Primary educators cultivate new skills in children who are building language, order, self-discipline, and character. We have resources to aid you in this paramount task.
Elementary Educators
Ages 6-12 years
Elementary educators ignite an explosion of intellect, imagination, morality, and identity for children entering a new plane of development. We are here to help.
Adolescent Educators
Ages 12-14 years
Adolescent educators are champions of our young people as they take their first steps into adulthood. We have resources to assist you with this significant responsibility.
School Leaders
Heads of School and Administrators
School leaders define culture, cultivate community, and build vibrant schools. We are here to support you in this important work.
Families
Parenting is the most important job there is and shapes who our children become in the world. We are happy to share our favorite resources for families.
Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning
Voices in Montessori Podcast
Igniting vibrant and engaging conversations in the Montessori movement to inspire, elevate, and support educators, leaders, and schools.
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