The Key to Success and Longevity
Adolescent Mentoring Community
Whether you are new to the classroom or have been teaching for years, you may have questions such as, How can I build efficiencies into my planning and record-keeping systems so they don’t take away from my time with students? How do I approach difficult conversations with families? How do I support my students with learning differences? How do I balance the workload of being a new teacher and still take care of myself?
Join other Adolescent Guides for weekly online meetings, discussing important topics relevant to the time of year, asking questions, sharing concerns, and mining the collective intelligence of the group. This cohort is led by Amy Fagan, who shares expertise and insight, and also brings in relevant guest speakers to better address the needs of the group.
We welcome any Montessori practitioner looking for a space to rejuvenate, reflect, and reconnect to our higher purpose. We are better together!
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-27 school year!
Earn Continuing Professional Development Hours
Participants in our mentoring communities are eligible to receive continuing professional development hours from Association Montessori International of the United States (AMI-USA) or the American Montessori Society (AMS).
Adolescent Mentor Highlight
Amy Fagan
Amy graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from Ohio University. She began her teaching career in Florida and then later moved to Los Angeles, California, where she taught for three years. Amy began her Montessori career with Hudson Montessori’s inaugural middle school class under the direction of Pat Ludick. During her time at Hudson Montessori, Amy served as a mathematics guide, land manager, Microeconomy Coordinator, and advisor. In 2017, Amy earned her AMI Montessori Adolescent Certification. She acted as Program Director in her final years at Hudson Montessori Middle School. Amy is currently serving as a consultant to Montessori middle school programs around the world. She finds helping adolescents develop their personalities through hard work, valorization, and love to be the most rewarding part of her work. It is through this work that she is constantly growing, learning, and appreciating the privilege it is to be a part of young people’s growth. In her spare time, Amy is passionate about beekeeping, gardening, cooking, travel, and learning. She lives in Hudson, Ohio with her husband and two daughters.
Mentoring Communities
Mentoring Topics for Adolescent Guides
The topics covered each week will be tailored to meet the needs of the group. Examples include:
Preparing for Events
- Preparation of the environment
- Student-led conferences
- The first week of school
- Community building
- Student exposition of work
- Sixth grade orientation
- Productions
- Outings and trips
- Graduation
Curriculum
- Establishing the 2 (or 3) year cycle
- Occupations
- The Seminar
- Expressions
- Council
- Advisory
- Microeconomy
- Current events
- The Land: our living textbook
Partnership & Communication
- Evaluations
- Parent education
- Conferences
- Hospitality and Service
- Turning the challenging parent/caregiver into a partner
Classroom Systems
- Community ethics
- Cultivating a culture of work
- Planning and record keeping
- The three period lesson
- Interdisciplinary work
- Technology applications
- Grace and courtesy
- Classroom systems
- Supporting learning differences
Preparation of the Adult
- Self-care
- Professional development
- Self-reflection, goal setting
- The power of observation
- The invisible curriculum
Contributing to Montessori Research
Our model is research-based. Participants in our 2023-24 mentoring cohorts were part of a research study looking at the impact of this mentoring model on teacher burnout and teacher self-efficacy. Participants in the mentoring cohorts experienced a statistically significant reduction in degree of burn out by the end of the school year, with 0 mentees reporting “very high” or “high” degrees of burn out.
Virtual Mentoring Communities
Benefits
Interactive Learning with Expert Montessorians
Empowering you in targeted areas critical to teaching and leadership
Practical Help in Real Time
Get timely and specific answers to pressing questions, expediting your progress and growth
A Collaborative Community of Peers
Mine the expertise of colleagues while building a network of invaluable partnerships
Continuing Professional Development Hours
Participants in our mentoring communities are eligible to receive CPDs from either AMI-USA or AMS.
Virtual Mentoring Communities
2026-27 Pricing
Lead Guide Cohorts
Full Price $2,250- Weekly online sessions begin in August 2026 and continue through May 2027
- Each 90-minute session includes a presentation, discussion and brainstorming related to the presented content, and Q&A
- Participants receive access to their cohort's discussion board, where they can add questions to the "parking lot" and continue the discussion between mentoring sessions
- Participants can choose to pay in two equal installments - one in August 2026 and one in January 2027
School Leaders Cohort
Full price is $3,450- Weekly online sessions begin in August 2026 and continue through May 2027
- Each 90-minute session includes a presentation, discussion and brainstorming related to the presented content, and Q&A
- Participants receive access to their cohort's discussion board, where they can add questions to the "parking lot" and continue the discussion between mentoring sessions
- Participants can choose to pay in two equal installments - one in August 2026 and one in January 2027
Is Montessori Mentoring Right For You?
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Adolescent Mentoring Community
Apply Now
Click on the link below to complete your application to join the Adolescent Mentoring Community. When submitting your application, you will be charged a non-refundable deposit of $50. If accepted into the program, the deposit will be put toward your remaining tuition. Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first-come, first-serve rolling basis.
Applications will be accepted through July 31, 2026.
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