by Margaret Jarrell | Nov 17, 2023 | Leadership, News
What’s so harmful about gossip? Don’t people need the opportunity to vent? What’s wrong with asking our colleagues for advice? As Cassi Mackey, Leadership and Education Consultant, so beautifully puts it, “Gossip pours water on the flame of...
by Margaret Jarrell | Sep 21, 2023 | Montessori, News, Primary
We are deeply honored to have Fatima and Razia as members of our Primary Montessori Mentoring Community. Their school, the Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool in Kabul, Afghanistan was established in 2020 by the Medical Educational and Peace Organization (MEPO) and...
by Margaret Jarrell | Jun 29, 2023 | Adolescents, Elementary, Leadership, Margaret Jarrell, Montessori, Primary, Toddler
The Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning has created year-long, virtual mentoring communities for new Montessori educators and school leaders that provide high-quality education and practical help in real-time. Montessori Guides in their first years of teaching...
by Margaret Jarrell | May 20, 2023 | Adolescents, Elementary, Leadership, Montessori, News, Primary, Toddler
Did you know that 44% of teachers quit within the first five years? That’s more than half a million educators leaving the field each year! With more than 20,000 Montessori schools in the world that need exceptional teachers, we are in a crisis moment. It’s more...
by Margaret Jarrell | Apr 6, 2023 | Administration, Leadership, Montessori, News, Tamara Sheesley Balis
Tamara S. Balis, our Executive Director, returned to the Johns Hopkins School of Education for the third year in a row to provide an introduction to Montessori Education to students in the Master of Science in Education International Teaching and Global Leadership...
