Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is now open!
Montessori Mentoring Communities
Year-long, virtual mentoring communities for new educators and school leaders that provide high-quality education and practical help in real-time.
Participants can earn Continuing Professional Development hours from the American Montessori Society.
Virtual Mentoring Communities
The Key to Success in the First Years
Are you in your first years as a Montessori Guide or new to school leadership? There are many practical, hands-on pieces that are essential for your first year(s) to run smoothly and we would love to support you in getting started!
Join our online mentoring communities for support and guidance during this exciting and challenging phase of your career. Connect with others at your level 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. Each cohort will be led by an experienced Montessorian, who will share expertise and insight, as well as bring in relevant guest speakers to better address the needs of the group.
Although these communities are geared towards new educators and school leaders, we welcome any Montessori practitioner looking for a space to rejuvenate, reflect, and reconnect to our higher purpose. We are better together!
Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is now open!
We offer mentoring communities for:
- New Infant/Toddler Guides – Learn more!
- New Primary Guides – Learn more!
- New Elementary Guides – Learn more!
- New Adolescent Guides – Learn more!
- New School Leaders – Learn more!
New Infant/Toddler Guides
New Primary Guides
New Elementary Guides
New Adolescent Guides
New School Leaders
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 the American Montessori Society.
Mentoring Communities
Meet Our Current Mentors
We have a wonderful group of mentors sharing their expertise with us. We are working on building our team for the 2024-25 school year. Many are our current mentors are returning. You can get to know them below.
Uniit Carruyo
Infant/Toddler Mentor
AMS Infant/Toddler credential from CMTE
Consultant and Author
Bilingual Montessorian
Biff Maier
Elementary Mentor
Primary & Elementary credentials
AMS Teacher Trainer at METTC
AMS Living Legacy
Kelly Ladd
Adolescent Mentor
AMI Adolescent credential
Adolescent Program Director
Montessori Consultant
Julia Volkman
Primary Mentor
AMI Primary credential from MMTC
Founder of Maitri Learning
Harvard Faculty Member
Jody Trimm
Elementary Mentor
AMS Elementary credential from METTC
AMS Teacher Trainer at METTC
Montessori Consultant
Tamara S. Balis
Leadership Mentor
AMS Primary and Elementary credentials
25 years in Montessori
18 years as a school leader
Veronica Burbano
Primary Mentor
AMI Primary Credential from MTCNE
AMI Teacher Trainer & Consultant
Bilingual Montessorian
Amy Fagan
Adolescent Mentor
AMI Adolescent credential
Adolescent Program Director
International Montessori Consultant
Cassi Mackey
Leadership Mentor
AMS Upper El and Leadership credentials
30 years in Montessori
15 years as a school leader
Virtual Mentoring Communities
Testimonials
“The mentoring program has given me great ideas to implement in the classroom. I am very grateful to participate in a group where I can share my experiences as a new guide, and listen to others, as well as creative ways to put what I’ve learned into practice. This program is valuable, and encourages us to practice goal setting,review and feedback for personal and professional growth…. Thank you Julia and Veronica.”
“I’m so happy that I made the decision to take part in the mentorship program with Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning. I feel supported and empowered to step into my new role as Lead Guide with confidence, knowing that I have weekly sessions with deeply experienced leaders in the field guiding me in my practice. I am amongst a community who truly understand the importance of the work we are doing.”
The mentoring program for early educators at the Greenspring Center has been invaluable for three main reasons: expertise, community, and flexibility. First, the mentors who host our weekly sessions bring decades of teaching experience to share with us on any classroom, philosophy, or curriculum question. The mentors create a community in which the new mentee teachers share their experiences and tools with each other. This network of peer teachers can discuss on-the-ground, pertinent issues that are coming up in each of our schools. We help each other brainstorm ideas that are practical and are additionally informed by our mentors. Finally, the ability to implement our learnings directly in the classroom week after week is the third reason for the value of the program. The flexibility in the structure of this particular Greenspring Center program makes it so the topics are immediately usable in our day to day; e.g. we moved the session about family engagement to the week before we were set to have our first family/guide conferences. All in all, the expertise passed on to us, the accessible community of practitioners, and the flexible curriculum that follows the mentee teacher is the winning formula for this mentoring program. The tangible outcome to participants is that it makes us more engaged and confident Montessorians.
Virtual Mentoring Communities
2024-25 Pricing
Lead Guide Cohorts
Full price is $2,100- Weekly online sessions begin the week of August 12, 2024 and continue through the week of May 26, 2025
- 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 2024 and one in January 2025
School Leaders Cohort
Full price is $3,300- Weekly online sessions begin the week of August 12, 2024 and continue through the week of May 26, 2025
- 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 2024 and one in January 2025
Is Montessori Mentoring Right For You?
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