2024 Schedule
Friday, October 25, 2024
All times are given in Eastern Standard Time (USA)
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Back to Center
8:30 am – 9:15 am
Tim Seldin & Kathy Leitch
Opening General Session
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Jayne Cobb
(All)
1A | An Edible Education
Chip de Lorenzo
(Casa, Elementary, Secondary)
1B | Why Do They Do That?
Karen Simon
(Casa, Elementary, Social Justice)
1C | Empowering Children to Become Active Participants and Advocates in Society
E Scott Osborne
(Secondary)
1D | Let’s Go to the Movies!
Ann Epstein, Julia Volkmann & Nikki Conyers
(Leadership)
1E | Mentoring Practices that Honor and Energize Teachers–and Knock-out Burnout
Sheila Linville
(Leadership)
1F | Take the Stress/Anxiety out of School Accreditation, How to Start your own school, How to line up your school to be accreditation ready
1G | Meditation
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 pm – 13:00 pm
Deanna Ramirez
Keynote | Growing through conflict
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Break
Network & Visit Exhibitors
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Shetal Waters & Cassie Tolman
(All)
2A | Wellness Wheel for Life (Integrative Wellness in Montessori)
Kitty Bravo & Katrina Kumar
(Infant toddler, Casa)
2B | This is My School, My Place to Work and Play
Martha Carver
(Elementary, Middle School, Social Justice)
2C | Lessons from the World Peace Game experience, what Upper Elementary and Middle School students can teach us about peace and conflict in the world
Andrew Faulstich & Andrew Kutt
(Secondary)
2D | Revising Montessori’s Plan of Work and Study for the Adolescent
Jonathan Wolff
(Leadership)
2E | DEEPLY ROOTED . . . BRANCHING OUT – Staying Connected to Our Philosophic Foundations While Being Open to Improvement and Innovation
Tamara Balis
(Leadership)
2F | Structures & Strategies for Onboarding New Staff So That They Thrive – and Stay!
2G | Meditation
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Tammy Willen
(All)
3A | How to Boost Executive Function in Children
Christine Lowry
(All)
3B | Teaching and Guiding Students with Challenges: Practical Solutions.
Tammy Oesting
(Infant-Toddler, Casa, Elementary)
3C | The Heartbeat of Harmony: Rhythm Games for Community Cohesion
Carrie Allen
(Leadership)
3D | Speaking “Montessori” to Others Who Want and Need to Understand
Jonathan Wolff
(Leadership)
3E | DEEPLY ROOTED . . . BRANCHING OUT – Staying Connected to Our Philosophic Foundations While Being Open to Improvement and Innovation
Round Table
Martha Carver
Cindy Acker
R Toward & K Simon
Sheila Linville
Topic
The Peace Game, How to implement it?
Spanish Spoken Table
LGBTQ Round Table – A Safe Space. This round table, will be held in the Meditation Room, and is a safe space for those who honor each other in our gender and sexual identity and fluidity.
Accreditation Questions
3G | Meditation Room
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Snacks & Sips by the pool
Saturday, October 26, 2024
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Back to Center
8:30 am – 9:00 am
General Session
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Sam Chaltain
Keynote | In the Machine Age, What Makes Us Human?
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Break
Network & Visit Exhibitors
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Elizabeth Slade & Catherine Oudjit
(All)
4A | A Montessori System of Justness
Sarah Moudry
(Infant-Toddler)
4B | Space to Move
Cathie Perolman & Lori Karmazin
(Casa)
4C | Early Childhood Math Extensions – Beyond Coloring Sheets
Susan Zoll & Natasha Feinberg
(Casa, Elementary)
4D | Designing Family Partnership Opportunities to Improve Children’s Language and Literacy Learning
Nicolas Lepine
(Elementary, Secondary)
4E | The Sustainability Game
Lorna Cohen, Michael Picone & Monique Large
(Leadership)
4F | Embracing and Trusting the Montessori Essentials In the delicate balance in Public and Charter Montessori Schools
4G | Meditation Room
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Vicky Promenzio & Christine Lowry
(All)
5A | Of an Inclusive Nature
Cindy Acker
(Infant-Toddler, Social Justice)
5B | Teaching Social Justice to Toddlers
Dorothy Harmann
(Casa)
5C | Confessions of a Primary Teacher: What I Thought I knew about the Infant and Toddler Program
Ola Elserwi
(Elementary)
5D | Teaching Geometry Through a Cultural Lens
E Scott Osborne
(Elementary, Middle School)
5E | You Can be a Montessori Adult: Practical Life for Grown-ups
Patty Sobelman
(Leadership)
5F | The Anatomy of a School Tour
5G | Meditation Room
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Dana Anderson
(All)
6A | AI and Montessori: A Natural Approach to Artificial Intelligence
Ann Epstein
(Infant-Toddler, Casa, Elementary)
6B | Issues and Topics in Primary Classrooms: What’s the Research Evidence?
Mara Weitzman
(Elementary, Middle School)
6C | Technology for Today’s Practical Life: Incorporating technology in education to empower and prepare students for their future.
James Moudry
(Secondary)
6D | Preparation of Adults to Work with Adolescents
Cassi Mackey
(Leadership)
6F | Following the Adult: When Giving Feedback
Round Table
R Toward & K Simon
Cindy Acker
Sheila Linville
Spanish Spoken Table
LGBTQ Round Table – A Safe Space. This round table, will be held in the Meditation Room, and is a safe space for those who honor each other in our gender and sexual identity and fluidity.
Accreditation Questions
Meditation Room
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Back to Center
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Thank You Sponsor Cocktails
Sunday, October 27, 2024
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Back to Center
8:30 am – 9:30 am
General Session
Gratitude Gathering
9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Christine Lowry
(All)
7A | Behavior Strategies: Rethinking Challenges and Creating Supports
Cindy Acker
(All, Social Justice)
7B | Teaching Beyond Diversity with Historical Integrity
Sarah Moudry
(Infant-Toddler, Casa)
7C | How to Support the Independence of the Young Child: Eating, Toilet learning & Sleeping?
Tim Seldin & Renee DCF
(Leadership)
7D | Unlocking the Potential: Building Faculty and Family School Partnerships to Enhance the Student Learning Experience
Kathy Minardi
(Leadership)
7E | The Story Bridge Method for Deeply Connecting a Montessori Staff Community
Kathy Leitch
(All)
7F | Observation is Love