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IN THIS OVERVIEW
What you can expect…
Wondering if the course is right for you? Watch this quick overview from the course instructor!
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Lifetime access to all 13 lessons
PDF handouts to further your insight and understanding
Coaching and support on your course assignments
Direct access to the course instructor for follow-up questions
Upon successful completion of the two assignments and the course videos, you will receive a professional development certificate
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The course has 75 minutes of video content (direct instruction). The two required assignments will take approximately 1 hour each. The additional independent work time will take approximately 3.75 hours. Therefore, the professional development certificate includes 7 hours.
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You are a Montessori guide in lower or upper elementary.
You are an administrator or coach who would benefit from having more specific strategies to talk about with teachers who are struggling with how to fit it all in.
You are a new teacher who would benefit from additional lesson planning strategies beyond what you learned during your Montessori training.
You are a veteran guide who is hoping to refresh your approach to lesson planning to make it more equitable, more aligned with moving the needle for children who struggle, and less stressful and more efficient.
Although this course talks a lot about the unique circumstances in public Montessori schools, educators in private Montessori schools will still benefit if they work with children at diverse levels in different subject areas.
Meet Your Guide
Sara Cotner is the Founder & Executive Director of Montessori For All, an organization that builds tools and resources and offers coaching and consulting to ensure more equitable outcomes for children in public Montessori programs. Montessori For All launched Austin’s first free public Montessori school, serving nearly 500 children—infants through Upper Elementary. Sara has cultivated broad and deep insight into educational reform as a Teach For America national staff member, the founder of an independent consulting firm, an adjunct professor, and a teacher in various environments, including charter, traditional districts, and public Montessori. She holds AMS Elementary certification and a NAMTA Adolescent certification and attended Montessori school as a child.