Teaching on Purpose combines elements of Jane Nelsen’s Positive Discipline with strategies and exercises from other leaders in positive psychology and human development, seen through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.
The course will guide adult learners through their own transformations to help them develop their own styles of classroom leadership and prepare liberated Montessori learning environments.
This 21-day micro-learning course is suitable for teachers at all levels from infancy to adolescent. Each week, participants will watch a 10-15 minute video and complete a short follow-up activity daily for five days. The week will close with an hour-long discussion led by a school-based facilitator and a day reserved for review and integration.
Press play on the video below to hear Dr. Luz talk about what to expect in this course!
Enrollment
This course requires a school-based facilitator, typically a coach or school leader, to work alongside participants and tailor the content to their particular school. Â
Before the course, the facilitator first completes a free 30-minute self-guided orientation.
Register for Facilitator Orientation • Read the Facilitator’s Guide
After completing the orientation, the school can buy seats in the course for $230 per person (not including the facilitator), or $1750/academic year for unlimited enrollment until June 30th, 2024.
Course Outline
Week 1
- Day 1: Paper Child – Identity
- Day 2: Discouraged Behaviors of Children
- Day 3: Encouraged Behaviors of Children
- Day 4: Who is an Encourager?
- Day 5: Meet the Encourager Meditation
- Day 6: Facilitator-Led Discussion
- Day 7: Review and Integration Day
Week 2
- Day 1: Future Vision
- Day 2: From Laddership to Leadership
- Day 3: The Social Discipline Window
- Day 4: Freedom with Limits
- Day 5: 6-Phase Meditation
- Day 6: Facilitator-Led Discussion
- Day 7: Review and Integration Day
Week 3
- Day 1: The Pillars of Motivation
- Day 2: Autonomy
- Day 3: Competence
- Day 4: Relatedness
- Day 5: Focus on Solutions
- Day 6: Implementation
- Day 7: Facilitator-Led Discussion
Paying by check: We accept payment via most credit cards. To request to pay by check, use this form. You will not be registered until your check has been received. Once your check has been received, we will enter your registration for the event and confirm via email. For questions about payment, contact payments@public-montessori.org.
About the Instructor
Dr. Luz Casquejo Johnston has been in the field of education for over 20 years and has been in the Montessori movement in every capacity. She started her Montessori journey in the 70s as a primary student. She came back to Montessori as an adult and earned her AMS Lower Elementary I Credential. She has worked in charter schools as a Lower Elementary guide and served for seven years as a Montessori charter school administrator. She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the Joint Doctoral Program at California State University San Marcos and University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Luz has designed and delivered trainings on elementary Montessori and issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to schools in the U.S. She is an international speaker with specialities in Montessori elementary education, child development, DEI and school leadership.
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