Special Education for Montessori Teachers provides Montessori teachers with essential knowledge and practical strategies for working with the special education system.

“The course provided invaluable insights into IEPs, 504 plans, autism spectrum awareness, and ongoing research in special education and Montessori methods. This wealth of knowledge will undoubtedly enhance my teaching career in a Montessori classroom.”

Special education is a highly detailed and regulated branch of public education with specific concepts, vocabulary, requirements, and procedures. Many teachers, Montessori and conventional, are not trained in special education, yet they encounter students with disabilities and special needs every day and interact with the system frequently.

In this course, experienced special educator and Montessorian Dr. Andrée Rolfe, Ed.D., provides Montessori teachers with essential knowledge about the system,  high-incidence disabilities, and critical practical strategies and guidelines to effectively meet individual needs while making the Montessori curriculum accessible.

Participants will learn about:

• Montessori adaptations and interventions
• The structure and requirements of special education
• Co-planning with the special education team and the family
• IEPs and 504 plans
• ADHD
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Reading disabilities
• Sensory processing issues

This course will include eight live sessions, meeting on the following Tuesdays from 7-8:30pm ET:

Calendar

Attendance and certificates: Certificates of attendance are available for participants who attend 80% or more of live sessions.

Live session recordings: When available, recordings of live sessions are accessible to participants for six months after the date of the session. 

Financial aid: Financial support for professional learning courses is sometimes available. Priority is given to NCMPS individual members serving in public schools. Apply for financial aid using this form.

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. We confirm payment and registration via email. Questions about payment? Contact payments@public-montessori.org.

Photos and video: NCMPS may take photos or record video during this course. By participating in this event, you consent to your likeness being used for promotional purposes without compensation, and you release NCMPS from any liability related to this use. If you do not want your likeness used in this way, you may inform the course staff, and NCMPS will make its best effort to prevent such use.

Can’t make this course? Bring this course to you! Please email pd@public-montessori.org for information about hosting this course as a face-to-face or virtual workshop at your school.

About the Instructor:

Andrée Rolfe holds the AMI Elementary Diploma from Washington Montessori Institute and an Ed.D from Teachers’ College, Columbia University in Special Education – Learning Disabilities. She has over thirty years of experience in public special education. Andrée taught master’s level courses at Fordham University and Introduction to Special Education at the Center for Montessori Education, Loyola University. She currently serves as the educational specialist at The Village School for Children in Waldwick, NJ and teaches. Her consultation work with Montessori schools focuses on supporting children who present with learning challenges and creating developmental reading, writing, and spelling instruction and practice in Montessori classrooms. Andree can be reached at andree.rolfe@public-montessori.org.