Asset-Based Education for Equity – Summer 2023

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A Montessori Approach to Equity

How do we ensure equity for the diverse populations in our public classrooms? Leaning into Montessori as an asset-based pedagogy is a good place to start. Asset-Based pedagogies highlight the strengths that students bring to the classroom and view differences as assets and not deficits. Montessori is primed to do this, but without understanding and intentionality, a Montessori classroom can miss the mark.

Designed for classroom teachers and assistants of all levels, administrators, and coaches, this course asks participants to examine how they can intentionally:

  • Establish and sustain equitable pathways such as opportunity, access, and inclusion 
  • Elevate and center the stories of marginalized/invisible groups 
  • Examine intersections of social and cultural identity in the context of education
  • Interrogate systems of power and privilege that uphold oppression in education

By the end of this course, participants will be better equipped to: 

  • Help students reclaim language and culture through an asset-based framework
  • See, articulate, and appreciate the classroom experiences of their students, both challenges and triumphs
  • Examine their own pedagogical practices, shedding deficit-based lenses and replacing them with asset-based habits

This is a 15-hour course with 5 live one-hour sessions. Synchronous sessions include a combination of discussions and breakout groups. For asynchronous sessions, participants will receive curated readings, media (visual and audio), and practical and reflective assignments. Live sessions will be held from 1:30-2:30pm ET on the following dates:

  • July 25
  • July 27
  • August 1
  • August 3
  • August 8

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.

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Live Session Recordings: When available, recordings of live sessions will be posted to the course for no less than six months after the date of the live session. Recordings older than six months may expire at any time.

About the Instructor

Jasmine provides race and equity guidance and education, and delivers Montessori theory and practice instruction for the NCMPS Montessori Teacher Residency.

Jasmine holds an AMS Early Childhood credential and a M.Ed. in TESOL, Literacy, and Culture. She has worked in bilingual Montessori programs for 12 years, including 8 years in a public program, as a classroom teacher, reading interventionist, Montessori coach, and academic director.

Jasmine considers herself a citizen of the world, having lived/volunteered in and traveled to 48 countries around the globe, most recently returning from four years in China. She is passionate about equitable and joyful Montessori education, and her dream is to bring free, socially justice centered Montessori training and education to marginalized communities throughout the world. Jasmine is currently earning a doctorate in Education for Social Justice at the University of San Diego with the desire to add to this body of knowledge in teacher training.

Jasmine Williams

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