Our Work

Supporting schools, families, and children on a national scale

222

Public Schools Supported

3,924

Teachers, Coaches, and Leaders Supported

78

Teachers Trained

Total Reach

5,000+ adults

500+ schools and organizations

50,000+ children

Since our founding in 2012, NCMPS has supported more than 200 schools with direct services, teacher training, coaching, and professional development.

Washington, DC

Memphis, TN

  • Trained and supported teachers at Libertas School of Memphis
  • Helped launch a MACTE-accredited state-licensed teacher residency program.

San Diego, CA

  • Helped the San Diego Unified School District design and launch the Logan Memorial Educational Campus, a comprehensive “cradle-to-career” program serving more than 300 children from three years old through fifth grade.

Austin, TX

Tulsa, OK

  • Supported the launch of Emerson Elementary,  Tulsa’s first public Montessori school.
  • The district subsequently launched two more public Montessori schools.

San Antonio, TX

San Mateo, CA

  • Trained, provided whole-school review and provided ongoing coaching and teacher support for Parkside Montessori in San Mateo-Foster City School District

Cleveland, OH

Detroit, MI

Networking and Convening

The Montessori Census collects data about Montessori schools (public and private) in the U.S. and around the world. 

Users can search by ages served and location, and see schools on an interactive world map.

MontessoriPublic is a website and print newspaper sharing news and information about public Montessori.

Teach Montessori is a Montessori job posting board and training center locator.

Users can search for and post jobs, learn about teacher training, and find training centers.

Cheyenne Eete Kippenberger

Cheyenne Eete KippenbergerCheyenne is a Seminole and Chilean woman, advocate for Indigenous people and a former Miss Indian World. She has utilized her platform as an ambassador to advocate for environmental protections of the Florida Everglades, overturn adverse stereotypes and stigmatizations of mental health in tribal communities, encourage healing through identity and self love, and combat the negative, stereotypical narrative of Native and Indigenous people through education. Cheyenne also provides motivational speaking presentations, empowerment workshops, pageantry coaching, cultural and historical consulting, hosts and emcees, and presents on topics such as culture as prevention, identity, human trafficking, domestic violence, and much more. She strives for authenticity and to live a healthy life physically, mentally and spiritually through her culture and teachings.

Desmond Blackburn

Desmond BlackburnFacing History and Ourselves is a non-profit organization founded in 1976 to “use lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.” Today, Facing History and Ourselves is a global organization with a network of hundreds of thousands of educators reaching millions of students worldwide, providing extensive curriculum, professional development, and resources. CEO Desmond Blackburn began his public education career as a high school math teacher in Florida and rose through the state’s school system, including serving as principal at a public Montessori school, to become Superintendent of Brevard Public Schools. Blackburn has served as CEO of the New Teacher Center, a national nonprofit that works to disrupt the predictability of educational inequities for systemically underserved students. He was previously Deputy Chancellor of School Leadership for the New York City Department of Education, the largest school system in the nation, before joining Facing History and Ourselves this year.