Live Event 5/15-5/16
Montessori Coaches Training helps coaches support strong, equitable Montessori practice.
$395
Professional Learning
Professional development for public Montessori schools, teachers, and leaders
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Montessori Teacher Preparation
MACTE-accredited on-site Montessori teacher training designed specifically for public schools
The Montessori Teacher Residency (MTR) model helps schools prepare teachers from within their current staff and local community, supports novice teachers during training, and provides a thorough Montessori and standards-aligned curriculum. The Residency model allows teachers to work in classrooms while completing their training. Training is available at the Primary (PK-K), Elementary I (1st – 3rd grade), and Elementary I-II (1st–6th grade) levels.
Contact us at mtr@public-montessori.org to learn more and work with our team to build a training package customized for your school’s particular circumstances.
Professional Learning Courses Enrolling Now
$695
Montessori Fundamentals for School Leaders – Summer 2026
Starts 7/13
This course helps school leaders understand the fundamental elements of Montessori philosophy, curriculum, and pedagogy.
$395
Coaches Training Summer 2026
Starts 7/20
Montessori Coaches Training helps coaches support strong, equitable Montessori practice.
Free Coffees
NCMPS hosts free online gatherings for teachers, leaders, coaches, DERS users, and Montessori coordinators to talk shop, collaborate, share strategies and resources, and more!
Sign up to get the link and join any time.
FREE
Coaches Coffees 25-26
Coaches Coffees is a FREE quarterly convening for NCMPS-trained coaches to deepen their practice: talk shop, practice coaching conversations, share strategies and resources, and more!
FREE
Open Office Hours 25-26
Free open office hours for teachers, coaches, leaders, and anyone who wants to talk public Montessori.
FREE
Coordinators Coffees 25-26
FREE 60-minute, monthly convening for Montessori coordinators throughout the 2025-26 school year.
Start Any Time
FREE
Public Montessori Bridge Program for Teachers
Enroll anytime
A curated professional development pathway for Montessori educators to demonstrate their commitment to excellence in the public sector.
$30
Montessori Substitutes Orientation
Begin any time
This 90-minute course is designed to orient substitute teachers to their work in Montessori environments, including a suite of resources and documents that can be customized to reflect each school's protocols
$240
Montessori Assistants Training 25-26
Begin any time
The assistant in the Montessori classroom has a critical role to play in supporting instruction, building community, and promoting social-emotional development. This asynchronous online course introduces new Montessori primary and elementary assistants to the prepared environment and their role within it.
$250
Montessori Classroom Teaming
Begin any time
A self-guided course designed to help lead teachers and assistant teachers in primary and elementary classrooms develop the foundation for a successful partnership.
$240
Montessori Fundamentals for Everyone 25-26
Begin any time
This asynchronous online course introduces non-Montessori-trained staff to the Montessori philosophy, the school as a prepared environment, and their role within that environment.Â
$299-$499
Montessori Fundamentals for Families
Begin any time
This course is designed to help families of children in public Montessori schools understand what they and their children can expect from their school experience.
$499
Lesson Study Training
PD in a box!
Montessori Lesson Study introduces three powerful protocols—Lesson Practice, Lesson Inquiry, and Lesson Design—to help Montessori teams refine lessons, align with standards, and collaboratively improve classroom practice.
FREE
Executive Function and Montessori
Begin any time
This FREE two-hour course provides an introduction to executive function, why it matters, and how Montessori environments support it.
$235
Supporting New-to-Montessori Students in the Elementary Classroom
Start Anytime
This course helps Elementary teachers support children new to Montessori.
$0
Child Study Refresher
Begin any time
A self-paced course for graduates of the NCMPS Child Study Training to learn about updates to the Child Study Protocol and tools.
DERS
$435
DERS Training and Certification
DERS training is a 6-hour online asynchronous course that prepares you to use the DERS app (available on iPad only) effectively as a tool for classroom observation and continuous improvement. Participants will learn to identify, evaluate, and record classroom indicators which support development.
$130
DERS Subscription Annual Renewal
The Developmental Environment Rating Scale Subscription Annual Renewal gives users 365 days of access to the DERS app for observation, assessment and improvement.
$95
DERS Orientation
DERS orientation is a 3.5-hour asynchronous course introducing classroom practitioners to the DERS by reviewing the research, methodology, and reports in the tool.
Future Offerings
$335
Assessment Playbook Tool Study
Coming Soon
In nine view-at-your-own-pace recordings plus bi-weekly open office hours, learn to use specific tools from the Montessori Assessment Playbook, a strategy manual and collection of tools for implementing an assessment model grounded in Montessori and supporting human flourishing.
Price TBA
Integrating Montessori and Academic Standards
Coming Soon
A course to empower public Montessori educators to confidently navigate and integrate academic standards while preserving the core values of Montessori pedagogy.
Coming Soon
Multilingual Learner Support in Montessori Classrooms
Coming Soon
Multilingual Learners in Montessori Classrooms helps Montessori teachers create inclusive learning environments where multilingual learners thrive.
Coming Soon
Asset-Based Education
Coming Soon
Asset-Based Education helps teachers highlight strengths students bring to the classroom and see differences as assets, not deficits.
$395
What Montessori Educators Need to Know about Special Education – Summer 2026
Starts Summer 2026
This course provides Montessori teachers with essential knowledge and practical strategies for working with the special education system.
Montessori Fundamentals for School Leaders – Fall 2026
Coming Fall 2026
This course helps school leaders understand the fundamental elements of Montessori philosophy, curriculum, and pedagogy.
$395
Coaches Training Fall 2026
Coming Fall 2026
Montessori Coaches Training helps coaches support strong, equitable Montessori practice.
$395
Child Study Training – Summer 2026
Coming Summer 2026
Child Study is a Montessori-based approach to RTI/MTSS, helping educators identify needs early and provide data-driven tiered support for development.
$495
A Classroom That Works – Summer 2026
Coming Summer 2026
36-hour course for elementary Montessori teachers to promote work engagement and prevent challenging behaviors in students.
$235
Visual Thinking Strategies: Using Art to Support Language Development in Montessori Environments – Summer 2026
Coming Summer 2026
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses student-driven conversations about specific works of art to foster vocabulary, fluency, and the critical thinking that drives both.
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