Services

School Services

Targeted and tailored services help schools, teachers, coaches, and leaders deliver innovative and effective public Montessori

Startup and Expansion

Support for new schools and for programs adding levels or expanding their scope

Planning, Launch, and Implementation:
Customized consultation for new and expanding programs.

  • Program design and modeling
  • On-site and remote consulting
  • Summer staff development and orientation
New to Montessori? Begin with the Foundational Commitments for Public Montessori.
To learn more, or to contract for services, contact services@public-montessori.org.

Program Support

Support for full implementation and better developmental outcomes at every level

A comprehensive multi-day assessment

Essential Elements Review

What does it take to do Montessori in the public sector with equity, full implementation, and sustainability?

The Essential Elements for Montessori in the Public Sector (download) comes from NCMPS and national Montessori organizations. The Essential Elements Review is a comprehensive multi-day assessment helping schools on the path to continuous improvement.

Montessori Continuing Education

Essential Elements Review Components

  • Multi-day school visit or online consultation
  • Essential Elements Rubric review and report (download the Rubric)
  • Developmental Environment Rating Scale (DERS) observations and summary reports by level
  • Stakeholder focus group meetings (teachers, families, leadership, and board)
  • Comprehensive written report with recommendations for continuous improvement
  • Follow-up work and support throughout the year

NCMPS staff work with school leaders to assess the program on a four-point scale across 25 standards and to develop an action plan for continuous improvement.

To learn more, or to contract for an Essential Elements Review, contact services@public-montessori.org.

Developmental Environmental Rating Scale (DERS)

The Developmental Environment Rating Scale is a classroom assessment tool which measures the presence of child and adult behaviors and environment attributes which support developmental outcomes aligned with Montessori, such as executive functions, linguistic and cultural fluency, and social-emotional flexibility. The DERS is implemented via an iPad app during a classroom observation by a trained observer and gives clear guidance towards effective practice.

EER SUPPORTED SELF-STUDY

In a Supported Self-Study, we provide an orientation to the tool, and stakeholder cohorts (parents, leadership, teachers, board, etc.) complete relevant elements. Cohorts then meet together to share observations, arrive at ratings, develop action items, and plan next steps.

NCMPS can support self-studies by:

  • Facilitating focus groups
  • Observing school operations (dismissal, arrival, lunch, etc.)
  • Observing classrooms
  • Facilitating final stakeholder to develop action plan.
  • Making recommendations for next steps.

Training, online cohorts, and coaching

Support for Leaders

NCMPS provides support for public Montessori school leaders and leadership teams, to help them more fully implement Montessori and navigate state and district requirements.

Montessori Fundamentals For School Leaders

School leaders without Montessori training need orientation and support. Montessori Fundamentals for School Leaders is a six-week online course including live sessions, videos, and readings, led by an experienced Montessori public school leader.

Register for Montessori Fundamentals for School Leaders →

One-on-One Coaching

School leaders can contract with NCMPS for customized leadership support, by on-site visits and video conference.

To learn more or to contract for coaching, contact services@public-montessori.org.

Workshop & Support Topics

  • Montessori-aligned systems and routines
  • Ongoing, school-wide Montessori coaching and professional development
  • Teacher development, record keeping and evaluation
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Tracking and reporting student data
  • Meeting district and authorizer demands
  • Board, district, parent and teacher relationships that support school culture
  • Roles, responsibilities and boundaries within a Montessori staffing structure
  • Budgeting to support the Montessori program
  • Social services and supports for families
  • Engaging parents

Training, online cohorts, and coaching

Support for Coaches

Trained Montessori Coaches help educators and schools by observing in classrooms, working with teachers, and supporting school-wide Montessori implementation for human development.

NCMPS has trained and supported more than 500 Montessori Coaches. Schools can send teachers for training and ongoing support, or include coaching support in a comprehensive service contract.

Montessori Coaches Training

This seven-week online training prepares coaches to support effective, equitable Montessori classroom practice and to work with school leaders to grow and strengthen developmentally supportive practices throughout the school.

Register for Coaches Training →

Register for Coaching Coffees 23-24 →

Coaching of the Coach

Schools can contract with NCMPS for customized coaching support.

To learn more or to contract for coaching, contact services@public-montessori.org.

Training & Workshop Topics

  • Whole-School Reflective Practice
  • Developmental Learning Environments
  • Aligning Inputs and Outcomes
  • Observing Work Engagement
  • Coaching Conversations
  • Coaching with the DERS

Training and online cohorts supporting a Montessori-aligned approach to RTI/MTSS

Child Study

Child Study is a Montessori approach to RTI/MTSS that focuses on meeting the needs of all children. NCMPS has trained and supported more than 300 educators with Child Study Training. Schools can send teachers for training and ongoing support, and access tools and protocols to more effectively support children and teachers.

Montessori Assessment

Child Study Training

This eight-week online training prepares educators to implement the Child Study Protocol, supporting teachers and children through the process of identifying specific needs and challenges, creating and implementing adaptations and interventions, gathering data, and referring to special education when appropriate.

Register for Child Study Training →

Training & Workshop Topics

  • Whole-School Reflective Practice
  • Developmental Learning Environments
  • Aligning Inputs and Outcomes
  • Observing Work Engagement
  • Coaching Conversations
  • Coaching with the DERS

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.