| Montessori
Elementary
Education
Fusion Curriculum
Courtesy Jean Wille.r
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| ASSESSMENT
Montessori 2000 provides an extremely important opportunity to further an
unfulfilled assessment need that has… |
| Guided by the belief that assessment of student progress should be based on
multiple sources of evidence, the evaluation of… |
| be an iterative process in writing and by telephone that will continue until the
student outcomes are clearly specified.
Task… |
| of a variety of student activities required to master the objective. Student
performance in these classroom activities, if… |
| of the data collection process; (c) to analyze the data; and (d) to prepare both an
interim and a final report of findings.… |
| and affective variables will be demonstrated by Montessori schools across the
socioeconomic spectrum over a broad range of… |
| DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Division of Tasks
The Project Director is responsible for design specification, design production… |
| 2. Positions on both the Design Review Team and the Task Force Team are
semi-voluntary. Individuals selected will be motivated… |
| PHASE 1 ◊ YEAR ONE
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
1992 - 1993
Small design curriculum projects are materialized by Task Forces and… |
| Assessment Team gives input into the appropriateness of the outcomes.
January 1993 ◊ Plenary Review Meeting
Task Forces meet… |
| PHASE 2 0 YEAR Two
IMPLEMENTATION AT PILOT SITES
1993 - 1994
Two weU-established, exemplary Montessori programs representing… |
| In the 1993-94 academic year Mitchell Montessori School will begin, with
the help of grant funds, the development of a pilot… |
| August 1993 ◊ Two Week Summer Seminar
Design Review Team presents curriculum designs with completed prototypes
to pilot… |
| PHASE 2 ◊ YEAR THREE
IMPLEMENTATION AT PILOT SITES (CONTINUED)
1994 - 1995
August ◊ Two-week Summer Seminar
Representatives… |
| PHASE 3 ◊ YEARS FOUR AND FIVE
MULTIPLE-COMMUNITY IMPLEMENTATION
1995 - 1997
Summer 1995
Nienhuis Corporation will produce… |
| Academic Year 1996-1997
Design and Task Force representatives conduct one mid-year seminar to
trouble shoot implementation… |
| PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Montessori 2000 is a genuine partnership of administrators, post-secondary
institutions, teachers,… |
| since MDP's inception, and is a particular supporter of the Montessori 2000
project.
The North American Montessori… |
| Key Personnel •
David Kahn, Project Director
David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the… |
| College, an M.S. in elementary education from Hunter College, and a Ph.D. in
the sociology of education from New York… |
| Key Institutions •
The following institutions are key to the development of the Montessori
2000 project.
Montessori… |
| coverage in the Washington Post. NAMTA, with its specialization in media, will
manage the publications and videos resulting… |
| Design Review Team and Task Force Roster •
Michael Bagiackas, Teacher-Head, Hershey Montessori School
10229 Prouty, Concord… |
| Carole Komgold, Director, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY
25 Roxbury Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-472-0038
Pamela… |
| Hildegard Solzbacher, Preschool Teacher Trainer, Montessori Teacher Education
Collaborative
2l01 W. Good Hope Rd., Glendale,… |
| Tim Duax, Administraror and Researcher, Milwaukee Public Schools t
945 N. 29th, Milwaukee, WI 53208
414-344-7%8
Margaret… |
| Assessment Team
Mary Boehnlein
Tim Duax
Margaret Loeffler
Carol Takacs
Ana Maria Villegas
Scholar Review Team
Andrew… |
| K Computer
Peter Gebhardt-Seele, Robert Zdeb
L Physical Education
(to be confinned)
M Middle School
John McNarnara, John… |
| Participating Schools
Phase 2 and Phase 3
Public Montessori Schools
Carson Montessori School
Brenda K. White
Clissold… |
| Nokomis Montessori School t
Elnora Battle
North Avondale Montessori
Thomas G. Rothwell
Palm Academy
Sylvia Cooper
Sands… |
| Gloria Dei
Virginia Varga
Hershey Montessori School
Michael Bagiackas
Judson Montessori School
Jim Judson
Lake Country… |
| Other Participating Institutions and Societies
American Montessori Society
Beloit College
Cleveland State University… |
| SELECTED APPENDICES
The following appendices are several examples of the appropriate
submissions which provide detail to… |
| Hershey Montessori School
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| APPENDIX I
HERSHEY MONTESSORI ERDKINDER PROJECT
A Preliminary Proposal
by Michael Bagiackas
Hershey Montessori School has… |
| Hershey Montessori wiJJ dedicate a 1.5 acre parcel of land adjacent to the
existing main school building as a site for the… |
| Utilizing the fanning community fonnat provides opportunities for hands-on
activities which offer immediate feedback as well… |
| • opportunities to research scientific data concerning the operation from
local, state, and federal agencies, and to gather… |
| future, the detailed study of its practical application will open doors to the study
of other sources.
Cost
A high quality… |
| Cost
The cost of the barn and most of its furnishings is estimated at $20,000.
Gardens, Orchard and Berry Patches
The main… |
| a heightened sense of purpose to the magic of living on earth and the joy of
human community.
Cost
The gardens, orchard, and… |
| Lodge
The lodge will be a large, house-like structure with approximately 3000
square feet. It will include areas for: large… |
| Other
Additional landscaping and fencing will be required. Cost estimate; $15,000.
Shared Main School Building Facilities… |
| Laboratory at Hershey Montessori School has become a mini-nature preserve
among an increasing number of family dwellings.… |
| HERSHEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL
A Brief Narrative Sketch
Hershey Montessori School was founded in 1978 by a small group of
parents… |
| one 12 to 14); an art room; music/aftercare room; conference rooms; additional
library space; and a full-size kitchen. This… |
| outdoor curriculum at Hershey Montessori School. It will also be made available
to other schools locally and across the nation… |
| Hershey Montessori School Budget
Component I
Building Expansion
Component I Total
Component D
Aquaculture pond
Windmill… |
| Past
1978
1983
1985
1986
1987
1989
1990
1991
Future Plans
1991-92
1992-93
Hershey Montessori School Timeline… |
| 1993-94
Component I:
Capital Campaign
Organize building project
Arrange financing
Plan and build an out structure (… |
| APPENDIX II
WHAT IS MEET US IN ALEXANDRIA?
by John Wyatt and Elizabeth Tardola
After school, selected students from inner… |
| At birth, we suddenly find ourselves here for a brief, particular time, in a
particular geography, culture, community, and… |
| One must account for what is seen by what is unseen. An AJexandrian
model of knowledge assumes that organized curiosity is the… |
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| as subtle, demanding, and fragile an undertaking as examining the most difficult
subject matter in the curriculum. Obviously,… |
| expressions of daily life. Latin has the ability to establish a sense of "felt"
continuity with the past and… |
| Asians, Egyptians, Indians, Europeans, Syrians, Armenians, and Arabs. The
students encounter Alexandrian mathematics, physics… |
| 4. Writing samples compared from day one and samples at the end of each of
the cycles.
5. Latin sentence for analysis and… |
| This teacher training can be done on a small scale-a six-week summer
session---or on a much larger scale which examines each… |
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| Graphics
The possibilities for creating computer graphics within the context of this
curriculum are virtually endless. The… |
| Instructors can search for simuJation programs that will support the content
of the curriculum from a historical, biological,… |
| APPENDIX III
PROPOSAL FOR A
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH COMPONENT
IN THE EVALUATION OF MONTESSORI 2000
by Margaret Loeffler, Ph.D… |
| larger culture, the society of which it is a part. A detailed ethnographic study
of this smaller classroom culture will… |
| implementation of the Montessori model but will provide a wealth of more
general information about children's school… |
| Projected Schedule for Qualitative Research Plan
First Month:
Writing of manuals for teachers and ethnographers.
Development… |
| Sixth Month:
Interviews and observations continue.
Interim reports to project director due.
Interviews of parents by… |
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Projected Costs for Applied Research
Writing Tasks:
• Manual for Ethnographers
Manual for… |
| APPENDIX IV
SYSTEMIC REFORM
by Rexford Brown
ReJ.ford Brown outlines the approach of the Education Commission of the States… |
| and social problems, alone and with others; and who know how to keep on
learning for the rest of their lives.
We know how to… |
| manifold implications for change. And they have not yet advanced their
individual refonn initiatives in the broader context of… |
| System change/systemic change
Systemic change involves bringing about or inducing changes in enough of
the above elements and… |
| Figure 1
State & Community Strategy Elements Overview
I. Coherent Sense of Direction
. Why change is imperative
.… |
| These are elements of system change, not steps that must be followed
sequentially. People have to start from where they are. A… |
| Because the system is held together in part by its rules and regulations,
many elements of policy must change coherently in… |
| Figure 2
Critical Mass Policy Changes Consistent with Vision and
Linked to Each Other
(One change in eight categories every… |
| The need for communication strategies should be apparent by now. The
words "communications" and "… |
| WHOLE LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
IN HOUSTON WELL-RECEIVED
ln January, Mary Boehnlein and
Hildegard Solzbacher presented another… |
| Mary Kay Malloy and the staff of West
Hills Montessori School are to be corn•
mended for making this conference run so… |
| CALIFORNIA
Eleme111ary leachers, come grow wit11 us!
AMERICAN MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY
ACADEMY is moving to a new five-acre… |
| San Francisco Bay Area: MONTESSORI
SCHOOL OF LOS ALTOS, beginning i1s 21st
year with an intemaiional siaff and studem
body… |
| MASSACHUSETTS
THE
HARBORLIGHT
MONTESSORI
SCHOOL of Beverly, MA needs: infamlroddler
teacher (0 to 3) and primary teacher (… |
| THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE, 80 Sagamore Rd.,
Rye, NH 03870. No phone calls, please.
Applications are now being accepted LO com… |
| Peggy Skinner, 400 E. Evergreen Blvd., Van-
couver. WA 98660.
CANADA
THE NORTH YORK MONTESSORI LEARN-
ING CENTRE, 9600… |
| e
THE MONTESSORI INSTITUTE OF ATLANTA
Primary Teacher Training Course
certified by the Association Montessori lntema1ionale… |
| THE MONTESSORI TEACHER EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE
The Collaborative is pleased to announce four new courses. The selection of… |
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Educational reform? No easy task! Innovative… |