The NAMTA conference series provides an opportunity for Montessori practitioners to deepen their understanding of Montessori practice from birth through adolescence. Speakers present the continuum of Montessori’s living tradition. NAMTA responds to contemporary needs while preserving the fullness of Montessori’s original insights and design. We strive to keep our members firmly rooted in Montessori principles and implementation, while promoting innovations within the parameters of the field.

Cost for NAMTA members to attend October 2008 through April 2009 conferences is $300 ($315 after deadline).

Conference announcements, including registration materials, are mailed approximately four to six weeks prior to each conference. Online registration usually begins about four to six weeks prior to the conference; check this site for full conference schedules and registration materials. To be included on the mailing list, contact NAMTA with your name, address, and the conference in which you are interested.

Click here for a printable conference schedule.

The Montessori Assistants to Infancy from All Perspectives:
The Journey from Unconscious to Conscious
Baltimore, MD: October 16-19, 2008
Sheraton Columbia Hotel
This conference is a unique offering about Montessori under age three. It explores solid implementation of infant and toddler programming, including all-day Montessori. The consolidation of the whole family depends on the school’s communication about the entire developmental continuum, with an emphasis on the relationship of the first three years of life to the beginning of social independence and social responsibility.

Documenting Montessori Outcomes as Unique and Relevant
San Francisco, CA: November 13-16, 2008
Golden Gateway Hotel
The perennial question of “what happens after Montessori” is treated from both the formative point of view and that of graduates looking back. A comprehensive description of Montessori-specific outcomes addresses the building of a whole-school vision among faculty and administration. Participants will learn how to document Montessori success while refining goals and objectives in light of best practices in the AMI field today, leading to authentic assessment.

Montessori Special Education II: A Contemporary Assessment
Atlanta, GA: January 22-25, 2009
The Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter
A sequel to NAMTA’s highly praised special education conference last year in Austin, TX, this year’s conference will focus on real best practices that address the range of learning differences that turn up in a Montessori school. The conference will provide six to eight contact hours in such special education topics as understanding diagnostic testing, language remediation, gifted and talented education, approaches to integrated tutoring, mainstreaming, etc.

The Adolescent and Society: Community Interaction and Social Reform
(NAMTA’s Annual Adolescent Conference)
Seattle, WA: March 5-8, 2009
Venue to be determined
This conference offers an in-depth view of ways adolescents transition into fourth-plane maturity by establishing creative partnerships through field experiences, service, and community action, and the importance of real connections to the developmental aims of the third plane. A new definition of adolescent maturity will be contextualized by the adolescent’s work in society and in directions for social reform. A highlight will be presentations by Montessori adolescents.

Montessori as a Global Pedagogy:
A Telecommunications Approach to World Professional Development
Chicago, IL: April 23-26, 2009
Doubletree Hotel Chicago-Oak Brook
This conference will introduce a distance learning approach to connecting schools with vital teacher development internationally. Schools can choose to either send their faculty to hear AMI speakers in plenary session or create a virtual conference via telecommunications without airfare and hotel expense. A how-to session will discuss setting up a school consultation via teleconference.

A Montessori Orientation to Adolescent Studies
June 22-July 24 and November 5-8, 2009
Cleveland area, Ohio
click here to view the 2008 brochure (pdf)

Montessori Whole-School Management^SM: A Professional Development Course for Teachers and Administrators
Summer 2009 (two weeks)
Location to be announced
click here to view the 2008 brochure (pdf)

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