Hi all,
I would like to start a list of Montessori schools and organizations
by state, province or country. Please send your list by commenting on
this post. Since Utah is my home state at present, I will start here:
http://www.evergreen-montessori.com/http://www.montessoriutah.com/
http://www.utahmontessori.org/
http://www.montessorislc.com/
http://mydancingmoose.com/
http://www.montessori-at-riverton.org/index.html
http://www.soaringwings.org/
http://www.millsmontessorischool.org/
http://www.anotherwaymontessori.org/
http://www.newdiscoverymontessori.com/
http://www.dayspringmontessori.com
Utah Montessori Council
Thursday, 19 March 2009 07:57 | Written by Duna Strachan
USA: Utah
The Utah Montessori Council was founded in 2004 with the intent
of creating a support network for Utah Montessorians. The
Montessori movement has been growing in Utah since the early
1980’s and today there are about 40 schools in the state. Most of
these schools are small and find it difficult to send teachers out of
state to training programs and professional conferences. The UMC
set out to provide support accessible to every Montessorian in the
state beginning by offering an annual professional conference.
In establishing an annual conference the objective was to keep
costs low so that every director, administrator, teacher, assistant
and parent could afford to attend. The first conference offered a
variety of workshops presented by local talent and was attended
by 100 enthusiastic fans of Montessori. Registration was kept at
$50 per person which included an evening of registration,
appetizers and a school tour as well as a full day of workshop
options, lunch and snacks. In February the UMC held its 6th annual
conference featuring keynote speaker Catherine McTamaney,
author of The Tao of Montessori. This was attended by 200
participants including some from neighboring states. Because of
members volunteering their labor registration remains at $50 per
person.
New to the UMC this year is a website with links to all member
schools and services (www.utahmontessori.org). The group is also
offering consulting services and a UMC school certification
program that meets or exceeds local state daycare standards.
UMC Treasurer, Bruce King, spent long hours testifying before the
state legislature and committees over the past year to speak up
for the self-regulation of private schools. He was successful in
establishing an exemption for Utah Montessori schools. He took
the idea a step further and created a series of certification
programs demonstrating the health, safety and environmental
consciousness of qualifying schools. “The next time this subject
comes up before the legislature,” King says, “we’ll have our own
certification programs in place which will demonstrate our ability to
remain self-regulating.”
Contact Duna Strachan at duna@soaringwings.org
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