Adolescent Resources
Explore the world of adolescence through some of our partners and affiliates.
MAPS - Montessori Adolescent and Practitioners Symposium
The Montessori Adolescent Practitioners Symposium - MAPS - is a convening space for peer-to-peer sharing of best practices, cutting edge thinking, and practical strategies in Montessori adolescent education. The goal of MAPS is to fill a recognized gap in opportunities for adolescent practitioners to share individual experience, knowledge and practices in order to strengthen the community as a whole.
The Math Institute
An online resource for middle and high school math teachers led by Michael Waski, author of Teaching Algebra to the Adolescent, A Montessori Approach.
Deep Dives
Voices captured from adolescent practitioners and leaders from across the globe
During the Adolescent Initiative, deep dives were facilitated with Montessori adolescent practitioners from around the world. These in-depth conversations were focused on multiple topics that focused on Montessori adolescent theory and how it is applicable in the practitioner’s time, space, place, and unique circumstances.
Montessori Glossary Community Project
An open source glossary project created by and for the Montessori community.
The Montessori Glossary Community Project is an open community dedicated to knowledge equity, shared authority, and the co-creation of an open access vocabulary of Montessori terms. We welcome participants from a variety of backgrounds, including practitioners, scholars, historians, social scientists, activists, coders, and more.
Host Your Own Workshop
The AMI Orientation 12-18 workshop that will be held entirely online, enabling participants to more effectively organize their studies to complement their schedules, as well as having access to AMI trained practitioners, and fellow participants, from around the world. If you are interested in hosting your own workshop, please fill out our partner survey.
Montessori Adolescent Initiative
The Initiative Behind the new AMI Diploma Course
The initiative is being facilitated by an Executive Study Team as a collaborative round table committed to the exploration of universal and international characteristics of the adolescent, innovations, current work in brain science and the psychology of the adolescent and the best and most innovative practices from practitioners around the world.
“One thing that education can take as a sure guide, and that is the personality of the children who are to be educated.”