May 1, 2023—The AMS Instructor Academy is a course of study for future teacher education program instructors across program level. Rigorous, advanced, and staffed by leaders in the field, Instructor Academy provides the training that teacher education program instructors need to prepare generations of Montessori educators for classroom and administrative roles.
This profound professional development opportunity is designed for TEP instructors. It invites participants to understand the Montessori story more deeply, to become a keeper of that story, and to pass it on to others.
We are pleased to introduce the first cohort of graduates from the AMS Instructor Academy.
Meet the Infant & Toddler Teacher Educators
Michelle Blake
Founder and Principal, Montessori Blooming LLC
Consultant, Adult Education Instructor & Infant/Toddler Program Coordinator
New Jersey
Lorraine Carter
Certified Infant/Toddler Instructor
Sandpoint, ID
Adrienne Frautten, MAEd, (she/her)
Lead Guide, Teacher Instructor
Harborlight Montessori
Beverly, MA
Danielle Yu
Founder
Yudan Academy
Shanghai, China
Meet the Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Leonor “Lei” Bryant
Head of School and Lead Guide
Upward Bound Montessori School
Round Rock, TX
Silvia P Flores Ramirez
Director of Education and Montessori Curriculum
Estrellitas Montessori School
Washington, D.C.
Dorothy Harman, MEd
Author, Parent Child Press
Instructional Guide, Center for Guided Montessori Studies
Adjunct Lecturer, University of NE-Kearney
Curriculum Coordinator, De La Fontaine Trilingual Montessori
Sarasota, FL
Marierose Trinh Hoang
AMS Montessori Educator/Field Consultant
Thanh Tam Special Education Center (Danang, Vietnam)
Herndon, VA
Karen Kashuba (she/her)
Curriculum Coordinator, University Village Montessori School
Independent Contractor, Montessori Professional Development Presenter
Chicago, IL
Marie Medonis
Lead Elementary English 6 – 9 Guide
Early Childhood Teacher Trainer Duhovka Institute, Prague
Duhovka Skola, Czech Republic
Ruth G. Melián
Montessori Instructor
Executive Director, Montessori San Cristóbal, Inc
Puerto Rico
Karen D. Mitu, MEd
Infant Toddler / Early Childhood Montessori Guide & TEP Instructor
Montessori School of Shanghai & Trinity Montessori Education Center
Shanghai, China
Heena A. Onay, MEd
Preschool Teacher
Kingsley Montessori School
Boston, MA
Mary Noelle Sevilla
Director
Walnut International Montessori Preschool
Walnut, CA
Khuloud Lulu Solomon (she/her)
Director
Highland Montessori School
Austin, TX
Martha Teien
Head of School, Lead Guide
Mountain Montessori
Avon, CO
Donna May Tomboc
Montessori Mentor
Cosmic Education Group
Hong Kong and the Philippines
Phia Topacio
Director, Burlingame Montessori
Teacher Educator, Montessori Teacher Education Center SFBA
San Francisco, CA
Ali Lovie Zollo, MEd
Instructor and Field Consultant, Montessori Education Institute of the Pacific Northwest
Head of School, First Stage Montessori
Bothell and Poulsbo, WA
Meet the Elementary Teacher Educators
Linda Aaquist, MAEd
Instructor
Montessori Teacher Education Center/San Francisco Bay Area
Reno, NV
Molly Bernhardt
Lower Elementary Teacher
Toledo, OH
Adam Egherman, MEd
Co-facilitator, Instructor Academy Elementary Cohort
Teacher Educator, Elementary Guide
Des Moines, IA
Huma Kazmi
Elementary II Program Coordinator
Princeton Montessori School
Princeton, NJ
Katie Mosquera
Elementary Course Coordinator, Instructor, Coach
Montessori Teacher Residencies
National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector
New Market, MD
Ifeoma Orji
Elementary 6 – 9 Guide
Elementary Trainer
Cairo, Egypt
Gustavo Rodriguez
Primary and Elementary Montessori Guide
La Prima Casa Montessori
Miami, FL
Laurie Stockton-Moreno
Director
The Center for Montessori Teacher Education at Trine University
Angola, IN
Trisha Ann Tarver Leathers, EdD
Curriculum Coordinator, Lead Teacher, Director CMTi-TEP
Coastal Montessori Charter School
Pawleys Island, SC