February 2, 2024—AMS is pleased to introduce the most recent cohort of graduates from the AMS Instructor Academy.
AMS Instructor Academy is a course of study for future teacher education program instructors. Rigorous, advanced, and staffed by leaders in the field, Instructor Academy provides the training that teacher education program instructors need to prepare future generations of Montessori educators.
This profound professional development opportunity invites participants to understand the Montessori story more deeply, to become a keeper of that story, and to pass it on to others.
Meet the Infant & Toddler Teacher Educator
Maria Clinton
Team Leader
Soong Ching Ling School (PSID)
Shanghai, China
Meet the Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Beth Duffy
Early Childhood TEP Instructor
Chapel Hill, NC
Denise Brazeau
Early Childhood Lead Guide, Field Consultant for Adult Interns
Huntington Station, NY
Kellsie R Goodman
Early Childhood Educator
Viroqua, WI
Kimberly Parmentier Le Lay (she/her)
Assistant Head of School, and Field Consultant
North Shore Montessori
Stony Brook, NY
Kylee Burke
Lead Primary Teacher
Chicago, IL
Maria Moncada
Founder and Head of School Maria Montessori School, Honduras, Central America 1998-2023
Actually ECE Montessori Teacher, Denver Public School, Colorado 2023
Denver, CO
Mrs. Maryam Niazy
Academic Coordinator
Alafaq School
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Noemi Hertez Carmack
Tampa, FL
Tina James-Outerbridge
Montessori Educator and Teacher Trainer Early Childhood (3-6) and Elementary 1 (6-9)
Bermuda
Tomomi Saito-Kalkhoven
School Director & Educator
Bellevue, WA
Julie Dempsey Limkeman
Early Childhood Educator, Herfurth Elementary
Teacher Trainer, Shelton Montessori Training Center
Dallas, TX
Saima Sabah Abbas
Montessori Instructor
Montgomery Village, Maryland
Haihui Shi
Director
Montessori School Mitchel
Mitchell, SD
Meet the Elementary Teacher Educators
Aislinn Noel Hallam
AMS Elementary I, Elementary II, Administrator and Instructor
Miami, Florida and St. George, Grenada
Brigitte Frost
Elementary Teacher, Christian Montessori School of Ann Arbor, MI
Instructor, Montessori Teacher Education Center/San Francisco Bay Area
Cathy Rohrer, Ph.D.
9-12 Head Teacher and Elementary Team Leader
Montessori Children’s Community
Pittsburgh, PA
Kami Johnson
AMS 6-9, 9-12, Teacher Trainer, Coach
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Kate Lehman
Early Childhood & Elementary Montessori Guide
Undercroft Montessori School
Tulsa, OK
Kelly D. Allred
AMS 3-6, 6-9, 9-12, Administrator, Teacher Trainer
Avon, Ohio
Tess Igarta
School Founder/Director Second Body Montessori
Valencia, Spain