Learning Lab
Professional learning built on Montessori philosophy and modern research.
Short, rigorous, self-paced courses for working Montessori educators. $250 per course · Lifetime access.
Format
Async, self-paced — complete on your schedule
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Access
Lifetime access to all course materials after purchase
Current Courses
Five courses. All built for guides doing the real work.
Montessori Meets Science of Reading
Reading instruction, Montessori philosophy, equity, and the science of reading — in one rigorous course.
The science of reading is not in conflict with Montessori. But it does require Montessori educators to understand both what the research says and how to apply it within a Montessori philosophy — not despite it. This course does that work.
What you'll learn
- —Understand the current science of reading and its implications for Montessori reading instruction
- —Connect the Montessori phonics materials to evidence-based decoding practices
- —Identify equity dimensions in literacy instruction and apply them in your own classroom
- —Use the Montessori reading materials sequence with greater intention and confidence
Designed for: Primary and lower elementary Montessori guides, literacy leads, and instructional coaches
Price
$250
Format
Async, self-paced
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Secure checkout via Stripe. After purchase, you'll receive an email with instructions to access your course materials and session links.
Montessori Math: Materials to Mastery
Connecting the math materials to conceptual understanding — and knowing when a child has actually gotten there.
Montessori math materials are extraordinary. They also require a guide who understands the mathematical concepts beneath them — not just the sequence of presentations. This course builds that understanding, from the bead work through the operations to abstraction.
What you'll learn
- —Understand the mathematical concepts embedded in the core Montessori math materials
- —Recognize when a child is developing procedural fluency vs. conceptual understanding
- —Use assessment observation to guide material selection and lesson timing
- —Connect Montessori math materials to broader mathematical literacy and confidence
Designed for: Primary and elementary Montessori guides, math leads, and school-level instructional leaders
Price
$250
Format
Async, self-paced
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Secure checkout via Stripe. After purchase, you'll receive an email with instructions to access your course materials and session links.
Adult Culture & Montessori Practice
What Montessori requires of the adults in the building — not just the children.
The Montessori environment cannot function at its highest level when the adult culture beneath it is misaligned, avoidant, or unexamined. This course takes the philosophical commitments of Montessori — interior preparation, respect for the individual, genuine collaboration — and applies them directly to the adult community. It is rigorous, uncomfortable at moments, and practical throughout.
What you'll learn
- —Distinguish between performing Montessori practice and inhabiting a Montessori identity as an adult
- —Examine the interior conditions — reactivity, ego, assumption — that undermine the prepared adult
- —Diagnose and address alignment gaps in your school's adult culture
- —Lead through conflict and give and receive feedback in ways that model your school's stated values
- —Build professional learning structures that reflect how adults actually develop
Designed for: Montessori guides, lead teachers, heads of school, and academic directors working to develop a coherent adult culture
Price
$250
Format
Async, self-paced
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Secure checkout via Stripe. After purchase, you'll receive an email with instructions to access your course materials and session links.
The Art of Observation
Observation is the foundational Montessori skill. This course builds it.
Montessori called observation the key to understanding the child. It is also the skill most consistently underdeveloped in Montessori training — assumed rather than taught, praised in principle but rarely practiced with rigor. This course builds observational capacity from the ground up: the interior conditions required, structured protocols, the connection to planning and assessment, and the ethical dimensions that make observation equitable rather than surveilling.
What you'll learn
- —Articulate the difference between looking and observing — and what the interior conditions for genuine observation require
- —Apply structured observation formats — running records, event sampling, anecdotal notes — in the Montessori classroom
- —Connect what you observe directly to material selection, presentation timing, and lesson planning
- —Recognize how bias and prior assumption shape what you notice and what you miss
- —Build a sustainable personal observation practice rooted in Montessori's vision of the prepared adult
Designed for: Montessori guides at all levels, aspiring lead teachers, coaches and mentors, and school leaders building a school-wide observation culture
Price
$250
Format
Async, self-paced
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Secure checkout via Stripe. After purchase, you'll receive an email with instructions to access your course materials and session links.
Equity in Montessori: A Practitioner Course
Moving from equity statements to equity practice — the hard, necessary work.
Most Montessori schools have written equity commitments. Fewer have examined their admissions processes, curriculum materials, discipline practices, and family partnerships through an equity lens — rigorously, honestly, and with the intention to change something. This course is designed for educators and school leaders who are past the introductory conversation and ready to engage structurally with what justice actually requires in a Montessori context.
What you'll learn
- —Apply structural and systemic frameworks to equity analysis — beyond interpersonal awareness
- —Examine Montessori admissions, curriculum, and discipline practices for embedded inequity
- —Build more equitable family partnerships with communities whose backgrounds differ from the dominant school culture
- —Distinguish between performative equity commitments and institutional equity practice
- —Develop a personal equity action plan with specific, accountable steps
Designed for: Montessori educators and school leaders who have completed introductory equity work and are ready for practitioner-level structural analysis
Price
$250
Format
Async, self-paced
Time
Total time: 6.5–7 hours (equivalent to one full-day professional development experience)
Secure checkout via Stripe. After purchase, you'll receive an email with instructions to access your course materials and session links.
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