Course curriculum
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Welcome
Show Content- What makes the conference special
- Sponsors
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Friday, November 6, 2020 Opening and FIrst Keynote
Show Content- Opening Ceremony and Keynote: Kathy Minardi Seeing with New Eyes, Awakening our Hearts, and Acting with Courage and Love
- Audio Opening Ceremony and Keynote: Kathy Minardi Seeing with New Eyes, Awakening our Hearts, and Acting with Courage and Love
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Saturday Opening - Back To Center
Show Content- Saturday Back to Center Wolff, Ryskind, and Leitch
- Audio Back to Center
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Session 1 Friday 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Show Content- 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Ann Epstein, PhD 1A | Graceful Inclusion of Primary Children with Exceptionalities in Montessori Environments
- Audio 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Ann Epstein, PhD 1A | Graceful Inclusion of Primary Children with Exceptionalities in Montessori Environments
- 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Kathy Minardi 1B | Creating and Sustaining a Healthy School Culture
- Audio 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Kathy Minardi 1B | Creating and Sustaining a Healthy School Culture
- 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Christine Lowry 1C | Our Collective Stress and Trauma: Supporting from the Heart
- Audio 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Christine Lowry 1C | Our Collective Stress and Trauma: Supporting from the Heart
- 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm 1D | Secondary Guide Roundtable
- Audio 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm 1D | Secondary Guide Roundtable
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Friday Session 2 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Show Content- 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Dr. Michael Dorer 2A | Therapeutic Storytelling
- Audio 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Dr. Michael Dorer 2A | Therapeutic Storytelling
- 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Jocelyn Swanson & Renata Faccioli 2B | Turn Learning about Nature into Learning from Nature!
- 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Kathy Leitch & Kitty Bravo 2C | Beyond Our Albums
- Audio 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Kathy Leitch & Kitty Bravo 2C | Beyond Our Albums
- 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm 2D |Breakout: Social Justice Roundtable
- Audio 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm 2D |Breakout: Social Justice Roundtable
- Friday Night Crazy!
- Audio Friday Night Crazy
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Saturday Keynote # 2 Noon - 1:00 PM
Show Content- Noon -1:00 pm Dr. Cindy Acker & Dr. Valaida Wise Keynote: Interrupting Racism in Montessori Schools | The Real Work is in the Details
- Audio 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Dr. Cindy Acker 3A | Creating Anti-racist Classrooms: Curriculum and Intention
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Saturday Session 3 - 1:15 - 2:45 PM
Show Content- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Dr. Cindy Acker 3A | Creating Anti-racist Classrooms: Curriculum and Intention
- Audio Noon -1:00 pm Dr. Cindy Acker & Dr. Valaida Wise Keynote: Interrupting Racism in Montessori Schools | The Real Work is in the Details
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Frank Leto 3B | Music and Movement for Healing
- Audio 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Frank Leto 3B | Music and Movement for Healing
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Tanya Ryskind, J.D. and Andrew Kutt 3C | Our Unique Leadership Challenge: Guiding Our Schools to Safe Harbor
- Audio 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Tanya Ryskind, J.D. and Andrew Kutt 3C | Our Unique Leadership Challenge: Guiding Our Schools to Safe Harbor
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Ellen Glier and Cathie Perolman 3D | Roundtable: Focus on Infant Toddler and Early Childhood Guides
- Audio 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Ellen Glier and Cathie Perolman 3D | Roundtable: Focus on Infant Toddler and Early Childhood Guides
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Saturday Keynote #3 - 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Show Content- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Yogesh Rajkotia, M.D. Keynote: Educating Leaders in an Era of Change | A Call for Resiliency
- Audio 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Yogesh Rajkotia, M.D. Keynote: Educating Leaders in an Era of Change | A Call for Resiliency
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Saturday Session 4 - 4:45 - 6:00 PM
Show Content- 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Dr. Valaida Wise 4A | Supporting and Facilitating Conversations About Race at Your School: Using the Continuum of Broaching Behavior
- Audio 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Dr. Valaida Wise 4A | Supporting and Facilitating Conversations About Race at Your School: Using the Continuum of Broaching Behavior
- 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Sheila Linville 4B | Good Grief
- Audio 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Sheila Linville 4B | Good Grief
- 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Tim Seldin 4C | Recontextualizing Montessori for a Partnership World
- Audio 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Tim Seldin 4C | Recontextualizing Montessori for a Partnership World
- 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Greg Hicks and David Rotberg 4D| Roundtable: Elementary Guide
- Audio 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Greg Hicks and David Rotberg 4D| Roundtable: Elementary Guide
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Sunday Keynote # 4
Show Content- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tim Seldin Keynote: Montessori for a New World
- Audio 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tim Seldin Keynote: Montessori for a New World
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Sunday Session #5 - 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Show Content- 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Mary Beth Ricks 5A | Leading through Crisis – a COVID-19 Story
- Audio 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Mary Beth Ricks 5A | Leading through Crisis – a COVID-19 Story
- 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Kitty Bravo and Jonathan Wolff 5B | The Gifts of a Grateful Heart: How Montessori Communities Become More Cohesive and Resilient Through Thankfulness
- Audiio 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Kitty Bravo and Jonathan Wolff 5B | The Gifts of a Grateful Heart: How Montessori Communities Become More Cohesive and Resilient Through Thankfulness
- 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Kathy Leitch 5C | All Stressed Out and Nowhere to Go!
- Audio 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Kathy Leitch 5C | All Stressed Out and Nowhere to Go!
- 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Martha Carver and Andrew Kutt 5D | Leadership Roundtable
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Sunday Closing Ceremony
Show Content- Closing Ceremony
- Audio Closing Ceremony
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Handouts
Show Content- Creating-an-Intentionally-Diverse-School-Lessons-Learned - Slides
- IMC Guiding Principles
- Tim Seldin 2020 Conference Keynote Montessori for a New World - Slides
- 2020 Conference Workshop Tim Seldin Recontextualizing Montessori for a Partnership World - Slides
- IMC Gifts of a Grateful Heart - Bravo - Slides
- Good Grief - Slides - Sheila Linville
- Beyond our Albums - Bravo and Leitch - Slides
- Graceful Inclusion IMC 2020 - Ann Epstein - Slides
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Exhibit Hall
Show Content- Azoka Company / Seacoast Center
- Backpack Sciences
- Barefoot Books
- Big Picture Science
- Bluestem Environmental Education
- CGMS The Center for Guided Montessori Studies
- Clocca Concepts
- Dream A World Education,. Inc.
- Fossilicious
- Great Extensions
- Guidepost Montessori
- Intracoastal Audio and Music, LLC
- İstanbul Montessori Enstitüsü (İME) / MITE – Istanbul
- Jennifer Butler-Brown, Bookseller
- Magnolia Montessori Materials
- Maitri Learning
- Metro Consulting Services
- Montessori Containers
- Montessori Foundation Bookstore
- Montessori Foundation Consulting Services
- Montessori Gym
- Montessori Leadership Institute
- Montessori Materials by Lakeview
- Montessori Services
- Must Be Montessori
- RD Naturals
- SchoolCues
- Southeast Montessori Collective
- Time Timer LLC
- UNK - Montessori Teacher Education
- Whole School Leadership Institute
- Workman Publishing
Text & media
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The complete recordings and resources of our international conference, broadcast world-wide from Florida, Washington, DC and California
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5 dynamic keynote speakers addressing crucial topics
20 timely, interactive workshops and roundtables
Interactive sessions on stress and trauma ... social justice ... leading through crisis .. music for healing ... and many more!
Sessions were recorded for participant access
Certificate of Professional Development for participants
Virtual Exhibit Expo
Q & A opportunities
Even though this year we were socially distanced, we have preserved the community, connection, and sense of celebration that make our conferences unique.