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PNMA EVENTS

When registration opens for these events, you will find links here.  Members receive advance notice.

We provide quality continuing education through events and connect members with other professional development opportunities.

  • 2024-2025 Verification Application

    • July 29, 2024
    • 12:00 PM
    • July 22, 2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • Washington State
    • 1 registrant
    Register

    This is the start of the application process for Montessori School Verification. 

    • Once you have registered for the process you will be automatically emailed a digital copy of the Self-Study Manual and Form. Be sure to check your junk if you do not see this email soon.
    • Follow the instructions for completing and submitting the form and required documents.
    • You will be contacted to schedule a Verifier visit after your self-study and required documents have been reviewed by the Verification Chair. If your school is AMS accredited or AMI/USA recognized, you only need to complete the self-study and not have a visit from a verifier. 
    • After the visit the Verifier will submit a report to the Verification Committee for review and approval at the next (monthly) PNMA board meeting.
    The Montessori School Verification Committee Chair: Charmaine Johannes
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  • Transform Teaching

    • November 12, 2024
    • November 19, 2024
    • 2 sessions
    • VIRTUAL
    • 203
    Register

    Embracing Equity Transforms Education

    This Event will be Virtual

     Tuesdays, November 12 & 19, 2024 

    5:30-8:30 with breaks and break out sessions

    Are you ready to create truly inclusive, brave learning spaces? Don’t miss this transformative full-day workshop designed for educators who are committed to fostering social justice and embracing equity in their prepared environments and school communities.

    At this interactive workshop, you will: 

    • Explore powerful strategies to cultivate courageous, anti-racist learning environments.

    • Learn how to confront and dismantle systemic biases in education.

    • Equip yourself with the tools to foster meaningful conversations that inspire change.

    • Dive deep into critical self-reflection to understand your role in driving equity.

    • Develop actionable steps to implement anti-racist practices in your teaching.

    • Walk away with a personalized action plan to create lasting, impactful change.

    The PNMA and the Pacific Northwest Montessori community is acting to improve its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and to fostering stronger human connections among its members and community.

    We urge our members, our school leaders and other partners in our education landscape to join us in our effort.  We have engaged friends and coaches of Embracing Equity to facilitate our work.

    Register Here: PNMA Fall Workshop

    PNMA invites your school team to engage in our work to grow more Inclusive Classrooms and Community.

    WA Clock Hours or Merit/STARS Credits available for this event!  Remember to apply for a refund if you use your MERIT ID# 

    https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/earlylearning-profdev/scholarships-incentives-awards

    • Individual registration is $59 for PNMA Members & $99 for the General Public  
    • Schools may register teams to attend together for a more productive day including break out sessions for your school team.  Include your leadership, your faculty, your engaged parents.  For assistance, send your list of attendees to membership@pnma.org

    “Instead of thinking what is wrong, how do we fix it, try thinking what is possible, how do we create it?” 

    -Dr. Nicole Evans , Senior Director of Leadership

    Event Facilitators: 

    Building a thriving community requires Embracing Equity. We help you cultivate equitable mindsets, relationships, policies, and procedures that ensure everyone's potential is nurtured and every person feels valued and included. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are not just checkboxes, but essential components of a thriving community.

    Dr. Nicole Evans, former principal of City Garden Montessori Public Charter School, has spent 27 years championing transformative education. As a leader in Montessori education, she was pivotal in creating antiracist, inclusive learning environments. Now, as Senior Director of Leadership at Embracing Equity, she empowers schools and organizations to foster equity and dismantle systemic barriers through equity-centered leadership and organizational development.

    Carly Riley, a former director of a nationally accredited Montessori teacher training program, has dedicated her career to shaping inclusive, antiracist learning environments. With extensive experience as a Public Montessori educator, coach, and consultant, she now brings her expertise to Embracing Equity, where she empowers educators to advance racial and social justice in schools.  

    https://www.embracingequity.org/about

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