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The Practitioner’s Class ~ The Taylor School August 2026

When:
Monday and Tuesday, August 31 and September 1
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This 2-day workshop is based on the book, Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom, by Jane Nelsen and Chip DeLorenzo. The class uses a child-study approach, designed to help participants learn to implement respectful, effective, and time-tested methods of classroom management that reflect our deepest values as Montessori educators: mutual respect, cooperation, responsibility, empathy, and independence.

Using real classroom situations, new and veteran educators and administrators will learn how to: 

  • âś“Create a classroom community and social/emotional environment that will reduce misbehavior and foster normalization;
  • âś“Create student support plans to help children with behavioral challenges;
  • âś“Develop clear and consistent practices amongst the adults in their classrooms to meet behavioral challenges respectfully and effectively;
  • âś“Understand the roots of misbehavior in children.
  • âś“Empower children to be respectful, cooperative, and responsible members of the classroom community;
  • âś“Help children find a sense of belonging and significance in their classroom community;
  • âś“Effectively train assistants in classroom management;
  • âś“Develop school-wide practices that will help both parents and teachers.
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Where

Harvard Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building

7 Elm Street, Harvard, MA 01451

Materials

Participants in the United States and Canada will receive a hard copy of the book, Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom, by Jane Nelsen and Chip DeLorenzo, and a copy of The Practitioner’s Class Workbook.

Group Discounts 

Groups of 3 or more from the same school will receive a group discount.  Discounts are applied at checkout.  Please contact us if you need more information:  info@pdmc-montessori.org

3-5 members – 10%

6-10 members – 15%

11 -20 members – 20%

21 + members – 25%

Facilitated by Chip DeLorenzo

Co-author · Speaker · Consultant · Montessori Educator since 1995