Friday April 17, 2026
6:00pm – Registration
6:30pm – Wine and Cheese Mingle
7:00pm – 8:00pm – Keynote – Cassi Mackey – Montessori Marching On
Saturday April 18, 2026
7:15am – 8:00am – Sunrise Yoga
8:00am – 8:50am – Registration
8:00am – 9:00am – Breakfast and Welcome
8:45am – 9:45am – Keynote – Lindsay Pollock – Learning to Trust Ourselves
9:45am – 10:00am – Transition Break
10:00am – 11:30am – Breakout Sessions
– Dual Language Montessori Programs: Strategies for Success – Margarita Diaz
– What Does “Follow the Child” Really Mean? – Sasha Malashenko
– From The Point to the Universe and Beyond! Elementary Geometry Curriculum – Jorge Haro
– What is Your Daily Vocabulary with Children in Your Classroom? – Daniel Jutras
– Turning Disruption into Learning – Montessori Partners
11:30am – 1:00pm – Networking & Exhibitors Hall
11:30am – 12:00pm – Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Keynote – Melanie Noble – Beyond Inclusion: Equipping Montessori Guides to Truly Support Neurodiverse Learners
1:15pm – 2:45pm – Breakout Sessions
– Courage to Love Ourselves and Each Other – Lindsey Pollock
– Two Visions on the Trinomial Cube: One Sensorial and the Other, Mathematical – Daniel Jutras
– The Art of Feedback: Nurturing Adult Growth Through a Developmental Lens – Cassi Mackey
– The Nonconformity of Normalization: Individuality and the Cosmic Plan in the Teacher – Dr. Afra
Foroud
– From Inner Peace to Collective Change: Building Cultures of Care in Montessori – Luz Casquejo
Johnston
2:45pm – 3:00pm – Transition Break
3:00pm – 4:30pm – Breakout Sessions
– Decoding the Code: Adapting the Montessori Language Curriculum for Struggling Readers and
Spellers – Melanie Noble
– Sharing is Caring: The Division Sequence – Jorge Haro
– Inspiration Through the Arts: Integrating Creativity into the Montessori Classroom – Tajali Tolan- Concrete to Abstract – From CASA to Elementary – Cynthia Reimer
– Igniting Student-Driven Discovery in Elementary Classrooms – Montessori Partners
4:30pm – 4:45pm – Transition Break
4:45pm – 6:00pm – Sessions (optional)
Gathering of Administrators – Let’s Share
Let’s Create a Nomenclature – Non-Instructed – materials provided to create
Exhibitor Tables
6:00pm – 6:30pm – Break/Mingle
6:30pm – 7:30pm – Semi Formal Dinner
7:30pm – 9:30pm – Entertainment
Sunday April 19, 2026
7:15am – 8:00am – Sunrise Yoga
8:00am – 9:00am –Breakfast
8:45am – 9:45am – Keynote – Jorge Haro – Practical Life in the XXI Century
9:45am – 10:00am – Transition Break
10:00am – 11:30am – Breakout Sessions
– Dual Language Montessori Programs: Techniques for Teaching Mathematics and Cosmic
Education – Margarita Diaz
– The Power of our Sensorial Curriculum – Sasha Malashenko
– Mindfulness for Peace: Practices for Classrooms and Families – Tajali Tolan
– The Nonconformity of Normalization: The Brain and Behavior of Inclusive Montessori
Environments – Dr. Afra Foroud
– Self-Care as Preparation of the Adult: Sustaining Montessori in a Changing World – Luz Casquejo Johnston
11:30am – 1:00pm – Networking & Exhibitors Hall
11:30am – 12:30pm – Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Keynote – Daniel Jutras – The Influence of Your Children on You as a Montessori Guide
1:15pm – 2:45pm – Breakout Sessions
– All We Need is Love – Lindsey Pollock
– Beyond the Behavior: Understanding and Supporting the Roots of Challenging Behaviors in the
Casa Classroom – Melanie Noble
– Time to Dust off Your School Values: Move from Lofty Aspirations to Specific, Observable
Behaviors – Cassi Mackey
– Following the Child in the Elementary Classroom – Cynthia Reimer
– Responding to Emotions – Montessori Partners
2:45pm – 3:15pm – Wrap Up/Door Prizes