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Starting Your School Year Strong
September 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
As a Montessori School leader, you are committed and passionate about your community’s well-being and success. You likely spent much of your summer thinking about or working at school, culminating in preparation to welcome staff and families.
In a profession where no day is ever the same, you have your hands full, caring for your staff, growing children, and their families. To best support them it is critical to reflect, develop insight, and ensure implementation of Montessori principles throughout the school. How do you find time to do this, to catch your breath, to think, and to re-centre? How do you achieve balance?
CCMA and Montessori Partners, Tracy Grisdale and Regina Lulka invite you to join us to gain practical and valuable tools and knowledge to advance your leadership skills and feel inspired and prepared for a strong year ahead.
This is a complimentary session for CCMA members who have completed their 2024-2025 membership. Contact Amy Carter, Member Services Lead at [email protected] for information regarding 2024-2025 membership details.
Please click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with information about joining the meeting after you’ve registered.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tracy Grisdales focus on defining and creatively meeting the challenges of leadership has been consistently evident throughout her career. She has been a teacher at both Casa and elementary levels, principal at two large privately owned Montessori schools, board member of a large not-for-profit Montessori school, past president of the Canadian Association of Montessori Teachers (CAMT), verifier for the Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators (CCMA) and a teacher educator in two MACTE (Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education) accredited Teacher Education programs at both the Casa and elementary levels.
In each of these roles, Tracy has committed fully to expanding her capacity to lead, involve and inspire in order to unlock the potential present in schools, educators, children, and parents. She has been instrumental in enhancing Elementary Montessori programs, establishing strong professional development, and enhancing parent/school communication.
Her training as a coach further expanded her skills to support, engage and explore creative solutions to the challenges faced by both individuals and schools in the Montessori community.
Regina Lulka began her Montessori life as a mother of two Casa children. This led to a life-long career working with children, parents, teachers, and school leaders.
Regina’s very rich life in Montessori has included Head of School at the Montessori Jewish Day School, member of several boards, past president of the Canadian Association of Montessori Teachers (CAMT), past chair of the Board of the Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators (CCMA), verifier for the Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators (CCMA), member of Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) accreditation teams and lecturer on Montessori Pedagogy at three MACTE accredited Teacher Education programs at both the Casa and elementary levels.
As a sought-after speaker, Regina has conducted numerous professional presentations. Her work as a verifier and as a member of accreditation teams has inspired Regina to deepen her studies of the value of observation to create optimal Montessori environments. Her work with educators, parents, and administrators in developing, implementing, and assessing in-class observation programs has inspired, enhanced and strengthened Montessori education in the classroom and throughout the school.