RECORDINGS AVAILABLE
4-DAY RECORDINGS WORKSHOP FOR MONTESSORI 3-6 TEACHERS & ASSISTANTS
The Art of Observation:
Seeing is Believing
with Karen Pearce
From Data to Development -
Refine Your Observation Practice in the 3-6 Classroom
Have you been wondering how to manage your observations while actively guiding or assisting in a busy, dynamic classroom? What’s the most efficient way to collect and meaningfully analyze data? How can you keep up with supporting each child's unique development?
Join this hands-on online workshop with experienced mentor Karen Pearce to streamline your daily tasks and achieve your Montessori educational goals with ease!
Learn a practical framework for continuous child observation and receive a toolkit to apply in your 3-6 classroom
Discover a code system that enables efficient and effective observation gathering on the go
Master the art of producing developmental work curves to track child progress
Gain confidence in adapting your teaching approach based on observation data
Deepen your understanding of how observation impacts your daily Montessori practice
Improve your skills in analyzing observation data to create personalized programs of work tailored to each child
The recordings are available!
4 recorded sessions
(10 hours)
Q&A with Karen Pearce
Access to the recordings until January 31, 2025
Session 1
Observation Principles
How do we do observation in practice? What data do we need to gather? How do we respond to that data and adapt our approach to create personalized development programs?
The workshop will open with a theoretical lecture that explores the principles of observation and what guides need to consider in order to develop their skills and practice the art of observation.
Session 2
Preparing the Environment as to Gather Valid Observations
In this session, we’ll explore key principles and conditions that help guides prepare an environment that reveals the true nature of a child’s development. This offers a valuable opportunity to understand how the prepared environment enables guides to follow each individual child while recognizing its impact on daily work.
"Observation is one of those many things we frequently speak and of which we form an inexact or false idea . . . . Perhaps the scarcity of observation made upon children is due to the lack of preparation for such observation."
-M.Montessori
Session 3
Four Stages on the Path to Normalization
In this part of the workshop, we will review, reflect on, and revisit the theory of the four stages of development that the child progresses through to reach normalization.
Using developmental work curves, we will study the characteristics of each stage and explore how this knowledge shapes the guide’s response to both individual needs and the classroom community as a whole.
Session 4
Plotting and Analyzing a Work Curve (case study)
In this session, we will refine the art of scientific observation by learning how to plot and analyze work curves.
We’ll explore how to gather essential information as an active guide and follow a step-by-step process for translating this data into work curves, forming the foundation of developmental education for each child.
The session concludes with a case study, where we’ll analyze data to create a tailored developmental program grounded in Montessori pedagogy and practice.
Karen Pearce
Karen Pearce is a Director of Pedagogy at The Montessori Place in Brighton, UK, where she mentors the first plane guides. She has 35 years of Children's House experience and she lectures and runs workshops across Europe. For 17 years she supported Montessori graduates in leading a post-diploma course on the science of observing children, organised by Maria Montessori Institute, London. Karen now offers an online Montessori mentorship program to support guides in putting theory into practice. Alongside all of this, last year Karen put her slippers back on and returned to lead a Children’s House for just over a year's maternity cover!
This workshop is designed for Montessori 3-6 guides and assistants working in Children’s House who wish to broaden their knowledge and advance their Montessori practice.
- 4 RECORDED SESSIONSRecorded lectures + Q&A at the end of each session
- RECORDINGSAccess to the recordings until January 31, 2025
- LANGUAGE OF THE WORKSHOPWatch in English or Czech
- CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCEIssued by Montessori Institute Prague
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