Building Second Language Montessori Programs

Online Group Mentoring Program
Dr. Marikay McCabe, school founder & second language program consultant
Online on Zoom
6 sessions of 1.5 hours; starting in October, 2023
Exact dates to be announced soon
JOIN THE PROGRAM

with Dr. Marikay McCabe

The program will start in October, 2023. Sessions will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 PM CEST. We will meet for 6 consecutive weeks. Exact dates will be announced soon. We will carefully create a group with 6 motivated participants at a similar stage in the development of their program. We will work together, enriching and encouraging each other and pulling together toward your Montessori second language program.

You will need to be strongly motivated to do specific work in between the sessions so that your program can take off and move forward from where it stands now. 

It is important to mention that only people who are willing to put the effort into the program should apply. We will be sharing results of our work from in between the sessions, track the progress and work on the transformation of your program. Your commitment to the program is the key and crucial aspect you should consider before applying.

You should also consider if this is the right time for you to do this mentoring group. I know what it is like to be a school leader and there are moments when there are too many pressing matters needing your attention. This is an amazing gift to give yourself and your school, but please make sure that you can put some other things aside to keep this work at or near the top of your to do list for 6 weeks. There will be other groups in the future. 

All sessions will be workshops (do not expect any lectures!) and each Monday you will walk away with a specific task taking you one step closer toward a functional second language program. 

Are you building a second language program in your Montessori school?

Are you struggling to create a functional second language program?

Have you recently started running one and you want to improve your practice?

Then this specialized mentoring program will be exactly what you have been looking for!

I will help you start off your second language school program.

  • A fully online mentoring program
  • 6 sessions, each 1.5 hours
  • October, 2023
    Exact dates to be announced soon
  • Fully guided project and implementation planning
    We will create a comprehensive plan for your school language program so that it can take off successfully. It will include 1) Setting objectives for your program; 2) Create your school's language profile; 3) Explore Language learning models and policies; and finally 4) Create an implementation plan for your school.
  • Intimate group of people like you
    A group of 6 Montessorians who are planning to start or have just started their bilingual programs
  • Fee: 6 x 250 Eur
    Two payment plans available

Is this program for you?

You want to finally move on with the bilingual program in your school.

You have started a bilingual program already but are encountering too many bumps on the road and do not know how to move forward with it.

You want to find the time for yourself to focus on the work.

You miss having a specific plan, steps to implement it and lack concrete and measurable goals. 

You  need guidance in order to overcome major administrative issues and set up a solid foundation for your bilingual program.

6 online sessions

6 dedicated Montessorians

6 bilingual projects to develop

1 group energy taking off

What does it take?

You will need to be strongly motivated to do concrete work in between sessions.

You will need to attend all sessions live. 

We will work on an online platform together. 

You will receive materials and further resources that will help you. 

WHAT ARE THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS?

1) Understand the basics

1) Understand the basics

  • Master the terminology useful for building a second language program.
  • Understand the process of second language acquisition.
  • Discover the different models of second language learning.
  • Use this information to set objectives for your language learning program.
  • Master the terminology useful for building a second language program.
  • Understand the process of second language acquisition.
  • Discover the different models of second language learning.
  • Use this information to set objectives for your language learning program.

2) Set language learning objectives for your school

2) Set language learning objectives for your school

  • Explore the why of offering a second language in your school: “the IDEAL”
  • Understand your local language context and how it affects your objectives
  • Examine what human and economic resources you already have available
  • Identify what you are missing: “the REALITY”
  • Determine what is doable in your circumstances Ideal + Reality = Doable
  • Explore the why of offering a second language in your school: “the IDEAL”
  • Understand your local language context and how it affects your objectives
  • Examine what human and economic resources you already have available
  • Identify what you are missing: “the REALITY”
  • Determine what is doable in your circumstances Ideal + Reality = Doable

3) Discover language learning model of your school that supports your objectives

3) Discover language learning model of your school that supports your objectives

  • Review teaching models and their pros and cons
  • Reflect on how different models support different of objectives
  • Become familiar with the pedagogical challenges that are specific to Montessori environments with a second language
  • Evaluate what teaching model best suits your objectives and needs of the community.
  • Review teaching models and their pros and cons
  • Reflect on how different models support different of objectives
  • Become familiar with the pedagogical challenges that are specific to Montessori environments with a second language
  • Evaluate what teaching model best suits your objectives and needs of the community.

4) Create an Action Plan

4) Create an Action Plan

  • Reflect on your school's particular needs and strengths
  • Create an implementation plan and a schedule for work
  • Commit to clear priorities and measurable goals
  • Take away a list of useful links to resources to work with in your daily life.
  • Reflect on your school's particular needs and strengths
  • Create an implementation plan and a schedule for work
  • Commit to clear priorities and measurable goals
  • Take away a list of useful links to resources to work with in your daily life.

After the program, you will be able to:

  • Clearly identify your school's language learning objectives
  • Understand how the local context and linguistic needs of the school community affect your approach
  • Evaluate what teaching model best suits your objectives and needs of the community.
  • Begin to understand the complexity of implementing a functional second language program
  • Draft an implementation plan with a timeline.
  • Clearly identify your school's language learning objectives
  • Understand how the local context and linguistic needs of the school community affect your approach
  • Evaluate what teaching model best suits your objectives and needs of the community.
  • Begin to understand the complexity of implementing a functional second language program
  • Draft an implementation plan with a timeline.

Registration

Let's work on your bilingual program!

6 x 250€

per person

  • 6 sessions
  • Fully online mentoring program
  • Intimate group of people like you
  • Access to your experienced Bilingual Montessori mentor
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A) Contact me and tell me about your dream:

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This is me, Marikay McCabe

I founded Madrid Montessori School in 2006 and was its Director until 2017. I am proud that the school is a European reference for high quality AMI programs for 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12. However, during those years one of the biggest challenges we faced was developing an effective language program that aligned with our Montessori philosophy, the needs of the children and the reality of being an international school.

Taking the lessons learned during that 

decade, since 2018 I have worked with school leaders and guides to support the development of fluid communication in school communities, authentic Montessori classrooms, and their second language programs. In 2020 with Mirka, I co-founded Bilingual Montessori to create a community of practice for Montessorians working with more than one language in their schools.

I served on the Board of the Asociación Montessori Española, the AMI affiliate in Spain, from 2010-2022.

I received my PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and worked as a researcher for the World Health Organization studying the effects of culture in European health care systems. I speak English and Spanish.

My missison is to help you make your bilingual program a reality!

This is me, Marikay McCabe

I founded Madrid Montessori School in 2006 and was its Director until 2017. I am proud that the school is a European reference for high quality AMI programs for 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12. However, during those years one of the biggest challenges we faced was developing an effective language program that aligned with our Montessori philosophy, the needs of the children and the reality of being an international school.

Taking the lessons learned during that decade, since 2018 I have worked with school leaders and guides to support the development of fluid communication in school communities, authentic Montessori classrooms and their second language programs. In 2020 with Mirka, I co-founded Bilingual Montessori to create a community of practice for Montessorians working with more than one language in their schools.

I served on the Board of the Asociación Montessori Española, the AMI affiliate in Spain, from 2010-2022. I received my PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and worked as a researcher for the World Health Organization studying the effects of culture in European health care systems. I speak English and Spanish.

This is me, Marikay McCabe

I founded Madrid Montessori School in 2006 and was its Director until 2017. I am proud that the school is a European reference for high quality AMI programs for 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12. However, during those years one of the biggest challenges we faced was developing an effective language program that aligned with our Montessori philosophy, the needs of the children and the reality of being an international school.

Taking the lessons learned during that decade, since 2018 I have worked with school leaders and guides to support the development of fluid communication in school communities, authentic Montessori classrooms and their second language programs. In 2020 with Mirka, I co-founded Bilingual 

Montessori to create a community of practice for Montessorians working with more than one language in their schools.

I served on the Board of the Asociación Montessori Española, the AMI affiliate in Spain, from 2010-2022. I received my PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and worked as a researcher for the World Health Organization studying the effects of culture in European health care systems. I speak English and Spanish.

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