Stewardship
Montessori Stewardship Committee
2023-2024 Chair, Rodney Gilbert, M.Ed, AMS
2023-2024 Members
Dr. Johnny Boucher, Ed.D, AMI
Brenda Pleas
Liz Rincon, M.Ed., AMI
Sydnie Loving, AMI
Jocelyn Valero
AnaVictoria Braun, B.S., AMS
Adriana Low, M.Ed
Foundation
Vision:
PWM to be established as an A+ accredited American Montessori Public School.
Mission:
Protect and sustain the life, philosophy and pedagogy of Dr. Maria Montessori.
Goal(s):
Ensure that Prestonwood students, teachers, and parents remain true to the fidelity and implementation of Montessori practices as we create, establish, and develop traditions unique to our culture.
Track and steer the “Campus Improvement Plan” toward the advancement of our schools' alignment to Montessori accreditation with respect to the six domains.
Prepare and provide information, presentations, and programing to ensure Montessori methodology is at the root of all we do: Parent Education and Development (4 events); Celebrate the life and legacy of Maria Montessori (2 events); Peace Day/Week/Cite; Bridging Ceremony; 5th Grade rollout; and 6th Grade pathway.
Next Step(s):
Divide responsibilities; Confirm dates; Plan programing for each event; and update the accreditation document.
Distributed Leadership Presence Plan
Sept Week 1 Montessori Moment at PD - Boucher, Tao of Montessori on MTSS (Tapped Rhodes, Lim, to read)
Sept Week 2 Montessori Moment at PD - Boucher, readings from Mario Montessori on Human Tendencies, linked to MAP testing
Sept Week 3 Montessori Moment at PD - Gilbert, Literacy; tapped Braun and Boucher to comment
10/20 PTO Meeting. Intro to Montessori literacy, Gilbert and Boucher. Stay for PTO Meeting, Boucher.
10/28 Amplify Eureka night for parents. Rincon and Boucher. Pre-recorded, Gilbert.
August Work / Committee Meeting 8.28.23
Defining mission and roles.
Who we are…
Public, dual language, Montessori
What we do…
Maintain inventory or checklist of what is defined as a high-quality Montessori school
Five year goal to score 90, our goal this year was 70
We try to ensure that Montessori is present as a core
Parent education segment before PTO meeting
The first one was in the morning but not everyone was able to attend
What do we want to do…
What is the Prestonwood Montessori culture
We want to look at PTO events and find ways of giving parents the experience we give the children
We want to bring peace to our campus
Plan with intentionality and start with building a consensus
Acknowledge that every community is its own environment
High fidelity
When do we do what we do…
Parent education nights during PTO events
Parent Development
Gilbert has materials
Parent teacher conference night
September Work / Committee Meeting 9.29.23
Essential Elements
13 Targets - Boucher Private: Committee Access Only
Distributive Leadership and Giving Presence
PTO
SBDM
PD
Events
Caretakers Week Plan
NCMPS-Essential-Elements-Rubric-2023.pdf2023 NCMPS Essential Elements rubric
Reference copy
Note that this version has been substantially updated from the prior 2021 version which was previously the most up-to-date version.
