International Montessori Consultant Visits QAIS.

QAIS has enjoyed the distinct pleasure of welcoming and working with former Montessori teacher and head of school, Mr. Chris Ackerman, as he has spent time consulting with staff about the Montessori program. His visit began last week and will continue through Friday, September 16.

Chris has consulted for schools in Morocco, Turkey, Hong Kong, Poland, Canada, and across the United States. He was trained in Montessori Elementary in Bergamo, Italy, at the Center founded by Maria Montessori’s son, Mario. He had previously trained for early childhood Montessori in Washington, D.C. in a program where Mario was one of his examiners. He is also trained in middle school Montessori through an Ohio, USA program.

During his time at QAIS, Chris has observed and taught within each of the four Montessori environments. In addition to commending our implementation of the philosophy as defined by Dr. Maria Montessori, Mr. Ackerman has shared advice and insights into how our delivery of the curriculum can be strengthened further.

Mr. Ackerman will complete his time at QAIS by offering a Parent Education Event on Montessori education and the value it presents for young children at 9am this Thursday.  On Friday, September 16, Mr. Ackerman will present a summary of his recommendations to staff as well as offer further ideas about best practices often implemented within accredited Montessori programs, such as ours.

蒙特索利教育顾问Chris Ackerman来校指导。

周一，QAIS迎来一位资深蒙特梭利教育顾问、前蒙特梭利学校校长Chris Ackerman先生。Ackerman先生将在学校工作到9月16日本周五，对幼儿园蒙氏老师进行为期两周的教学指导。

Chris工作的足迹遍及摩洛哥、土耳其、香港、波兰、加拿大和美国。他早先在蒙特梭利教育的故乡意大利Bergamo，在玛利亚蒙特梭利的儿子马里奥蒙特梭利创始的学校接受了蒙特梭利小学教育的培训。在此之前，他在华盛顿特区接受蒙特梭利幼儿教育培训时遇到马里奥，后者是他的考官之一。他还在美国俄亥俄州还接受了蒙特梭利中学教育的培训。

在QAIS期间，Ackerman先生对四个蒙氏班级的学生进行观察，并参与了授课。他对如何更好地运用玛利亚蒙特梭利的教育理念到实践教学给予了专业的指导，并传授了他多年的教学经验。

本周四上午9点，Ackerman先生将举办一个有关蒙特梭利教育的家长信息会，仔细讲解蒙氏教育为孩子所带来的价值。周五的教师培训日上，他将为我校教师举办总结性工作坊，结合我校作为蒙特梭利协会认证的教育机构的具体案例进行实操分析。