Montessori Teachers Institute for Professional Studies

11/11/2022

Michele Wagner Aspinall spent the day consulting in Fiore Montessori School all-day program and then off to The Del Ray Montessori School to sneak in a workshop! Time to come home, Michele...it's the AYM Fall Harvest event next week.

10/10/2022

She's back on the road again!
Join Michele Aspinall for this 3-hour workshop on Art in the 3-6-year-old environment.
The Del Ray Montessori School in Alexandria, Virginia
Friday, November 11, 2022
9:00am – 12:00pm
LIVE OPTION ONLY
Contact: Sarah Fondriest at [email protected] for more info

03/20/2021

This is the next best thing to gathering together at Countryside for the summer institute! ♥️
Join Michele on Zoom for a Nido Marketing Town Hall.
It's FREE to participate and you always walk away with good information no matter what the topic. Michele's session is on Thursday, March 25th at 1:30-2:30pm EST. The sign-up link is below. See you there!

Join us for our next Montessori Town Hall, Thursday 25th of March from 1:30-2:30 p.m. EST for a conversation about All Day, All Year Montessori with Michele Aspinall from Countryside Day Montessori School.

You may register for this event here: https://www.nidomarketing.com/town-hall

Michele Aspinall began her journey in Montessori at Countryside Montessori as a part-time assistant in 1989. She went on to assist in the toddler, primary, and elementary environments. Michele directed the many variations of the school’s daycare program while earning a BA in graphic art in 1995 from the Illinois Institute of art. She later earned her AMI primary diploma from the Milwaukee Montessori Institute in 2000.

Michele is a pioneer in the creation of one of the first authentic All Year Montessori models in the US. She began her work on this project in 1999. Since that time, she has nurtured and tailored this program into a truly magnificent experience for children who spend much of their lives at school. The program runs from 7:30 to 5:30 for 245 days per year. Over the years, Michele has presented workshops on her program to hundreds of attendees coming from all over the US and as far as Mexico, Chile, Hong Kong, and Nigeria.

Michele has also written many articles about her journey in AYM. “All Day- All Year Montessori: A Living Community” was published on MariaMontessori.com.

04/18/2020

03/26/2020

Hello Montessori friends!
This is the second of a video Parent Ed Series that Countryside started to develop weeks ago.

Possibly a timely resource to share with your parents in the days to come? Look for a couple more this week! Hang in there, friends.

03/23/2020

01/20/2020

Looking for some mid-year inspiration, primary teachers? Look no further! Join MTIPS consultant, Michele Aspinall, on April 25th in Fort Washington, PA at the MTA Spring workshop. http://www.mta-pa.org

11/02/2019

Head of School, Blythe Silva, invited Michele and Jim to Ronald Knox Montessori today. They presented their Parent Leadership workshop to over 60 eager parents and staff on this fine fall Saturday morning.

Countryside parents can see a repeat performance of this weekend's class on November 18th @ 6pm.

09/22/2019

Michele and Laura Alexander, the Executive Director of Montessori Education Center of the Rockies, wrap up a weekend of Baking, Art, and Practical Life with eager Primary attendees.