Center for Montessori Education / New York

I am very proud to announce that the Montessori Children's Center has achieved the honor of being recognized by the American Montessori Society as a Verified Montessori School. This means we meet the core principles of Montessori: 1) Our Head teachers have Montessori credentials at the level they teach. 2) All classrooms contain all the required Montessori inventory. 3) Every class has mixed age groupings (infants 3-18 months; toddlers 18-36 months; preschool 3-6 years). 4) Children have long, uninterrupted work periods to develop concentration and pursue their interests while learning in an environment that supports their agency, freedom of movement, development of independence, and interconnection to others and the world. We thank our teachers for upholding these important principles and are grateful to AMS for acknowledging our commitment to sustaining an authentic community of Montessori education and philosophy with this distinction.

It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Bretta Weiss Wolff, Coordinator of the CMTE Administrator Course and Second National Director of the American Montessori Society.
What a beautiful life she led, dedicated to Montessori, her friends, and her family.
A dear friend to my mother, Carole Wolfe Korngold, a wonderful support and inspiration to everyone connected to CMTE, and a great mentor to me.
We will miss her wisdom, experience, joy, generosity and brilliance!
Her life was truly remarkable in the path she helped create for so many Montessori children, teachers, educators and administrators!

https://amshq.org/.../2022-04-29-In-Memoriam-Bretta-Weiss...

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On Sunday, July 25, 2021 over 70 people gathered at the Montessori Children's Center in West Harrison, NY to dedicate the center in honor of Carole Wolfe Korngold, who passed away in November 2019.

Carole Wolfe Korngold was Past President and long time board member of AMS, founder of the Center for Montessori Education|NY, the first AMS program to offer an Infant and Toddler Montessori credential course and the first to offer an AMS Administrator Course, as well as the first to offer an Elementary 6-9, 9-12 with an integrated curriculum. She founded the Montessori Children's Center at Burke, one of the first full-time year round Montessori child care programs in the United States. At one time, CMTE|NY had 18 additional locations from Alaska to Puerto Rico. Carole was a beloved and world-wide recognized Montessori leader. She received the George Arents Award from Syracuse University (also awarded to President Joe Biden). The George Arents Award is Syracuse University's highest alumni honor. The University recognizes outstanding alumni who have carved careers as pioneers and leaders in their fields. She received the Living Legacy Award from AMS in 2000.

Speaking at the dedication:

Richard Ungerer, Former Executive Director of AMS
Pat Werner, Founding Head of the Washington Montessori School, in Washington Connecticut and founder, along with Carole Wolfe Korngold of the first AMS Administrator Course;
Nancy Rose, Former AMS Board Member, Founder and Executive Director of NECCA, Founder of the Montessori Teachers Association of Colorado, and Founder of the Rocky Mountain Teacher Training program (now MECR). Nancy was responsible for changing the non-discriminationstatement at AMS to state that AMS would not discriminate based on sexual orientation. This was a radical change ahead of its time.
K.T. Korngold, Director of Montessori Children's Center and CEO of CME|NY

Wonderful zoom session with our CME infant and toddler adult students in Vietnam. So proud of all they have accomplished so far in their Montessori training!

All our staff members at The Montessori Children’s Center wear masks.

Such a joyful hour with our dear family members, beloved lifetime friends, dedicated neighbors and classmates, and cherished Montessori colleagues as we took some time today to share memories of my Mom, Carole Wolfe Korngold, whose light inspired so many. Thank you to all of you who joined us and shared stories from so many years. Mom loved each and everyone of you and felt so joyful that you were part of her life and ever expanding circle of love, acceptance and community. This was a special uplifting moment. Thank you all.

Thank you to my team at the Montessori Children's Center. We have been open during the entire crisis. We are here for our families, the children, and new families too! We are grateful for the chance to provide normalcy and routine, and responsive care to the little ones who need it so much during these uncertain times. I am proud of each and everyone of you. Thank you and Happy Providers Day! We are a happy crew of providers!🥰🙏

Child Care Council Parade to Celebrate Providers Today is National Provider Appreciation Day! Of course, here at the Child Care Council of Westchester we are amazed and grateful every day of the year, knowi...

Take care, be well, call the elderly, and enjoy each other.

We have an opening for a Montessori Infant Head Teacher and a Montessori Toddler Head Teacher. Know anyone who wants the job of a lifetime? We are adding 2 new classroom environments and need a CERTIFIED MONTESSORI LEAD GUIDE for each. It is a beautiful new space, wonderful outdoor space, great families, amazing children, and dedicated staff, led by me. Please email me if you'd like to apply or know someone with an AMS or AMI credential who is looking for a new opportunity. We are building the dream center in West Harrison, NY that Mom always thought was possible! .com --
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We have an opening for a Montessori Infant Head Teacher and a Montessori Toddler Head Teacher. Know anyone who wants the job of a lifetime? We are adding 2 new classroom environments and need a CERTIFIED MONTESSORI LEAD GUIDE for each. It is a beautiful new space, wonderful outdoor space, great families, amazing children, and dedicated staff, led by me. Please email me if you'd like to apply or know someone with an AMS or AMI credential who is looking for a new opportunity. We are building the dream center in West Harrison, NY that Mom always thought was possible! .com --

need a CERTIFIED MONTESSORI LEAD GUIDE
AMS or AMI credential

A wonderful kick-off for our infant and toddler Montessori teacher education course in Hanoi, Vietnam at Sakura International Montessori School.

Welcome to our future AMS Montessori Toddler Guides and thank you to our excellent faculty:
Caitlin Jalalat, Pat Coffey, Judy Joynt, Nancy Rose, Ingrid Hill, and K.T. Korngold

Carole Wolfe Korngold would have been so proud of our 19th additional location opened in 2019!

We are very sad to let you know that our beloved founder, Carole Wolfe Korngold, died peacefully in her home in Boulder, CO on November 3, 2019. Carole was an inspiring, innovative leader of the Montessori education movement. She was Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Montessori Education|NY (CMTE|NY & CME|NY), one of the largest teacher education programs offering courses leading to credentials for Montessori teachers and administrators. At one time she oversaw 18 locations from Hawaii to Alaska. She was a leader in the spread of Montessori to the public sector, helping to train teachers and administrators in over 50 public schools nationwide.

She served on the American Montessori Society (AMS) board from 1985–1991 and as President from 1989-1991. In 2000, Carole was honored as the AMS Living Legacy, a tribute to a highly respected Montessori educator whose dedication and leadership has made a lasting impact. In 2012, she received a Wisdom of the Elders award from the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE).

The first in her family to attend college, she was the recipient of a George Arents Award from Syracuse University, the school’s highest alumni honor presented to alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their field.

In 1968, she ran the first Montessori training for head start teachers at SUNY Albany; her daughters, K.T. and Jamie were in the initial demonstration class. She founded the Montessori School of Albany. In 1991, she founded the Montessori Children’s Center, one of the first year-round, full-day Montessori childcare centers in the United States, which continues to be a model for high quality authentic Montessori for infants, toddlers and pre-school children. CMTE was the first to offer an AMS accredited teacher education program leading to an AMS Montessori infant and toddler credential. Many of the practices found in Montessori programs were developed by CMTE. And CMTE|NY was the first to offer a course for an AMS Administrator credential.

She participated in the White House Conference on Early Childhood Development with President Clinton and Co-Chaired the Montessori International Congress in Rome, Italy.

Carole had a BA (Syracuse University), an MA (Manhattanville College), an AMS Early Childhood credential (Albany), an AMS Infant and Toddler credential (CMTE/NY). Carole was adjunct professor at The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY and adjunct at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii.

She is survived by her husband, Bob Korngold, daughter K.T. Korngold and husband Michael Whaley and their children Sarah Korngold Whaley and Emma Korngold Whaley of Stamford, CT and her daughter Rabbi Jamie Korngold, and her daughters, Sadie Korngold Finkelstein and Ori Korngold Finkelstein of Boulder, CO.

A valued, esteemed, and beloved leader of the Montessori community, Carole touched hearts and minds for decades, always inspiring the best in people. She encouraged the development of every person’s potential and truly left her mark on this world. She will be dearly missed.

Donations may be made in honor of Carole to AMS https://amshq.org/About-AMS/Donate to celebrate her generosity in nurturing Montessori programs, schools, families, and children throughout the years.

We thank you for your remembrances.

Grateful to announce that we have been approved for the expansion of the Montessori Children's Center! Thank you to all our families for sharing your children with us each day and to our amazing staff of dedicated Montessori teachers and their assistants for their expertise ensuring our high quality Montessori education; thank you to our landlord, contractors, engineers and landscape designers for helping to make my dream a reality; to the town of Harrison for approving our application, and lastly to the licensors for issuing our license. We are proud to be serving our diverse community by offering year-round authentic Montessori in this beautiful environment.

Check out the article "How to Calm a Child in Distress" by K.T. Korngold which was recently Published in Montessori Life, Fall 2019

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Congratulations to our Early Childhood cohort on completing the summer course!
Another Summer of transformation!

Amazing 2019 cohort completes PART THREE of the CME Administrator Course. Center for Montessori Education / New York

Wrapping up the administrator. course with case study presentations, positive discipline focus and Nancy Rose @ Center for Montessori Education / New York

Strong contingent of North Carolina Montessori schools at the Administrator course @ Center for Montessori Education / New York

The Admin Cohort enjoys a field trip to Hudson Country Montessori School.

Our Administrator cohort explores the essentials of Montessori philosophy.

First Day of our Montessori Administrator Leadership Course, the cohort has already bonded! The learning and joy has begun for another year!

Congratulations to our graduating Infant and Toddler Cohort. It was a wonderful year of transformation and fun!
Thank you for becoming the next generation of Montessori professionals!

Congratulations to K.T. Korngold for being inducted into the Early Childhood Hall of Heroes by the Child Care Council on June 21, 2019.

The Montessori Toddler is a wonderful book to help families looking to bring the principles of Montessori—exploration, independence, self-determination, self-awareness, trust—into their daily lives at home. This book is beautifully designed, clear and inspiring.

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Join CME|NY in Reading our Summer Book Selection THE MONTESSORI TODDLER Join CME|NY with this Montessori Book for a Great Summer Read The Montessori Toddler is a wonderful book to help families looking to bring the princi...

Congratulations to our graduating early childhood Montessori cohort. You’ve transformed in many ways, from students to Montessori teachers, from AMS adult learners to CME|NY colleagues! Thank you for all your great work and sharing your light with the next generation of children!

Check out my recent article on Montessori Toddlers in Westchester Family Magazine "Help Me to Do it Myself!"
https://www.westchesterfamily.com/stories/2019/5/wf-feature-montessori-2019-5.html

“We chose Montessori because we wanted our toddler to experience independence and develop confidence. For our daughter that has meant, “I can do it” and “I want to do it!” — B. Patel, Montessori parent

How do Montessori programs foster independence in toddlers? From a very young age, children are supported in learning to do things for themselves, rather than having things done for them. Montessori teachers give toddlers “just enough help.” In this way, the environment helps toddlers develop confidence by actually learning how to do things for themselves.

Being independent lays the foundation for a strong sense of self and for having healthy relationships later in life. Toddlers learn to take off and put on their coat and their shoes. They learn how to wipe the mucus from their nose. They learn how to wash their hands and how to use the toilet. Toddlers learn how to pour a drink into a cup, how to carry a tray, how to safely carry a chair. Toddlers also learn how to clean up a spill, because spills can happen. In this way, toddlers are free to move around the environment: to get a drink of water whenever they are thirsty; to move the chair if they want to sit in another spot; to safely carry their activities from the shelf to the table or floor. Toddlers feel a sense of connection to the larger community because they contribute to the whole: by setting up lunch, watering the plants, putting their work away when they have completed it if they are able, and giving assistance to a friend.

The teacher’s role
A Montessori toddler program is based on Dr. Montessori’s ideas and writing, which reflect the importance of meeting the development needs of toddlers and the importance of creating a prepared learning environment to meet those specific needs. The head teacher in a Montessori toddler program has had training in children ages birth to 3 and holds a Montessori teaching credential for that age group. This training informs not only the specific design of the environment, it also guides the adult in the practices and techniques for working with very young children, as well as the art of observation and the process of ongoing self-reflection.

‘Help Me to Do it Myself!’ How do Montessori programs foster independence in toddlers? From a very young age, children are supported in learning to do things for themselves, rather than having things done for them. Montessori teachers give toddlers “just enough help.” In this way, the environment helps toddlers develop co...

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I’m reflecting about the news today regarding the corruption scandal in the college entry system. I believe this is no surprise. This is what happens when every child needs to hear “good job” to feel satisfied and when high school seniors need to get into the “right” college to feel smart, or when students need to get an “A” to feel they have learned and when people have to compete against others and win in order to achieve. This is what happens when parents need their child to be the best, prettiest, most handsome, smartest, most athletic, most talented, and to get accepted to the “best” college in order to feel they have been a good mom or dad. This is what happens when our culture values, celebrates and focuses on extrinsic motivation and external values: folks cheat to get their children into college.

What will it take to get the focus off the external?

Maria Montessori was a revolutionary in her time and her vision is needed now more then ever. Come take a look at Montessori. It’s not about academic achievement or good grades or getting into an Ivy League school. It’s about the process of learning, of being, of discovering, of making mistakes, of becoming connected.

And that makes all the difference.

achievement

Every week, I receive a call from a Montessori school Director or Principal from somewhere in the U.S. — and sometimes from China, Bermuda, Vietnam, Canada — looking for an AMS certified Montessori teacher. There is a severe shortage of trained, certified Montessori and plenty of great jobs!!

Do you want a career that is meaningful, joyful, creative? Would you like to spend your time helping to change the future? Montessori guides work, learn, laugh, and discover alongside their students for a rich and rewarding life and meaningful career.

Come take your Montessori training with CME|NY. We’ve been changing lives since 1991 and have awarded 3,000 AMS Montessori credentials.

Now is the time to enroll in one of our Montessori teacher preparation courses and start your new life.

Come train with us, your heart knows the way.

Dear Friends,

We wish you and yours peace, hope, and possibility in the year ahead.

Happy Holidays and good cheer,

K.T. Korngold and the team Center for Montessori Education / New York CMTE|NY

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Happy Holidays 2018! Dear Friends,

I work in a place that encourages me, supports me, and focuses on the positive. My job requires me to see the world through a proactive, compassionate, caring, and happy lens each and every day!

I am surrounded by thoughtful, compassionate adults
and naturally curious children. Every day has a purpose, a goal, a clear mission. My work makes a difference in the lives of children, for today and for the future.

This is my job description: I am a Montessori School Administrator.

I couldn't be more proud or more grateful.

You can have a job like this too. Enroll in one of the upcoming CME|NY Montessori courses for AMS Credential. You can have a meaningful career that makes a difference
in the lives of children and your future.

We are now accepting applications for our 2019 cohorts:

INFANT AND TODDLER (Ages 0 - 3)
EARLY CHILDHOOD (Ages 2 1/2 - 6)
MONTESSORI SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

Call today 914.363.8663 for further information and to reserve your space for one of our upcoming Information Sessions (held monthly at Noon):

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Thursday, December 8, 2018

We hope you'll join us. You'll be very glad you did!

Discovering hands on learning in Part 1 of the Administrator Course with CME|NY Center for Montessori Education / New York

Montessori School Administrators enjoy the start of Part 2 with Dane Peters. Center for Montessori Education / New York

The administrator cohort enjoys the start of Part 2 with Dane Peters

A wonderful opening day at the new MCC. This is a beautiful place for children and our staff. The entire community — children, teachers, and parents — are delighted!
I am proud to have laid the foundation for the next 15 years of life at the new Montessori Children’s Center. And we did it in record time!! Thank you to all the members of my team for your support and love and very work!!

Here come the children!

All ready to welcome the CME|NY 2018 Administrator Cohort.
Center for Montessori Education / New York