November 5-8, 2008, Dallas, TX
NAEYC presents 2008 NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo.
More information: http://annualconference.naeyc.org/

November 7-9, 2008, Kansas City, MO
AMI/USA presents Public School Forum for AMI schools and those aspiring to AMI standards.
More information: www.montessori-ami.org/events/conferences.htm

November 13-16, 2008, Garden Grove, CA
AMS presents Montessori: Excellence in Action.
More information: AMS 2008 FALL CONFERENCE

November 13-16, 2008, San Francisco, CA
NAMTA presents Documenting Montessori Outcomes as Unique and Relevant.
The perennial question of “what happens after Montessori” is treated from both the formative point of view and that of graduates looking back. A comprehensive description of Montessori-specific outcomes addresses the building of a whole-school vision among faculty and administration. Participants will learn how to document Montessori success while refining goals and objectives in light of best practices in the AMI field today, leading to authentic assessment.
More information:
http://www.montessori-namta.org/Namta/NAMServs/confsched.html

November 22, 2008, Monroe, MI
CMTE/NY presents Montessori Infant/Toddler Workshop: Are Montessori Practices Relevant to Today's Young Children?
For more information, please contact host school Meadow Montessori's Becky McCollum at 734-241-9496, extension 204, or bjmccollum@meadowmontessori.org

January 5-8, 2009, Chennai, India
AMI presents 26th International Montessori Congress.  International Montessori Congresses provide an opportunity for Montessorians to come together from around the world to share and further their work in aid of the child.  The Congresses are open to all and are designed to promote the ideas of Dr. Maria Montessori to the wider public.  They have been held since 1929 and it was during the first International Montessori Congress that the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) was founded.
More information: http://www.montessori-ami.org/events/congress.htm

January 16-18, 2009, Cozumel, Mexico
AMS presents AMS 2009 HEADS OF SCHOOLS RETREAT

January 22-25, 2009, Atlanta, GA
NAMTA presents Montessori Special Education II: A Contemporary Assessment.
A sequel to NAMTA’s highly praised special education conference last year in Austin, TX, this year’s conference will focus on real best practices that address the range of learning differences that turn up in a Montessori school. The conference will provide six to eight contact hours in such special education topics as understanding diagnostic testing, language remediation, gifted and talented education, approaches to integrated tutoring, mainstreaming, etc.
More information:
http://www.montessori-namta.org/Namta/NAMServs/confsched.html

February 13-16, 2009, Houston, TX
AMI/USA presents Refresher Course and Administrative Assistants’ Workshop.
More information: www.montessori-ami.org/events/conferences.htm

February 26-March 1, 2009, New Orleans, LA
AMS presents Educating for Peace and Social Justice.
More information: 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

March 1-4, 2009, Lacombe, LA
AMS presents The Journey from Trauma to Triumph.
More information: AMS PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RETREAT

March 5-8, 2009, Seattle, WA
NAMTA presents The Adolescent and Society: Community Interaction and Social Reform (NAMTA’s Annual Adolescent Conference).
This conference offers an in-depth view of ways adolescents transition into fourth-plane maturity by establishing creative partnerships through field experiences, service, and community action, and the importance of real connections to the developmental aims of the third plane.  A new definition of adolescent maturity will be contextualized by the adolescent’s work in society and in directions for social reform.  A highlight will be presentations by Montessori adolescents.
More information:
http://www.montessori-namta.org/Namta/NAMServs/confsched.html

March 13-15, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Montessori Society of Canada presents Thinking Beyond Boundaries: The Role of Montessori in the 21st Century.
Invited speakers include Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Larry Schaefer, Nicole Marchak, Phyllis Pottish-Lewis, Eduardo Cuevas, Lynne Lawrence and Dr. Angeline Lillard.
More information: www.MontessoriSocietyCanada.org

March 28, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA
Greater Pittsburgh Montessori Society (GPMS) Spring Meeting 
9 AM - Noon
Venue:
Montessori School for Creative Learning
1627 Brodhead Road
Moon Township, PA 15108
(724) 457-5437

April 23-26, 2009, Chicago, IL
NAMTA presents Montessori as a Global Pedagogy:A Telecommunications Approach to World Professional Development
This conference will introduce a distance-learning approach to connecting schools with vital teacher development internationally. Schools can choose to either send their faculty to hear AMI speakers in plenary session or create a virtual conference via telecommunications without airfare and hotel expense.  A how-to session will discuss setting up a school consultation via teleconference.
More information:
http://www.montessori-namta.org/Namta/NAMServs/confsched.html

June 14-17, 2009, Charlotte, NC
NAEYC presents 2009 NAEYC National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development.
More information: http://naeyc.org/conferences/

June 22-July 24 and November 5-8, 2009, Cleveland area, OH
NAMTA presents A Montessori Orientation to Adolescent Studies.
click here to view the 2008 brochure (PDF)

Summer, 2009 (two weeks), Location TBA
NAMTA presents Montessori Whole-School ManagementSM: A Professional Development Course for Teachers and Administrators.
click here to view the 2008 brochure (PDF)