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Amber Elder, M.A. ED.
Amber Elder, M.A. ED.
Amber has over 16 years experience in both private and public Montessori education.
As a parent, teacher, and advocate, Amber's passion is in developing classroom interventions for neurodiverse students and making Montessori accessible to all students.
Parent education is another love. Amber works with families to help them to understand Montessori and how to translate it into the home setting.
Carey Montgomery, M.A, ED.
Carey Montgomery, M.A, ED.
Carey decided to leave the T&D corporate world to become a Montessorian because of what she learned as a Montessori parent. This journey started 20 years ago.
In the Montessori community, Carey has worn many hats, but advocating for neurodiverse children is near and dear to her heart.
Continuing her education through the North Carolina Department of Public Education Exceptional Children's Division (NCDPI EC) division to learn about how to help students, teachers, and families about Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and ADHD has been an ongoing journey. Carey enjoys connecting the evidence based research to the Montessori curriculum. She looks forward to continuing this work within the community.
How it all began...
How it all began...
Amber & Carey met over 15 years ago in their Montessori teacher education program. At the time, they were both at different schools, Amber at a private Montessori and Carey a public Montessori. A few years later, they enrolled at St. Catherine University to complete a Masters in Montessori Education. For the past 10 years they have taught together in a public Montessori school in Charlotte, NC. In 2014, they began advocacy work for public Montessori. At the onset of the pandemic they worked with a team to create the Montessori curriculum in an online format.
Later, Amber and Carey became part of a district alignment team that created a playbook to be used by the public Montessori schools in Charlotte. This document not only served as a way to educate district leaders about the Montessori curriculum and how it meets state standards, but also a guide to create continuity across the public Montessori schools.
As a team, they have developed academic and behavior interventions and accommodations that work within the MTSS framework while honoring the Montessori philosophy. Their goal is to share their skill sets they have learned throughout their experience as public Montessorians.
Specialized Training & Credentials
Amber Elder
Amber Elder
LETRS Training at Mastery Level
IMSE, Orton Gillingham practitioner
Completed Intro to CBT
Skill Streaming for Early Childhood
Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
B3 - Brain, Body, Behavior
Masters of Art in Education. Saint Catherine University
NC Birth - Kindergarten State Licensed
Montessori Teacher Education at Charlotte, AMS MACTE Early Childhood Credential
B.A. Criminal Justice and Psychology, UNC Charlotte
Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, UNC Charlotte
Montessori Coach, NCMPS
Carey Montgomery
Carey Montgomery
NC DPI EC State Improvement Project, Reading Research to Classroom Practice (RRTcP), District and State Science of Reading Instructor, accredited by the International Dyslexia Association
LETRS Training at Mastery Level
IMSE, Orton Gillingham practitioner
Deep Dive into Dyslexia, NC Professional Development
The Science of Reading and Expert Teacher, NC Professional Development
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
B3 - Brain, Body, Behavior
Masters of Art in Education. Saint Catherine University
NC State Licensed
Montessori Teacher Education at Charlotte, AMS MACTE Early Childhood Credential
B.S. Management, Family and Community Development, Public Policy, University of Maryland
Designing, Developing and Delivery Effective Training for Adult Learners, Boston University
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