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 Greetings!
Happy New Year! And what a lot of activities our OMA Community is sponsoring this year. This month's bulletin is full of Montessori community activities that you'll want to know about and share with others.
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Register Today! Winter Workshop in Eugene
Pathways to Self-Regulation, with Kathleen Lloyd, PhD
Plan to attend our Winter Workshop on Saturday, January 15th, 2011, 9:30am - 12:30pm, with Kathleen Lloyd, PhD, at Far Horizons Montessori School in Eugene.
Expand your knowledge and share with parents the validity of our work and the insightful science behind the observations made by Dr. Montessori. Every teacher wants her classroom to be a self-managing social community. In the context of Maria Montessori's discovery that children are transformed through activities that promote concentration, Dr. Lloyd will introduce current research on self-regulation, which involves the ability to sustain attention, control reactions to stress, and recognize and interpret social cues. Learn how to apply these principles to your own work in preparing an environment that supports the optimal development of the child.  About Kathleen Lloyd: Kathleen earned a PhD in Human Development and Family Science from Oregon State University in 2008. Her dissertation analyzed Montessori's observation of normalization in relation to current theories on self-regulation. She received her AMI Primary Diploma in 1987 and a master's of education in 1990. She has spent 13 years as a primary directress at both Marin Montessori School in California and Pacific Crest School in Seattle, Washington. Kathleen currently teaches in the Early Childhood Education Department at Lane Community College.
We are excited to offer this workshop in Eugene. Credit for training hours will be given. Registration is now open - be sure to save your place! Only $35!
Registration will close Monday, January 10. Register today!
Event will be from 9:30am to 12:30pm at
Far Horizons Montessori School, 2490 Hilyard St.
Eugene, OR 97405
www.farhorizonsmontessori.com
Want to carpool? Contact Jennifer Ryznar with your information and she'll connect you with others who want to share a ride.
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Open House Week
Saturday, January 22 through Sunday, January 30
Look for your Oregon Montessori Association full color back cover ad in the January Metro-Parent magazine highlighting our member schools' Open House Week. The ad will direct readers to our OMA website.
Your Open House Event can be as simple or elaborate as you wish. Some member schools last year did their usual once a week tour. Other schools did a Saturday or Sunday afternoon open house and invited their entire school to participate. We'll dedicate a page of the OMA website to dates and times of your Open House. Please send us the dates and times. Look for the page to become active the first week of January. Open House Week is a way to highlight and celebrate the vibrancy of our Montessori community. Enjoy! |
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OMA 2011 Calendar
Here's a quick calendar of OMA and other Montessori events for 2010-2011 School Year. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding more OMA events for the year.
2011
January
Friday, January 14th Pub Night
Saturday, January 15th Winter Workshop
Saturday, January 22nd Race to Nowhere Showing
Tuesday, Janaury 25 MINW Cafe au Play
Friday, January 28 MINW Celebration of Light Auction
Saturday, January 29 PNMA Workshop in Renton, WA
Open House Week
Saturday, January 22 through Sunday, January 30
February
Tuesday, February 8 MINW Cafe au Play
Friday, February 11 Pub Night
Wednesday, February 23 MINW Information Session
March
Tuesday, March MINW Cafe au Play
Friday, March 11 Pub Night
April
Friday, April 8 Pub Night
Saturday, April 9 Spring Workshop
Thursday, April 28 Steven Hughes Event co-sponsored with MINW
Friday, April 29 Administrators Meeting with Steven Hughes
May
Friday, May 13 Pub Night
Saturday, May 14 Spring Tea
OMA Board Meetings:
February 1st
For more information contact Jennifer Ryznar.
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Pub Night: Friday, January 14
Join us for Pub Night on Friday, January 14 from 4:30 pm until 6:00 pm at East Burn Tavern at 18th and Burnside.
Pub Nights are an informal way to meet with fellow Montessorians to gather a bit of friendship and inspiration.
Everyone is responsible for their own food and beverages, but fun is shared by all.
We'll have a door prize drawing at 5:30 pm, so come throw your name into the hat!
We'll be meeting in the downstairs room. Please ask the seating hostess for directions.
If you would like an e-mail reminder of this event the day before, sign up here.
Other Pub Nights are scheduled for the second Friday of the month throughout the year--except for December.
February 11
March 11
April 9
May 13
Mark your calendars and plan to join us.
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MINW at Cafe Au Play
The Montessori Institute Northwest presents Sarah Werner Andrews in three FREE informal gatherings to share practical suggestions for parents with children of any age.
Developing Independence at Home
January 25, 2011 9:00am - 10:00am
Small changes can make huge differences- we'll look at each room in the home and discuss simple changes that will make it easier for your children to clean up, participate in family life, and develop self-confidence.
Encouraging Cooperation Through Positive Communication
February 8, 2011 9:00am - 10:00am
Sometimes how you say it makes all the difference in avoiding power struggles and encouraging cooperation; join us and find out how.
Stop Praising and Start Building Real Self-Esteem
March 1, 2011 9:00am - 10:00am
For all of the "Good Job!" children hear, today's children feel less capable and confident than ever before. Learn how to support your children in a meaningful way through real security and the tools to self-evaluate.
Enjoy a cup of coffee and join the conversation. Stop by Café au Play for one or all of these inspiring talks. RSVP to reserve your place at the table.
Cafe au Play -- a new family friendly coffee shop in SE Portland! 5633 SE Division St., Portland, OR 97206
Please contact MINW to RSVP.
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Celebration of Light Auction
Montessori Institute Northwest will host its annual Celebration of Light Auction on Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Montgomery Park Banquet Room in Portland from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. New this year, MINW will host an online auction for the duration of the week prior to the event containing fantastic prizes anyone will enjoy - no matter where you live. At the Celebration of Light enjoy drinks, auctions, fun games, and of course, lively conversation. For more information and to purchase tickets or a table, visit the MINW website! |
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PNMA Workshop: Montessori Sensorial Curriculum and Observation Tools
with Marlene Barron, Ph.D.
Barron International Consulting
DUST OFF THOSE SENSORIAL MATERIALS: a Liberation Workshop
This workshop will provide you with so many innovative ways to think about using the Sensorial materials that you'll never find them dusty again. And if YOU see the possibilities, so will your children. Join us in refreshing our knowledge of the apparatus in this beautiful area of our classrooms--Sensorial materials are unique to Montessori--let's embrace them!
OBSERVATION: Finding the Lens - to Notice, to Analyze, to Plan
Now You See It, Now You Don't: Record Keeping in Early Childhood Classrooms
Montessorians are skilled observers and we notice important aspects of children's interactions with one another and the materials. This workshop will present a comprehensive record keeping system that focuses on those interactions. It begins with daily notes and continues with various techniques to more effectively understand what you've observed. This information flows into reports and sharing with colleagues and parents, in conferences and blogs.
Where: Renton Technical College-Roberts Campus Center
3000 NE Fourth Street
Renton 98056
Saturday, January 29, 2011
08:30 am to 4:30 pm
2 sessions: 8 STARS / 7 clock hours
Costs: This is the final week of discounted fees for online registration. PNMA members can register for $65 until January 8. Public registration is available at $110 through Saturday. Registration will continue at full rates of $90 and $135 until January 22.
Overnight Accommodations: Quality Inn, 1850 SE Maple Valley, Renton, WA 98057. Reserve under PNMA for 1 room for $75 - 2 queen beds.
More information and online registration: Montessori Sensorial Curriculum and Observation Tools
Pacific Northwest Montessori Association
http://pnma.org
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Listen to Steven Hughes Interview on LA Radio
This interview broadcast was on KPFK in Los Angeles. Share. Put the link in your newsletter. The archive is available for 30 days.
http://ia700303.us.archive.org/23/items/DailyDigest-122910/2010_12_29_uprising.mp3
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Sunstone to Host Showing of Race To Nowhere
Sunstone Montessori has scheduled a screening of Race to Nowhere at the Village Theater at 1440 NW Overton St. on Saturday, January 22nd at 7pm. There will be a panel discussion afterward. This event is open to the public, but seats are limited. Tickets can be purchased on the Race to Nowhere website: www.racetonowhere.com To read more about this film, click here. |
Volunteer Opportunities
As you know, OMA is a volunteer run organization.
Get involved in as big or as small a way as you would like to give back to your Montessori community. From working on developing a workshop to helping with workshop registration to setting up for a meeting, there's probably something you can do.
Needed:
Help plan workshops
Be a greeter at Pub Night
Write an article for our Forza Vitale e-mails
Have news to share about your school or students?
Contact Jennifer Ryznar at jbryznar@gmail.com.
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Check Out the New OregonMontessori.com
The secret's out! Our new OMA website is ready.
Our website has been revamped to be a resource as well as a marketing tool for our members, as well as for Montessori education in general.
Take a peek at our new is our Parent Resource Center that has articles for you to share with the families at your school.
Check out our new pages for Educators.
Check to make sure your schools information is correct on our Find A School page.
Not listed? Have you renewed your school membership? If not, renew now!
Of course, be sure to take a look at our OMA classifieds.
Free classified ads are one of many benefits to our OMA members.
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Join OMA Today!
OMA offers two types of membership--individual and school. Read more about joining OMA here.A new feature of school membership is that all staff members have individual memberships. Please e-mail us your staff and board members names and e-mails and we will get their memberships started.
Including all staff members should enlarge our community network to over 500 Montessorians from our traditional membership of 150. Supporting our professional community is a powerful reason to be part of OMA.
Thank you for your continued support of OMA.
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Please forward this news bulletin to all your staff members and board members.
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The Oregon Montessori Association is a group of schools and individuals who support vibrant Montessori education in Oregon and Southwest Washington...and beyond.
Visit www.oregonmontessori.com
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