Holder of an AMI diploma for adolescents aged 12–18, she currently works as a mathematics teacher and international coordinator at Montessori Mondial Kungsholmen in Sweden. She is passionate about creating an interdisciplinary learning environment for adolescents.
In this prepared environment, young people are encouraged to understand the relationships between intellectual knowledge and social life, the individual and the world, to experience different social roles, become aware of their own values, discover their potential, and prepare well for the transition into adulthood.
In addition to working with adolescents, Hua Bai also co-creates the AMI summer diploma course (ages 12–18), during which she delivers lectures entitled “How to Conduct a Literature Review” and “How to Develop a Study and Work Plan.”
Certified AMI educator (ages 0–3) with over ten years of experience supporting children and families. She is a mother of two children attending Montessori schools, which gives her deep insight into the emotional realities of parenting and leadership within Montessori environments. She has experienced both sides of this collaboration — as a parent working with her children’s schools and as a school leader building her own community.
She co-founded two Montessori centers, led parent-and-infant classes, supported teaching and administrative teams, and served as lead educator in an infant community. Her work focuses on surrounding families with care, gentleness, and compassion, grounded in the belief that our paths are meant to be walked together — in relationship and connection.
An experienced Montessori teacher and trainer in Europe and Asia, founder of Montessori Education – a training and workshop institute for children and adults – and leader of Montessori City, an initiative actively supporting families in homeschooling. Privately, a Montessori mother of teenage Stanisław and young Álvaro Miguel.
Wendy Ellyatt is a futurist, systems thinker, and founder of The Flourish Project, working at the intersection of education, wellbeing, culture, and planetary regeneration. Her work explores how early human development, values, and worldviews shape the long-term flourishing of societies and ecosystems. Drawing on Montessori education, wellbeing science, and systems thinking, Wendy encourages the adoption of integrative approaches that nurture a sense of belonging and that promote regenerative cultures across schools, communities, and institutions. She collaborates internationally with educators, policymakers, and researchers to reimagine education as a catalyst for peace, ecological responsibility, and human potential. During her early career, she was a trustee of Montessori St Nicholas, an editor of Montessori International and has been a prolific writer and consultant in holistic and integrative development.
Director of the Non-Public Montessori General Secondary School in Warsaw – one of the few educational environments in Poland implementing the principles of Maria Montessori’s pedagogy at the upper-secondary level. Tutor and teacher of biology and chemistry. For over 15 years, she has been practically involved in Maria Montessori’s pedagogy, with a particular focus on working with adolescents.
Certified AMI Montessori educator (ages 0–6) and parent educator. With a background in business and marketing, she led teams for over a decade before focusing on supporting families as a Montessori educator, doula, and hypnobirthing practitioner. She chaired the board of a UK primary school during a period of complex change, led Montessori classrooms, and supported parents from pregnancy through childhood.
Her work focuses on building trust, relationships, and emotionally intelligent leadership — empowering schools and families to create supportive, collaborative environments in which children can thrive. She offers a holistic, empathetic approach grounded in both scientific knowledge and sensitivity, bringing warmth, wisdom, and a deep understanding of what caring leadership truly means.
A graduate of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, with a specialization in art education and visual arts. She is interested in portrait photography and the search for emotion in her subjects. Naturalness dominates her work. Her artistic practice draws inspiration from classical art, creating atmosphere exclusively through natural light.
Founder of the Student Scientific Photography Club 210STUDIO. She has presented her photographs at numerous group exhibitions in Poland as well as solo exhibitions, including during the Krakow Photo Fringe Festival at Piwnica Pod Baranami and an international exhibition at a gallery in Lisbon, where she showcased portraits created using the wet plate collodion process.
She worked for several years in an Art Conservation Studio, developing a deep respect for cultural heritage and acquiring the invaluable skills of gilding and silvering, becoming a professional gilder.
Currently, she works as an art teacher at ReED Montessori School in Kielce, where she has created a unique painting studio in which children explore the visual arts, search for their own style, and travel through time to meet the Great Masters.
A Montessori teacher, trainer, and speaker with over 12 years of experience working with children and adults within Maria Montessori’s pedagogical approach. For the past six years, she has been delivering training for teachers, educators, and parents. Her educational materials are used in Montessori institutions, traditional schools, and alternative education settings.
She specializes in Montessori Cosmic Education, which integrates natural sciences, humanities, and social studies into a coherent narrative about the world. She has completed numerous Montessori courses in Poland and abroad for the age levels 0–3, 6–12, and 12–15. On a daily basis, she works as a teacher in a Montessori school for children aged 6–12 and has also served as deputy head and homeschooling coordinator.
She is a speaker at Polish and international Montessori conferences and the creator of the “Wielkie Lekcje” platform, which supports teachers and parents through online training and educational materials. In her work, she shows that Montessori is прежде wszystkim a way of thinking, relating, and accompanying the child in development. Privately, she is the mother of two teenagers raised in the Montessori spirit from birth.
A psychologist and cognitive-behavioral therapist (CBT) with over fifteen years of professional experience working with children, adolescents, teachers, and parents. Her professional approach is grounded in respectful communication and a deep understanding of each child’s individual needs — principles closely aligned with the Montessori philosophy. In her daily work, she supports educational institutions in creating environments where children feel emotionally safe, heard, and seen, while teachers receive meaningful professional support.
As the founder and director of the Safe School Support and Development Center, she coordinates and leads a wide range of professional development programs for schools. These programs focus on supporting children’s emotional well-being, early identification of behavioral difficulties, effective collaboration with parents, and strengthening classroom climate. Her work helps schools adopt a holistic view of child development — one that sees growth as the result of emotional safety, healthy relationships, and high-quality learning processes.
Born in Kuyavia and a Katowice resident by choice. A nonconformist thinker, constantly on the move. In life, she follows the principle: “Third time’s the charm… or maybe even the fourth :)”. From a second, more mature choice, she became: a civics teacher, a university lecturer in pedagogy, co-founder and director of the authorial, non-public Bilingual Kindergarten and Primary School “English Montessori School” as well as EMS General Secondary School. She is also a participant in a Montessori school education course, including preschool modules, at the Polish Montessori Institute. By first profession, she is a legal advisor and mediator affiliated with several mediation centers in Poland. For over a decade, thanks to her children, she has been connected with Montessori pedagogy and bilingual education. And for over a decade, she has remained in a state of admiration! Therefore, she actively promotes awareness of the benefits of the Montessori method as a founding member and active advocate of the Polish Montessori Council Association.
A musician, educator, and Montessori teacher.
A graduate of music schools specializing in piano and eurhythmics, as well as the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, majoring in Choral Conducting. A participant in Montessori courses at the Polish Montessori Institute. Creator of the performance “The Story of the King of Peace.” Music educator and mentor in Model Education institutions.
Her goal in artistic education is to introduce and sensitize young audiences to music, create an environment filled with therapeutic sounds, and provide opportunities for vocal and movement development. Her mission is to highlight the role of art as a fundamental form of learning and a part of culture, as well as a building block for the peace education advocated by Maria Montessori.
Since 2008, founder and director of the Polish Montessori Institute, and since 2017, president of the Polish Montessori Council. For many years, she has been actively involved in Montessori education in Poland, Canada, the USA, and since 2018 also in China. She holds diplomas from Montessori Partnership UK (ages 2.5–6) and the Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute Elementary program (ages 6–9). She has experience as an academic director at Central Montessori Schools in Toronto and as an instructor at the Canadian Montessori Institute in Toronto. Since 2005, she has conducted approximately 60 editions of preparatory courses for Montessori preschool and school teachers in Poland. She is an active member of international Montessori organizations.
Since 2023, she has been running “Montessori po sąsiedzku,” where parents can explore Montessori pedagogy in practice. Privately, Joanna is the mother of two adult daughters who completed Montessori preschool and school education in Toronto.
A psychologist and educator specializing in Maria Montessori pedagogy and modern developmental psychology. Founder of the Opole Montessori Center for Creativity (nursery, kindergarten, primary school, and psychological-pedagogical counseling center). A soft skills trainer and business psychologist, combining academic knowledge with practical training experience. Accredited speaker of Brian Tracy International (BTA), experienced in delivering presentations, conferences, and development processes for teachers, school leaders, female leaders, and educational teams.
A physiotherapist, preschool and early primary education teacher, and special education teacher specializing in education and rehabilitation of individuals on the autism spectrum, as well as early childhood development support and family assistance. A school mediator and a certified MACTE Montessori teacher at the preschool level. A graduate of nursery and early primary Montessori courses and a lecturer at the Polish Montessori Institute. On a daily basis, she co-runs a Montessori Kindergarten in Krotoszyn.
She has many years of experience working in nurseries, kindergartens, and grades 1–3. An observer and seeker of the simplest solutions, she is the author of numerous books for children beginning their reading journey. Creator of the brand “Montessori i kropka.” She delivers training based on her original “Education for Peace” program. By passion and education, she is also an IT technician. She enthusiastically creates cards and teaching materials, display boxes for cards, aids that enrich vocabulary and support memory processes, as well as teacher documentation and annual Montessori work programs.
Head of a Consulting and Training Law Firm, Expert for LEX Education Law (Wolters Kluwer) and the Education Portal, trainer. A long-standing auditor, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration (major: Administration) and the Faculty of Management (major: Finance and Accounting) at the University of Warsaw. Many years of experience working as a senior specialist for financial analysis and control. At the request of educational institutions, she prepares, among other things, documentation for the settlement of educational subsidies and for inspections. She represents educational institutions during inspections, provides necessary information and explanations, and prepares objections to inspection reports. In her law firm, she focuses exclusively on servicing non-public (public non-local-government) educational institutions. She offers expert-level support. Having worked for 20 years in local government—in the audit and control department—she has in-depth knowledge of the powers and possibilities available to officials conducting inspections of the proper use and collection of educational subsidies.
For over 40 years, she has lectured on various AMI courses and previously served as Director of Training at the Montessori Institute of San Diego and the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota. In addition to her extensive teaching and training experience, she remains actively involved in the AMI community as a consultant and conference speaker worldwide.
She is also one of the founding members of the AMI Montessori Elementary Alumni Association and served as its president for eight years.
In addition to her other Montessori-related work, she is the author of numerous articles, essays, and brochures on implementing Dr. Maria Montessori’s principles and theories in work with children in the second plane of development. Recently, she authored the comprehensive book Whose Montessori Do You Practice? A Faithfully Applied Taxonomy of Cosmic Education, which re-emphasizes the foundations of Dr. Montessori’s vision for elementary-aged children and practical ways to realize it. She has also recently published brochures dedicated to the elementary art curriculum: Art for the Elementary Child: The Elements, Art for the Elementary Child: The Principles and The Story of Color, and The Art Prepared Environment: The Materials and Their Stories.
Wioletta Skubera has been running the non-public Montessori nursery and kindergarten Montessori House, as well as Kraków Montessori School, for 16 years. By education, she is a psychologist, Polish language specialist, psychotherapist, and Montessori teacher. Her fascination with Montessori education has continued uninterrupted for 20 years. Both of her daughters completed Montessori education and have successfully entered adult life. In her institutions, she implemented a pioneering psychoeducational program for every child, providing regular support and the development of psychosocial skills from an early age. Privately, her passions include diving, women’s developmental psychology, and travel.
MSc in Mathematics Engineering, special education teacher, Montessori teacher, creator of the Facebook group “Mathematics with Montessori,” and DCEM trainer in Wrocław. For many years, she worked as a mathematics teacher in conventional schools at all levels. She became a Montessori teacher thanks to her — now teenage — twin daughters. First, she discovered Maria Montessori’s philosophy, which emphasizes the child’s independence, and then the developmental materials, which are simply brilliant in the field of mathematics education. Her first experiences working with Montessori materials were gained during workshops and courses at Mountain Montessori School in Żywiec, followed by work in Montessori schools in Katowice and participation in workshops and courses organized by the Polish Montessori Institute (she completed the Montessori Early Elementary Education course for ages 6–9). She systematically enriches her professional practice through self-development and participation in Montessori conferences. On a daily basis, she works according to her original program “Mathematics with Montessori” at the Bilingual Primary School “English Montessori School.” She creates her own materials, instructional booklets for working with developmental materials, methodological guides, and more. For several years, she has had the great pleasure of sharing her knowledge in the Facebook group “Mathematics with Montessori” (2.6 thousand members), during original workshops, and through individual lessons for teachers and parents. Her goal is to inspire as many teachers and parents as possible with Montessori mathematics so that it becomes a common and accessible way of learning mathematics for every student.
Founder and Chief Enthusiasm Officer at the Montessori Institute in Prague. She developed a volunteer group of mothers into a fully-fledged Montessori ecosystem — including a parent–child program, kindergarten, and primary school — and currently leads an international organization training AMI teachers as well as an AMI Authorized Accreditation Agency. She also initiated an adolescent program implemented on a farm and in rural areas near Prague, bringing Montessori education into real work, contact with nature, and community life.
Mirka holds education in the humanities and non-profit organization management, certificates in business leadership, the AMI Montessori Administrator Certificate, Whole School Leadership certification, and an AMI Assistant course certificate for ages 3–6. She is currently participating in AMI diploma courses for ages 0–3 and 3–6. She has secured over €2.3 million in grants and teaches Montessori leaders how to successfully obtain similar funding.
A Polish language and geography teacher, secondary school exam examiner, and Montessori educator with 15 years of experience working with adolescents. Professionally associated with the Non-Public Montessori General Secondary School in Warsaw, where she combines subject-based education with the values of Maria Montessori’s pedagogy.
As a homeroom teacher and school life animator, she implements numerous educational and social projects, including Oxford-style debates, theatre projects, and editorial initiatives. She organizes international youth exchanges within the Erasmus+ program. She is actively engaged in issues related to equality, human rights, the climate crisis, and the situation of refugees, consistently opposing exclusion and unequal opportunities.
A Montessori educator with over 20 years of experience in creating and leading educational environments based on the philosophy of Maria Montessori. Director of MCEM. She holds international AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) qualifications for the age groups 6–12 and 12–18, as well as a Montessori teaching diploma for ages 3–6 from the Canadian Montessori Institute.
For many years, she has served as an instructor of Montessori teacher training courses in Poland, supporting the professional growth of educators and educational leaders. In her work, she focuses on education grounded in trust, agency, relationships, and responsibility, creating schools and kindergartens where every child can develop their potential at their own pace. She is currently completing psychology studies, further deepening her competencies in supporting the development of children and adolescents.