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Weekly meetings to check in about challenges and to share ideas

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Weekly meetings with other lead guides who have more experience for brainstorming sessions

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structured onboarding

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Be available to help with parent communication

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Scheduling regular mentor teacher visits

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Set up lunch meetings with a new guide to connect with a more experienced guide.

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Support with data collection and observations of children with diverse needs. Support with these parent meetings as needed.

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Creating time to meet with them to answer any questions they have

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Offer to be the child to give a lesson or two that they are hesitant to give - offering support and encouragement

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Observe in the classroom to have feedback for the guide

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Provide time to observe senior teacher classrooms. This provides greater opportunities for self reflection.

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Daily check ins in the middle and the end of the day whenever possible to ask how it's going.

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validating, They are not alone

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Helping with parent and staff interactions when needed

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Observations and offering feedback

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Give framework for how to share challenging information to parents (i.e. child needs more support)

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Provide language to new teacher ~ precision of language classroom management tricks.

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Give them articles/readings on Montessori philosophy and practice

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After observing them, give the guide a short passage to read about something that may encourage a refresh in theory. Discuss

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Giving little note of gratitude and encouragement

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Take a photo or video of them so they can see themselves.

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Encouraging rest to reset, work life balance, Rome wasn’t built in a day - each day is fresh as each child is

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Daily hugs if they're huggers:) With chocolate

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Supporting through Parent conferences...especially if they have not done this before

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Sit in on their team meeting to help with training.

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Support collaborative meetings with leads or teaching partners to make sure team communication is strong.

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Discuss ways of supporting assistants

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Have them write a gratitude journal of one thing each day that went well.

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Try to give them strong assistants that are not brand new if possible

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Setting goals to support their growth throughout the year - nothing overwhelming but to help put their attention on and to be able to see and feel their growth. Feeling successful in any small ways is a win versus always finding how or where you are failing.

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Tell stories about when you first started teaching to model growth mindset and friendliness towards error.

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Being a sounding board and not necessarily jumping in to help right away.

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Challenge them to take more time to observe and to start finding patterns to the challenging times in their day

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Challenge them to take more time to observe and to start finding patterns to the challenging times in their day

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Initial meeting at the beginning of the year with templets from the previous year. Ask if these are useful and what changes they would like to make from their experience.

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Providing support to find communities of practice.

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Providing more opportunities for specialized professional development ~ to enrich what they are bringing through their Montessori training.

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Taking on more ways to step into leadership with any newer staff members.

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Ask them what their goals for the year may be and how you can support them in those goals.

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Conduct meetings with their teaching peers to discuss ideas, classroom goals, etc. and to consider other perspectives or approaches 

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Conduct meetings with their teaching peers to discuss ideas, classroom goals, etc. and to consider other perspectives or approaches 

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Continue with check in meetings, but less frequently than with the Novice.

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Having the guide create a new activity for Practical Life and demo for peers

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Refined reflexion - Refining areas to improve on and more so finding resources on their own.

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Still provide support with challenging parent conversations so that they can learn to model supportive language with parents. (Now they are in a place to take on more accountability in this area).

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Pull them out of the bubble that they might be placing themselves into because they no longer need hands-on support.

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Have the guide assist families with a home set-up for the child's playroom, bedroom, kitchen, etc.

Have the guide run a parent group for their families weekly to discuss some of the families struggles.

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Ask them to do a comparison from their first few years to where they are now and what they are doing differently and why and possibly offer that to some of the new guides.

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Challenge them to think outside the box of what they have been doing so far. Compare albums with other guides and have philosophical conversations about the differences. 

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Challenge them to think outside the box of what they have been doing so far. Compare albums with other guides and have philosophical conversations about the differences. 

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Hopefully becoming proficient in observation and having a nicer flow in the classroom. Able to be a great classroom to host others to observe.

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Direct them to more specific trainings and ideas to enhance their skills and knowledge

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Asking them to possibly help with or even lead some parent education

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Have them be involved in training assistants for novice teachers.

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Give them an award for longevity in the field!!!

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This may be specific for the current generation of experts ~ giving support for teaching neurodiverse students (or teaching post-COVID).

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Have the guide observe in other staffs classrooms to support others with challenging behaviors.

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Arrange professional development trainings for how to support neurodivergent children in a Montessori classroom 

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Arrange professional development trainings for how to support neurodivergent children in a Montessori classroom 

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Office hours for the expert guide to chat with staff.

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Bring in outside evaluators because they have a different level of authority with their suggestions.

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Encourage attendance at national conferences...like AMS.

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Have your master guide run a staff meeting with an agenda.

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Have your master guide run a staff meeting with an agenda.

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Helping them explore if their behaviors are aligned with their values they hold for their students (being lifelong learners especially)

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Encourage joining advocacy groups for early childhood, education, etc.

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Guide or run parent education events.

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See if they might be interested in writing a blog or a more topic centered newsletter for broader understanding of Montessori and theory in and out of the home.

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See if they might be interested in writing a blog or a more topic centered newsletter for broader understanding of Montessori and theory in and out of the home.

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Help to train administrators on Montessori pedagogy.

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Encourage them to stay up-to-date on lateness research in Montessori and EC education

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Hosting parent ed and or professional development

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Hosting/leading community events

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Listen. Just take some time to just listen to them - whatever they have to say.

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Having open minded mindful activities as a staff to help support curiosity versus shut down and closed mindedness.

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Having open minded mindful activities as a staff to help support curiosity versus shut down and closed mindedness.

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Be a logic detective ~ ask direct questions that could help uncover potential points of struggle.

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Asking how I can help and encourage/support to help motivate

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Be willing to suggest reasonable compromises to meet the person half way when possible.

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Work together to make a support plan

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Connection before correction! Have dinner with them and connect before you need them to do something.

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Connection before correction! Have dinner with them and connect before you need them to do something.

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Let them experience the consequences of their decisions... don't unnecessarily protect staff.