Montessori Teachers

A person teaching a child to count using wooden number cards, an abacus, and counting beads on a white cloth on the floor.

In the Montessori method, the teacher is often referred to as a guide, reflecting their unique role in the learning process. Unlike traditional educators who lead instruction, Montessori guides observe, support, and respond to the needs of each child without interrupting their natural development.

Montessori Teachers…

  • Support concentration, reflection, and growth

  • Present numerous activities to spark an interest

  • Observe, listen, and communicate to assess and assist each child’s development

  • Are calm, confident, and caring

  • Connect children to the materials by following their curiosity

  • Are the facilitators, not the focus, of the classroom

  • Patiently, flexibly, and compassionately encourage a joyful perseverance in each child

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’”

— Montessori, M. (1966). The Secret of Childhood, p. 283