Turning Education Inside-Out

Judy Dempsey is the owner and principal of Summit-Questa Montessori School in Davie, Florida-a Montessori school on 10 acres for students from the age of three through the 8th grade. She is also the co-director of the Summit Montessori Teacher Training Institute which offers training in infant/toddler, early childhood, and elementary 1 levels. This institute is Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) accredited and also an affiliate of the American Montessori Society (AMS) teacher education program. In addition, Judy was trained as an AMS consultant in 1990 and in 2003 as a MACTE Teacher Training Evaluation Committee member. Judy has held the officer's position of First Vice President and Director of Accreditation from 2010 to 2016 with the Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF), a state of Florida Private School Accreditation organization, where she has been a board member since 2006. She held the office of secretary for AISF from 2008 through 2010. Presently, she is a board member of the Montessori Florida Coalition, an organization that puts on an annual Montessori Conference in Miami, Florida. Judy also sat on the Board of Trustees for the Montessori Development Association from 1993 until 1995. She has been trained to serve on school evaluation teams for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools-Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). In 2009, Judy was awarded The Alan O'Such Memorial Outstanding Service Award by the AISF for outstanding service to the organization and the children of the state of Florida. She was just named the Recipient of the 2016-2017 Distinguished Educator of the Year Award-the highest honor given by the Association of Independent Schools of South Florida.

"SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING THE MONTESSORI APPROACHChapter 1: Montessori 101Chapter 2: Why Montessori?Chapter 3: What Makes Montessori Work?Chapter 4: Montessori versus Traditional EducationChapter 5: How to Recognize an Authentic Montessori SchoolChapter 6: The Importance of the Parent's Role in the Montessori ExperienceChapter 7: Montessori EducatorsSECTION II: MONTESSORI CURRICULA AND MATERIALSChapter 8: Infant and Toddler Chapter 9: Early Childhood Chapter 10: Elementary Chapter 11: Adolescence SECTION III: SPIRITUALITY AND MONTESSORI Chapter 12: Spirituality in Montessori EducationChapter 13: Peace EducationSECTION IV: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION Chapter 14: A Global Approach for the 21st CenturyChapter 15: The Education of BoysChapter 16: Testing, Grades, and Report CardsChapter 17: Special Needs StudentsChapter 18: TechnologyChapter 19: Emotional IntelligenceChapter 20: Photo GallerySECTION V: REFLECTIONS ON THE MONTESSORI EXPERIENCEMontessori Students, Alumni, Alumnae, Parents, Montessori Educators, SpecialistsREFERENCES