Earlier this year, you expressed interest in participating in the inaugural PDMC Lead Practitioner’s Course. We’re now preparing to begin the program in January, and I’d like to invite you to confirm your place in the beta cohort.
This advanced program is designed for experienced PDMC practitioners and school leaders who are ready to help strengthen and sustain Positive Discipline throughout their school communities.
As a member of this inaugural cohort, you'll help shape the program and strengthen the learning experience for future PDMC Lead Practitioners.
This first cohort has an additional role: helping us put the finishing touches on the program before the first regular cohort begins in September 2027.
Throughout the program, we'll invite your feedback through brief surveys and group discussions. We want to understand what works well, what could be clearer or more useful, and where the materials can be strengthened.
Because we'll incorporate feedback as we go, course materials will be released on the learning platform week by week rather than provided as one complete handbook at the beginning.
Your feedback will help us complete and refine the PDMC Lead Practitioner Handbook.
Your perspective matters. Your feedback will help strengthen the program and shape the handbook for future cohorts.
The course is organized around four primary areas, bringing together advanced practice, observation, coaching, and sustainable implementation.
We’ll take a deeper dive into Adlerian theory and its application to individual children and develop the skills to facilitate collaborative PDMC child studies within your school.
We’ll develop practical observation skills focused on class meetings, child and group dynamics, and the classroom environment—with an emphasis on using observation to support teachers effectively.
We’ll use established Positive Discipline principles to develop a strengths-based approach to supporting colleagues. This includes Top Card, collaborative problem-solving, facilitating staff and level meetings, and navigating the sometimes-conflicting roles of supervisor and coach.
We’ll develop the skills to onboard new staff, facilitate PDMC book studies, provide ongoing staff support, share selected PDMC principles and practices with parents, and help maintain consistency through staff transitions.
Build your Lead Practitioner skills through focused training, then put them into practice with ongoing support from your cohort.
Part I
Develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to support and sustain Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom within your own school or organization.
Part II
Apply your Lead Practitioner skills in your own school, with continued guidance and support from the cohort as real situations arise.
2027 Lead Practitioner’s Course
Beta Cohort Tuition
$950
January–May 2027
An introductory tuition rate in recognition of your willingness to provide feedback as we refine the program and complete the PDMC Lead Practitioner Handbook.
Regular Cohort
$1,950
Beginning September 2027
The standard tuition for the Lead Practitioner’s Course beginning with the first regular cohort.
The next step is simply to complete your registration.
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