Guides for running a Montessori school
Practical answers to the problems school owners and guides bring to us.
How to reduce paperwork at a Montessori school
List the records your school keeps, find where they pile up, drop the ones nobody reads, and move the rest into one place, in one term.
How Montessori guides can record observations without losing the work cycle
Keep observation notes short during the work cycle, write them up in a set slot afterward, and decide what to record, what to skip and what families see.
How to stop chasing families for late tuition
Write a payment policy, send clear invoices on a fixed day, set one due date, remind on a schedule, offer more than one way to pay, and talk to families early.
How to run admissions and a waitlist at a small Montessori school
Count your places, take applications through one form, give every family a status, visit before you decide, and keep a waitlist with a written rule for who is offered next.
How to keep parents informed without sending dozens of emails a day
Sort school news into a few channels, send each on a fixed schedule, keep urgent news separate, and let families choose how they hear from you.
What a toddler daily report should include, and how to fill it in quickly
The fields a toddler daily report needs, what to write in each, what to leave out, and how to fill it in during the day so the morning stays with the children.
How to move your school's records from one system to another
A step-by-step plan for moving a Montessori school's records to new software, from the inventory and export to cleaning, importing, inviting families, a short overlap and the cut-over date.
The admin systems a new Montessori school needs
The six admin systems a new Montessori school needs before the first family applies (enrollment, records, billing, communication, calendar and policies), and the order to set them up.
How to write Montessori progress reports parents understand
Structure a Montessori progress report, gather evidence from your records, define the stage words once, write each area in plain language, and check it before it goes home.
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