Susan Stephenson, a renowned Montessori educator and ambassador, gave a public lecture on Montessori education at Montessori School of Moscow on April 17th, 2010. The audience of 50 people included parents, educators and fellow Montessorians.
Susan's has a BA degree in Philosophy and a MA degree in Education. Her post-graduate diplomas from Association Montessori Internationale are completed for three levels:
Birth to three (TMI, Denver, Colorado, and Rome Italy)
Age 2-7 (MMI, London, England)
Age 6-12+ (WMI, Washington, DC)
Susan's Montessori teachers and lecturers included Mario Montessori, Mario Montessori, Jr., Renilde Montessori, and several others trained by Dr. Maria Montessori.
She has taught children from birth through college, worked as a counselor for juvenile delinquents and a school administrator, published articles, and lectured in colleges and universities. She has written for and spoken at conferences for several Montessori organizations, including AMI, AMS, NCME, and independent training centers, and has worked as course assistant and in other roles for The Montessori Institute in Denver, Colorado and for the first AMI Montessori training course held in Thailand.
In April, 2008, Susan gave the first public Montessori lecture in Tirana, Albania to the heads of government, and celebrated the opening of the first Montessori school in Albania. She is now working on the launch of Montessori school in the Kingdom of Bhutan and is a consultant for several schools worldwide.
