East Coast Montessori Growth Summit: Join our Free Montessori Leadership Workshops & Networking Sessions
We are thrilled to share more details on our upcoming Montessori East Coast Growth Summit, a series of free in-person workshops and leadership networking sessions designed exclusively for Montessori school leaders, administrators, and educators. These events, held at four different Montessori schools throughout January 2025, are an opportunity to learn, connect, and grow together.
Whether your goal is to enhance your school’s visibility online, create a more efficient and welcoming admissions e…
Montessori Thrive Assistant Training Course: Empowering Classroom Assistants for Success
Staffing has become a significant challenge in the Montessori space, particularly when it comes to finding and retaining effective classroom assistants. These vital team members often face a high turnover rate, and more often than not, they lack formal Montessori training. Recognizing this need in the Montessori community, we at Nido Marketing and Montessori Thrive are excited to announce a free online training course designed specifically for Montessori assistants.
Our goal with this t…
Building Brighter Futures: Montessori Education for Gaza's Refugee Children
At Nido Marketing, we are honored to support and amplify the efforts of "Montessori on Wheels" (MoW), Enriching Environments, and Heal Palestine in their mission to provide essential Montessori education to children who have escaped the devastation of Gaza and found refuge in Cairo, Egypt. These children have endured unimaginable hardships, and through the combined efforts of MoW, Heal Palestine, and Enriching Environments, they alongside their families are being given a chance to rebuild their …
Meet The Nido Marketing Team In Nashville At The AMS Conference!
Will you be attending the AMS Conference in Nashville this year? If so, this is your chance to talk to Montessori Marketing experts from the Nido Marketing team about how you can grow your enrollment! Nido Marketing is excited to be presenting at this year's conference. We will be there to connect with school leaders, give away some free resources, and answer all of your Montessori Marketing Questions!
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Catch Our Administration Workshop on Friday, March 1…
A Step-by-Step Guide to the Parent Enrollment Life Cycle
You may not think about it every time you welcome a new student into your school, but the journey a parent takes from interest to enrollment is an important one.
For example, what encourages them to take that initial step from visiting your website to requesting tuition information or scheduling a tour?
What makes them choose to submit their application to your Montessori school instead of another school in the area?
And when they walk their child through the door on that first day, what make…
Fundraising: Raise More Money with Intention
Fundraising.
We can all agree this is an area of discomfort for most Montessorians, yet a necessity to keep our doors open.
To make things more challenging, many Montessori schools are smaller nonprofits with limited bandwidth. And those Montessori schools that aren’t nonprofits also face fundraising challenges for specific initiatives.
So, we’re left wondering how we can possibly extend ourselves in our fundraising efforts when we have so many other things on our plate.
The answer isn’t bl…
This Thursday we welcome Paula Lillard Preschlack to talk about building parent relationships and connecting them to your mission!
Hi Montessorians,
We know how challenging it can be to find the magic key to building strong parent relationships. The truth is, every school community is different and what works for one school may not work for another. Our guest this week will talk to us about building parent relationships and connecting them to your mission, the ultimate key to a thriving, reliable community of families.
Paula Lillard Preschlack is a dedicated Montessorian who, like many of us, wears many hats. S…
HOS Bonnie Shearer joins us this Thursday to discuss staffing our school's with quality, trained staff! News You Can Use 5/7/2019
Hi Montessorians,
Here is this week's News You Can Use!
- For last week's coaching call Liz and Izzy joined us and gave a quick tutorial on Transparent Classroom, as we learned about its capability to make you and your staff's lives a lot easier. My favorite part is how this tool helps us connect with parents through various, easy-to-use avenues so we can continue to build their trust in us! If you missed the call and are wondering about this platform, you can view the recording…
Transparent Classroom folks are with us this Thursday! News You Can Use 4/30/2019
Hi Montessorians,
It's the last day in April! Here's this week's News You Can Use.
- For last week's coaching call Kathy Mindardi and George Markham spoke with us about the Whole School Leadership Institute. There are so many great things about this program, it would take this whole email to describe them all! Watch the recording here and find out more how you can become the leader you were meant to be.
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For this week's conversation we welcome the team from Transparent Classro…
Kathy Minardi and George Markham join us this Thursday! News You Can Use 4/23/2019
Hi Montessorians,
We hear often about the challenges of working with a limited marketing budget. Kasim wrote a great blog called "What Should a Montessori School Spend on Paid Advertising Channels". Check it out here.
If you haven't yet joined our private Facebook group, now is the time to do it! We check in periodically via FB live and post often about new happenings and interesting topics of interest. Members can post questions and start great conversations. One recent question was asked ab…