IMS Workshops and Seminars - Malaysia
From December 1-16, 2009, Lee Havis, IMS executive director, conducted a series of workshops and seminars in Malaysia to present the basic skills and technology of true natural Montessori teaching. Sponsored in conjunction with SuccessMarks (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), this recent series of learning events follows up Lee’s prior visit to Malaysia in May, 2009, when he participated in the International Montessori Convention held at that time. read more

Participants at the IMS workshop
"Special Needs" workshop- Dec. 12-13, 2009 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Participants in the IMS workshop presenting Montessori technology
Dec. 5-6, 2009 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Character Teaching Gets Government Support in Ecuador
In November, 2009, IMS received a letter of support for its Character Teaching (CT) project from the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. Lee Havis, project creator, views this government support as highly significant...read more

Character Teaching in Peru
In Peru, Edwin Ladronne Guevara was recently appointed to the CT board in his country. Edwin is a 1997 graduate of New York State University (Albany, NY), and in Cusco, he is the founder and director of a Technology Institute involved with Montessori education. Edwin is also an affiliated faculty member of the Universidad Andina del Cusco.

Montessori VS State of Maryland
In January, 2010, the state of Maryland instituted restrictive new licensing regulations on Montessori education, placing schools under the control and authority of certain special interest organizations. Opposing this action, Lee Havis, IMS director, met with government officials to point out the unfair and harmful nature of this type of prejudicial regulation. He offered instead an alternative approach that would resolve this problem by allowing IMS to serve as a validating organization for schools that fall within its unique philosophical context of true natural Montessori teaching...read more