SUSAN MAYCLIN STEPHENSON

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In 2022 I returned to in-person Montessori work. It has been an enlightening two years, painting, writing, walking on the beach, meditating, always learning and looking forward to returning to international work.

For details of my international work, go to Blog and search by country

As the pandemic broke out in 2019, I was visiting the oldest Montessori school in Mexico, See more here; Mexico

Book signing at The Montessori Institute,Translations of The Joyful Child
Birth-3 development video clips

In 2003, for her 60th birthday, Susan traveled through Tibet. Information on Braille without Borders that Susan visited in Lhasa. Braille

Moscow in 2010 Russian Orthodox baptism. See more of this visit here: Russia. See Russian script on this Montessori language chart: chart

BOOKS
These "First Montessori books" are available from the publisher, from Amazon in 170 countries around the world, and from organizations where other Montessori books are available.

OBSERVATION AND RECORDKEEPING
The latest book "Please Help Me Do It Myself" it being used in Montessori schools and teacher training courses around the world. It is required reading in preparation for school consultations.

EDUCATOR & WRITER

MONTESSORI FOR A PRINCE (PDF) an event inspired by a Montessori student from Amsterdam, while at the AMI 0-3 training center in Denver.

Susan first worked as a counselor for juvenile delinquents in a California detention center, and as a Latin tutor for high school students. Following her discovery of Montessori 50 years ago, this has been her focus. She has been a teacher, a school administrator, workshop leader, speaker, writer, and oral examiner for the Association Montessori Internationale.

Undergraduate studies: Denison University (Granville, Ohio), Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), The Semester at Sea program (University of Virginia; previously knows as "The University of the Seven Seas" a shipboard study/travel trip around the world, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia), De Pauw University School of Music (Bay View Music Festival, Petoskey, Michigan), Alliance Francaise (Paris, France), San Francisco State University (San Francisco, California, double degree, Philosophy and World Religions, 1969)

Graduate and other studies: San Francisco State University, The California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, previously known as The California Institute of Asian Studies), University of the Virgin Islands, The Berkeley Psychic Institute, University of California Berkeley, Loyola College in Baltimore (MEd degree 1996), Harvard Graduate School of Education, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India.

Degrees: BA, Philosophy; MA, Education

Post-graduate diplomas: AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) diplomas:
Birth to three (TMI, Denver, Colorado, and Rome Italy, 1991-1992)
Age 2-7 (MMI, London, England, 1970-1971)
Age 6-12+ (WMI, Washington, DC, 1976-1977)
Susan's Montessori teachers and lecturers included Mario Montessori, Mario Montessori, Jr., Renilde Montessori, and several others trained by Dr. Maria Montessori.

My consulting and speaking work is planned many months in advance. Contact: Susan

CONSULTANT & SPEAKER

Thank you for being you in the most humble and beautiful way. Thank you for letting us listen from your heart's words all the wisdom you shared to lead us to a future for a peaceful humanity.
—Halim Morales Franky, Montessori administrator in Popayan, in the mountains of Colombia

Dear Susan
Your experiences of working in so many diverse environments and with all age groups gives you a depth of knowledge that is rare to find. You build on the experiences of the people and the environment that exist, focusing on their strengths and not making them feel their weaknesses are failures. Your suggestions do not feel like criticism; you have a unique way in passing on direction in a very supportive way.
At 2 Voices we have felt that your suggestions have made a big difference already as we slowly work towards the goals we set. Some of your suggestions were small details but they have had a big effect. It was a fresh eye coming into the working environment that gave the already hard working teachers a boost and stimulation to go further. Susan, you have a keen eye for what is disrupting the environment and your solutions were clear, simple and, most importantly, easy to apply. Thank you!!
—Heidi Phillippart, 2 Voices Montessori School, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dear Susan,
From all of us here in Moscow we would like to thank you for the work that you have done! I am so happy to know you and we all feel that this is a beginning of a new friendship and we do think we'll meet again soon! One teacher says they all felt extremely enlightened, as if they all came out of a church!
I've been hearing more comments about your lecture and how people were happy to be able to ask questions and get their answers —both parents and teachers from other Montessori schools told me that.
—Valentina Zaytseva, Moscow