Architects of a New World: Adolescents on What Montessori Has Given Them and What Must Come Next
with Andrew Faulstich
Architects of a New World: Adolescents on What Montessori Has Given Them and What Must Come Next
At the heart of this year's keynote, we turn to the voices that matter most: those of our adolescents and young adults. This live panel brings together current Montessori adolescents and recent graduates to speak about their role as architects of a new world. Guided by the conference theme, panelists will reflect on how their Montessori experiences have prepared them not only to live in the world but to reshape it, and they will offer the field an honest look at how our Montessori practice must evolve to meet the demands of the present and future. This panel invites our Montessori community into a conversation that is too often about young people rather than with them, centering adolescent and young adult perspectives as essential to the evolution, legacy, and forward growth of the Montessori movement.
Andrew Faulstich
After working in schools around the world, Andrew is convinced that the education status quo must be disrupted. He is the Director of Education at the Oneness-Family Montessori High School and the Co-Founder of Developing Education, which operates three sub-divisions: the Breaking the Paradigm Podcast, First Intention, and The Enlightened Educator Project. He has led workshops and spoken at regional, national, and international Montessori and progressive education conferences and consults with schools around the world. Andrew is also an Affiliate Instructor of Montessori Teacher Education at the graduate level at Loyola University. He holds a Masters in International Educational Development from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, a Bachelors in Anthropology from the University of Rochester, and an AMI Adolescent Diploma.