A Tribute to Cleo Monson: First National Director of the American Montessori Society

Autor/in	Haskins, Cathleen
Titel	A Tribute to Cleo Monson: First National Director of the American Montessori Society
Quelle	In: Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 22 (2010) 3, S.18-25 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-0040
Schlagwörter	Personnel Selection; Montessori Method; Professional Associations; Montessori Schools; Early Childhood Education; Administrators; Personal Narratives; Organizations (Groups); National Organizations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Montessori pedagogics; Montessori-Pädagogik; Montessori-Schule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	The early 1960s was a critical, albeit chaotic, period for the revival of the Montessori movement, which had been recently rekindled in the United States. The success or failure of the movement can arguably be said to have rested squarely upon the backs of those founding members and early supporters of the fledgling American Montessori Society, (AMS) which, in its infancy, was trembling under the weight of its own potential success--a social, cultural, and spiritual phenomena that was enfolded within an educational philosophy and methodology. The organization was vulnerable, and there was no way of predicting its future success or failure. There was no question that someone was needed to handle office affairs, and the importance of bringing the right person in for that job, at that specific time in the history of AMS, could not be minimized--although the full weight of the consequence of that hiring decision 50 years ago can be understood only in retrospect. Help was urgently needed, and it was soon to arrive in the person of Cleo Monson. As it happened, Monson embodied the essential traits and skills paramount to accomplishing the job, and she would later be credited, by many who knew her both professionally, as the critical pillar upon which would rest the survival and success of the AMS. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10