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Creating Calm, Independence, and Consistency in the Classroom
A Three-Part Online Workshop Series

Build a calmer, more consistent Montessori classroom with practical strategies that support independence, smooth transitions, and respectful boundaries.

  • Date: Wednesdays, October 14, 21, and 28, 2026

  • Time: 12:00–1:30 PM ET

  • Format: Online

  • Professional Development: 4.5 hours for the full series

  • Price: $75 for the full series or $35 per individual session

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About the Series​

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Maintaining calm, consistency, and freedom within limits can be challenging, especially during transitions, afterschool hours, and emotionally heightened moments.

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This three-part online series offers practical, real-world strategies that assistant teachers, auxiliary staff, and afterschool educators can use immediately. Each session focuses on a common classroom challenge and provides tools for strengthening routines, setting respectful boundaries, supporting independence, and responding to disruption with greater confidence.​

Series at a Glance

Session 1​

Setting Limits Without Power Struggles: Boundaries with Compassion

October 14, 2026

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Explore how to communicate clear, respectful limits without escalating conflict. Learn approaches that help adults remain consistent while preserving connection and supporting children’s growing independence.

Session 2

End-of-Day Routines and a Predictable, Flexible Afterschool Flow

October 21, 2026

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Learn how thoughtful routines and realistic expectations can create a calmer end to the day. Explore ways to provide consistency while remaining responsive to children’s changing needs and energy levels.

Session 3

Calm the Chaos: Resetting the Group and Transitioning Without Disruption

October 28, 2026

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Discover practical ways to regain the group’s attention, support smoother transitions, and respond when the classroom begins to feel unsettled or overstimulating.

What You’ll Take Away​

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  • Strategies for setting clear and compassionate boundaries

  • Tools for creating more predictable routines and transitions

  • Approaches that support independence without sacrificing structure

  • Practical responses to disruption, dysregulation, and group tension

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Who Should Attend​

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  • Strategies for setting clear and compassionate boundaries

  • Tools for creating more predictable routines and transitions

  • Approaches that support independence without sacrificing structure

  • Practical responses to disruption, dysregulation, and group tension

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If you need more information reach out to our Program Director at institute@wellan.org.

Wellan Institute

80 Crescent Avenue

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Phone: (617) 969-4488   

Fax: (617) 969-4430

institute@wellan.org

    TERMS OF USE 

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY

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Wellan Institute and Wellan Montessori School are divisions of Newton Montessori School, Inc., a non-profit institution that admits qualified students of any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, and any other status protected by applicable law to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to the students of the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its admissions, financial aid and loans, or it its educational and other programs.

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