With a collaborative and unified voice, we promote, support, and advocate for Montessori education in North Carolina.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
MANC 2025: 7th Annual Conference
Moore Montessori Community School
We are deeply grateful to all our sponsors for their generous support of MANC 2025. Your contributions help make this conference possible and strengthen the Montessori community.
Join fellow Montessorians, whether you are a school leader, classroom guide, support specialist, or parent, and explore our sponsors by clicking the buttons below each. Supporting these organizations helps advance Montessori education for everyone.
Major Sponsors
About the Sponsor: MTEI provides Montessori resources and training to support educators and schools in delivering authentic Montessori experiences.
About the Sponsor: Loyola University Maryland offers programs and research that advance Montessori education and support professional development for educators.
About the Sponsor: Trillium Montessori provides Montessori materials, curriculum guidance, and resources to empower classrooms and educators.
Keynote Sponsor
About the Sponsor: Since 1929, Nienhuis has created high-quality Montessori materials inspired by Maria Montessori’s vision to support children’s exploration and learning.
Supporting Sponsors
About the Sponsor: Founded by moms, Mabel’s Labels makes durable, personalized name labels that keep kids’ belongings safe—trusted by families for over 20 years.
About the Sponsor: An AMI-accredited program combining Montessori principles with sports, building a global community of Montessori sports educators.
Lunch Sponsor
About the Sponsor: AMI/USA supports Montessori educators through training, advocacy, and resources that strengthen Montessori schools and communities.
School Sponsors
About the Sponsor: A public Montessori school using shared leadership to empower educators and nurture future leaders in a collaborative learning environment.
About the Sponsor: A close-knit community where students, educators, and families work together to foster academic excellence and strong character.
SUPPORTING MONTESSORI STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, AND FAMILIES IN NORTH CAROLINA
MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA
A Bit of Background
In 2013, as a member of the then-called ‘Triangle Montessori Heads Group,’ Kateri Carver shared with her colleagues at the annual community dinner in Cary, NC that “the whole state of North Carolina needed what this group had.” She told her peers she was going to start a state Montessori group! Over the next few months, Kateri worked with both teachers, administrators and parents from around the Triangle area to begin this vision. Today, about a decade later, MANC is recognized by the Montessori Public Policy Initiative (MPPI) as the official Montessori Advocacy group for North Carolina. MANC has become a 501(c)3, has Board members from around the state representing diverse types of schools and ages served, has a wide membership of individuals and schools from across the state, a robust website and social media presence, a huge email distribution list and, finally, has not only hosted its first state conference in October 2019 which was a huge success, but now MANC hosts successful annual conferences around the state ever since!
Today, MANC continues its advocacy role by supporting the highest quality Montessori education throughout the state, offers timely information and updates to its membership and hosts the annual state conference. We are proud to serve the North Carolina Montessori community. We thank you tremendously for your support.
COMMITTEES
Making a Difference
ADVOCACY
One Mission
This committee, chaired by a Board member, is responsible to the Board for proposing, prioritizing, and planning advocacy initiatives for MANC based on the results of monitoring NC and federal policy and regulations impacting the Montessori community.
EDUCATION
One Child
This committee, chaired by a Board member, is responsible for spearheading, organizing and implementing robust professional development opportunities for interested administrators, teachers, staff, parents and Montessori supporters in North Carolina.
MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS
One Voice
This committee, chaired by a Board member, is responsible for member services and networking. It is also responsible for public and internal communication. It manages all channels of communication for the organization and implements with the Board.
GOVERNANCE
One Plan
This committee, chaired by a Board member, is responsible for oversight of the organization. It addresses and adheres to organizational structure (501c3), bylaws, and mission.
“An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.”
