Charlotte Cushman is a retired Montessori teacher with over 40 years of experience. She took her AMI Montessori training at the Montessori Training Center, Palo Alto, California from Lena Wikramaratne (a colleague and friend of Maria Montessori).
After teaching at other Montessori schools, in 1985 she and her best friend Carol Landkamer, started their own school, Independence Montessori. When Carol retired, Charlotte joined her husband's school, which he had started a few years prior, Minnesota Renaissance School.
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She has also authored a children's book, , the story that she told her students throughout the years on the founding of the United States.
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
1968 - 1972
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Bachelors Degree in Education
1974 - 1975
Assistant
Sunrise Montessori, Anoka, MN
1972 - 1973
Montessori Training Center, Palo Alto, CA
AMI Montessori Diploma*
1985 - 2000
Head Teacher and Co-owner
Independence Montessori School, Anoka, MN
2000 - 2016
Head Teacher and Co-owner
Minnesota Renaissance School, Anoka, MN
Charlotte Cushman
1973 - 1974
Assistant
Golden Montessori, Portland, OR
*AMI stands for Association Montessori International, an organization founded in 1929 by Maria Montessori in order to protect the integrity of her work and to ensure it would continue after her death.
1975-1985
Head Teacher
Sunrise Montessori, Anoka, MN.
Charlotte is available to speak at parent education events, conferences and businesses.