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The environment itself will teach the child, if every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent or teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens.

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Silvia C. Dubovoy, Ph.D.

General Director
Director of Primary training
Director of Assistants to Infancy training
Dr. Dubovoy is a primary level trainer, lecturer, consultant, and examiner for the Association Montessori Internationale worldwide. She has been involved in Montessori education since 1965, as a parent, board member, and coordinator of her children's school. Dr. Dubovoy holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, a Master's in Psychological research and Intervention, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. She also has the AMI Primary, AMI Special Education, and AMI Assistants to Infancy Diplomas. Dr. Dubovoy is a Board member of AMI, headquartered in Amsterdam, since 1982. She is one of the AMI representatives to the United Nations. As a psychologist she studied and worked with Dr. Carl R. Rogers a humanistic psychologist.

Cristina A. De Leon M.

Course Assistant
Ms. De Leon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in Tijuana, Mexico and a Master's in Pedagogy from State University of Pedagogy Studies and a M.Ed. from Loyola University Maryland. She received her AMI Montessori Primary Diploma and her AMI Elementary Diploma from the Montessori Institute of San Diego and worked from 1998 to 2003 as a Primary teacher at Scripps Montessori School, in San Diego CA. She has been course assistant to Dr. Dubovoy since 2003.

Guadalupe Borbolla

Course Assistant
Guadalupe Borbolla is the director of Colegio Montessori de Tepoztlan, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, which has a full Montessori program at the early childhood, elementary, and adolescent levels, through high school. She is Montessori-trained at the Assistants to Infancy, Primary, and Elementary levels and is currently in the AMI Training of Trainers program.

Guest Trainers

Gilda Bonnet is Course Assistant at the Montessori Training Centre of British Colombia. She also directs the Montessori Children's Community, the model class for the training center.
Eduardo Cuevas is Director of Training at the Montessori Training Centre of British Colombia.
Dr. Annette M. Haines is the Director of Training for the Montessori Training Center of St. Louis.
Dr. Silvana Q. Montanaro currently serves on the AMI board and has written several books on the child from 0-3. Dr Montanaro has a background in medicine and has been involved in Montessori since 1955. She has directed courses in Rome, Houston, Denver, London, Mexico City, San Diego and Yokohama.

Guest Lecturers

Dr. John Erhart, a child psychiatrist, is Executive Director of Montessori Intervention Programs. He guest lectures at MISD on various topics regarding special education with Ms. Monica Sullivan-Smith, an AMI Montessori Teacher.
Monica Sullivan-Smith is co-founder of Montessori Intervention Programs. As an AMI teacher, she lectures at MISD with Dr. John Erhart on various topics regarding special education.
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