Dottie
Feldman is recognized above as the initiator of the AMS Teacher Education Scholarship
Fund. Dottie is also the president, cofounder, and presenter for Educational
Sounds & Images, Inc., a producer of language arts materials that are strongly
influenced by current brain-based research. Her newest book is Sequential
Phonetic Skill Building Exercises for Early Childhood and Elementary I.She also serves as a visiting instructor, independent school consultant, lecturer, workshop presenter, accreditation evaluator, and team leader. In February 2006, Dottie was keynote speaker at the Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI) Conference. In 2006-2007, she and Teri Canaday are presenting on the topic “Brain Research and the Montessori Method of Teaching Reading” as part of the AMS Touring Symposia.
Dottie started her Montessori career as an elementary teacher. She holds a master of education degree and AMS Early Childhood, Elementary I, and Elementary II credentials. Her extensive work in teacher education began in the 1970s in Elementary I, with Central Ohio Montessori Education for Teachers (COMET). She then cofounded the Columbus Montessori Teacher Education Program, (CMTEP), Early Childhood, serving as codirector for nine years and instructor for 17. She has taught Montessori theory and practice, classroom leadership and management, observation and recordkeeping, and language arts, and has written resource books in each of these subject areas.
For 18 years, Dottie was an active member of the AMS Teacher Education Committee, and chaired that committee as well as the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) Early Childhood Taskforce. From 1994 to 2000, she was director of AMS School Consultation and Accreditation services.
