Keynote Speaker

Elizabeth G. Slade is an author and educator with thirty-eight years of experience working in Montessori education. She has worked as an elementary teacher, Montessori coach and administrator, and spent six years at the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector working with public Montessori schools across the country. She now serves as the Executive Director of Public Montessori in Action International, an organization created to ensure fully implemented Montessori education for children, families, and educators of the global majority. Her book Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools was released in July 2021, and her historical fiction novel Momentum: Montessori, a Life in Motion was released in August 2023. Finding Ground: Building Strong Elementary Practice,  co-written with Allison Jones is coming out in 2025. Elizabeth holds an AMI Elementary diploma, an AMS Montessori Administrators credential, and an MFA from Spalding University.