A digital conference for adolescents and adolescent practitioners
Mission: At MAPS, we are dedicated to supporting both adolescents and practitioners. Our workshops encourage peer-to-peer collaboration, providing practical advice, innovative solutions, and a wealth of inspiration and strategies for your community. By engaging in the conversations, we hope to ignite your curiosity and encourage a deeper understanding of how the world interacts with adolescents and how adolescents approach the world.
MAPS is the conference dedicated to the adolescent and adolescent practitioner. Get ready for an unforgettable online experience on October 10-12, 2025.
Join us for nine sessions filled with captivating voices from the adolescent landscape. Over the course of a few days, you will have the opportunity to listen to Montessori adolescents, practitioners, and researchers who will share their work and global experiences. This year, we are especially excited to introduce the new Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) track, led by the very adolescents it aims to empower.
HOW IT WORKS
Conference
Details
Attendees: Adolescents ages 12-18 and adolescent practitioners (teaching 12-18 year-olds). This event is open to adolescents, Montessori adolescent practitioners, researchers, and all other interested parties.
Cost: $175 USD
Adolescents are FREE (please email info@trainmontessori.org for coupon code)
Virtual Program: Live-streamed workshop on October 10-12, 2025.
Schedule: For more information on workshops, click here.
Time Zone: All programming listed in US Eastern Time
Recordings: We will not be recording or distributing MAPS sessions. We believe it is important, even in a digital conference, for participants to stay involved out of respect for the adolescents and presenters, as well as the benefit for all to learn and grow through question and answer
sessions.
Cancellation policy: A full refund of your conference registration may be requested until 10/1/25. No refunds are possible after that date.
Workshop
Topic
Areas
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
Join us in a space where students share their work to address an issue or concern within their community. This track is where adolescents speak to a topic they see as a systematic concern that their community has researched, analyzed, and proposed action.
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Examine how programming supports the work of the "social newborn" - authentic adolescent involvement in community service, action, and advocacy.
Production & Exchange
Explore the intersection of what the adolescent needs and the prepared environment. Showcase how your programs demonstrate the guidelines for P&E, including real work with consequences of student-inspired, driven, and led programs.
Justice
Acute awareness of systemic injustice provides the opportunity for deeper learning and positive action for inclusion. This track aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through intentional and meaningful efforts that benefit people as a whole.
DISCIPLINES
Share your approach to science, history, math, drama, or other disciplines. This track celebrates actionable programs and approaches within a specific content area from the people doing the work.
“MAPS is unique as a forum for adolescent guides because of the global scope of the conference. What a privilege to share virtual space with guides from around the world. To get a global perspective on adolescent development offers us greater opportunities to support our students in becoming Citizens of the World. ”
