On 21 October 2024, the Montessori teacher training courses – Early Childhood, Early Years, Primary – organised by the Opera Nazionale Montessori in collaboration with the Oxford Cultural Association, commenced at The Mazzini Modugno Institute in Bari. 

The first achievement of the ’diploma objective“ occurred on the 21 and 22 June 2026 for the participants on the Early Years pathway who undertook the final examination at the International House Oxford centre in Lecce.

Course exams for nursery school teachers

In the days 13 and 14 March 2026 The final examination committee for the Montessori teaching qualification course has convened Infant school teachers in order to evaluate the progress made by the 25 female participants.

The commission was composed of Anna Grazia Buttazzo, Scientific Coordinator of the courses and trainer at ONM; Arianna Romoli, Child Development, Education, and Well-being Psychologist; by the teachers Laura Rinaldi, Tommaso D’Auria, Donata Maria Bruno, in the presence of the Representative of the Regional School Office, Francesco Forliano.

Course exams for Primary school teachers

The 20 and 21 March 2026, Then, it was the turn of the 19 aspiring primary school Montessori teachers. The committee was made up of Anna Grazia Buttazzo, Course Coordinator.; Maria Dentamaro, headmistress of the Mazzini Modugno Institute in Bari at the time of the courses, by the teachers Laura Rinaldi, Tommaso D’Auria and Antonietta Abbatangelo, in the presence of the Representative of the Regional School Office, Giuseppe Vito Clarizio.

“The course we took – the participants declared – has transformed our way of understanding children, by observing them in silence in a built environment for him, ”to make it move independently without the teacher's awareness.".

“Every material has a precise purpose and, through their hands, the child learns. The course teaches you to discover what the child carries within to offer that guidance which respects their inclinations.

“It's a challenging path, it requires study and reflection – the participants concluded – teaching is a mission of love, inspired by the principles of Maria Montessori, and the course we followed We'll choose him/her/it a thousand times, it changed our way of seeing teaching and believing in the future of children who are our most important resource”

The’National Montessori Organisation has confirmed full trust in the team led and coordinated by Anna Grazia Buttazzo, reconfirming the excellent results achieved over time in the sign of Montessori education.