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<\/a>Representatives from Five Oaks Academy participate in the International Montessori Council (IMC) each year.\u00a0\u00a0Since its foundation in 2003, our school\u00a0has been a participating member school of the IMC.\u00a0 The attendees at the IMC includes a world audience of educators.\u00a0 The International conference attracts Montessorians across the world to one venue to discuss leading topics of our times.\u00a0 The IMC publishes “Tomorrow’s Child”, a journal of Montessori education.<\/p>\nThe Executive Director is also a member of the International Mind, Brain, and\u00a0 Education Society (IMBE).\u00a0 This society provides valuable resources for the merging field of brain research and education.\u00a0 Harvard University is offering one of the first Masters programs that combines these dynamic fields of study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a community of learners, our faculty and staff extend their lifelong learning into the State, National, and International arenas.\u00a0 Each year, all Five Oaks Academy employees attend the South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA) Annual Fall Conference which attracts teachers and administrators from across the State and the nearby regions.\u00a0 Five Oaks Academy faculty members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":2130,"parent":45,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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As a community of learners, our faculty and staff extend their lifelong learning into the State, National, and International arenas.\u00a0 Each year, all Five Oaks Academy employees attend the South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA) Annual Fall Conference which attracts teachers and administrators from across the State and the nearby regions.\u00a0 Five Oaks Academy faculty members are lead presenters each year for seminars; they share their knowledge of best practices with other teachers on such topics such as community service, fostering independence, Middle School programs, the Model United Nations, and various round-table discussions.<\/p>\n![\"SCMA](\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/SCMA2-300x81.gif\")
<\/a>The Executive Director of Five Oaks Academy has served on the Board of the SCMA and has been an officer for over 15 years.\u00a0 The Board is a leadership organization uniting public and private Montessori educators in the state of South Carolina.<\/p>\n![\"AMS\"](\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/amslogobig-300x60.jpg\")
<\/a>Select faculty members attend the National American Montessori Society (AMS) Convention which is hosted in top cities across the United States every year.\u00a0 The convention hosts guest speakers with national recognition such as Maya Angelou, Greg Mortenson, and nationally & internationally known educators.<\/p>\n