UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Assistant Professor and Director of EdD in Montessori Studies Program, Director of MSE & Montessori Teacher Education Programs
member of graduate faculty
Start Year: 2018
Teacher Education
Office: 257 Wyman Teacher Education Bldg
Phone: 715-425-4283
Email: kateri.carver@uwrf.edu
B.A. St Joseph’s University
M.A. New York University
Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Second Language Acquisition instructional models & Montessori education; literacy development & Montessori; Montessori education in developing nations
AERA; ACTFL; AMS; AMI
Carver, K. (2023). Montessori & multilingualism. In Murray, A. K., Ahlquist, E.-M. T., McKenna, M. K., & Debs, M. (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of Montessori education (pp.60-65). Bloomsbury Academic.
Forthcoming: Carver, K. (2023). Rediscovering the child: Action research in Montessori education. Journal of Montessori Research, 10 (2).
Forthcoming: Koczela, A. & Carver, K. (2023). Understanding circle time practices in Montessori early childhood settings. Journal of Montessori Research, 10(2).
Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education.2023
Author: Carver, Kateri. Chapter 60: Montessori and Multilingualism.
Author: Carver-Akers, Kateri. Building intercultural Competency in
the Language immersion Montessori Classroom. Learning
Languages v.18 n. 2 p. 38-43 2013.
Co-Author: Carver-Akers, Kateri, Markatos-Soriano, K. Our Young
Cultural Ambassadors: Montessori Peacemakers for a Modern
World. Montessori Life, v.19 n. 2 p. 42-47 2007.
UWRF Service
Local Community
Heartland Montessori School – Board Member
River Falls, WI
River Falls Public Montessori Elementary - Governance Board Member
River Falls, WI
State
Wisconsin Montessori Association – Board Officer
Milwaukee, WI
National
AERA - Montessori SIG Communications Chair
AMS Research Committee
With over 25 years of experience teaching in Montessori multilingual settings, Dr. Carver enjoys all levels from 2.5 to 12 years old. She holds 3-6 and 6-12 Montessori credentials from MACTE accredited teacher education programs. Kateri has also held many administrative positions, including that of school leadership and curriculum coordinator.