My Montessori Manual
One Home for Montessori Curriculum Knowledge

Stacy Deprey, My Montessori Manual | Education Tech Insights | Top Montessori School Curriculum Management PlatformStacy Deprey, Founder
Montessori education depends on carefully prepared lessons, yet many schools still manage them across Google Drive folders, spreadsheets, videos and paper binders. My Montessori Manual was created as a structured curriculum management system, not another storage location. Built by Joda Solutions, the platform does not provide lesson content. Instead, it gives schools a searchable framework for organizing, managing and preserving the curriculum they already own.

For founder Stacy Deprey, the idea grew from personal experience. After enrolling her son in Montessori at 18 months, she watched his school face an unexpected challenge when COVID-19 forced classrooms online. Using her IT background, she helped the school move online and found the curriculum was the real challenge. The curriculum itself was fragmented across Excel sheets, OneNote pages, YouTube links, Google Drive folders and classroom binders. That experience inspired the creation of My Montessori Manual.

“We centralize the chaos of lesson planning so every teacher works from the same organized curriculum instead of scattered files and binders,” says Deprey.

Designed Around the Montessori Framework

Unlike platforms that begin with preloaded content, My Montessori Manual starts with a blank canvas. Schools upload and organize their own lessons, materials and teaching resources, preserving the curriculum they already use rather than replacing it with someone else's.

The platform is designed around Montessori workflows. Administrators maintain the curriculum structure, teachers use consistent resources, developing educators receive guidance and teaching knowledge remains with the school. Administrators organize and maintain lesson libraries, keep current resource versions and support consistent teaching across classrooms.

  • We centralize the chaos of lesson planning so every teacher works from the same organized curriculum instead of scattered files and binders.

A shared folder can hold files. My Montessori Manual gives each lesson a defined workspace containing videos, notes, PDFs, documents and links. A Pink Tower lesson brings everything needed into a single workspace. Educators can view PDFs, record lesson demonstrations directly into the platform from a phone or computer as they are created, attach notes and prepare for class without switching between multiple systems.

Serving Every Corner of the Classroom

The organized lesson library supports every educator who steps into the classroom. When a guide is absent, substitute teachers can quickly access lesson history, teaching guidance and supporting resources to understand what has already been presented before continuing instruction. Educators completing their credentials can also use the platform as a structured reference, learning from the same resources as experienced colleagues.

Keeping these materials together in a single lesson workspace prevents resources from becoming scattered across personal folders or handwritten notes.

Schools using AMS, AMI and Independent Montessori programs can organize lessons within templates designed for those frameworks, while schools following other educational models can create templates that match their curriculum. The platform's intuitive design requires minimal training, allowing educators with varying technical experience to use it comfortably. Reflecting its focus on educators and administrators rather than student records, pricing is based on the number of teachers instead of student enrollment.

Preserving Montessori Knowledge across Generations

The platform's ability to preserve institutional knowledge is best illustrated through a recent example. A retiring guide has already uploaded sixty years of lesson videos to the platform, transforming a lifetime of teaching into a resource for future educators instead of leaving it scattered across aging discs, hard drives or personal archives. The same capability allows experienced educators to record demonstrations directly into lesson workspaces, capturing practical teaching knowledge as it is created and making it part of the school's permanent curriculum library.

Deprey envisions My Montessori Manual connecting the global Montessori community through automatic language translation and shared teaching resources. As the platform grows, it aims to preserve, share and build curriculum knowledge for future generations.

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Keeping Montessori Curriculum Work in One Place

Montessori schools usually get curriculum in fragments. Lead guides may keep albums in binders while colleagues rely on shared drives, personal folders or isolated digital tools. Administrators can have little visibility into what sits inside any of them. The cost appears when new teachers cannot locate established lessons, substitutes enter classrooms without enough context or years of teaching knowledge disappear when an experienced guide leaves.  A curriculum management platform should be more than a place to store files. It should bring each lesson’s notes, resources and supporting materials together so teachers can find what they need without jumping between systems. Generic storage tools can keep content in one place, but they rarely show how a lesson fits into the wider curriculum or how those materials are meant to be used in the classroom.  Administrative visibility is another practical test. School leaders need a clear view of what teachers can access and how curriculum is being shared across classrooms. This gets even harder when there are multiple classrooms sharing the same set of materials, or when there is a multi-school organization that wishes to create a standardized baseline without compromising the curriculum library of the individual schools.  Access can be extended to substitutes and after-school teachers where relevant, while still maintaining the right of the school to manage its own curriculum library.  Migration can determine whether adoption succeeds. Many schools have years of curriculum materials stored in physical albums, personal drives and older documents. A platform may seem simple once it is up and running, but the transition can still burden staff if content has to be rebuilt manually. Buyers should look at how existing lessons are imported, what setup support is available and whether teachers can add notes or media without switching between applications.  “My Montessori Manual supports AMS, AMI and independent approaches while allowing schools to build custom templates.”  Framework flexibility deserves equal attention. Montessori schools may follow AMS or AMI, use an independent model or adapt established structures to their own sequencing. A fixed template can force unnecessary compromise. This will work towards the advantage of fitting into the accepted Montessori framework as well as creating frameworks of their own. Curriculum ownership remains with the institution rather than shifting to the software provider.  The price must align with usage as well. Student-based fees can be challenging to justify for an internal teacher-to-administrator platform, especially when enrollment changes do not alter the number of staff using the system. Per-teacher pricing gives decision-makers a clearer connection between access and cost. With tiered plans, there is no need to link the cost to any student who does not use the technology at all.  My Montessori Manual fits this buying logic through a centralized, searchable library for lesson plans and related materials. It supports AMS, AMI and independent methods, allowing schools to build custom templates. Teachers can add notes, view PDFs and record lesson videos within the platform. Schools can also bring existing binder materials into the digital library, keeping curriculum resources and teacher knowledge in one place. Per-teacher pricing and optional setup support makes a reasonable choice for schools that want greater control over their curriculum without adopting a prewritten program.  ...Read more

Montessori School Curriculum Management Platforms Info

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What Is A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform?

A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform gives schools a structured place to organize lessons, teaching materials and curriculum knowledge. Instead of keeping resources across folders, spreadsheets, videos and paper binders, the platform brings lesson content into defined workspaces. This can help educators find resources, maintain continuity and work from an organized curriculum. For Montessori programs, this structure is particularly useful because lesson planning often involves practical demonstrations, reference materials and knowledge built through years of classroom experience.

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How Does My Montessori Manual Organize Montessori Lessons?

My Montessori Manual is designed around a blank-canvas model, allowing schools to upload and arrange the lessons and resources they already use. Each lesson has its own workspace for videos, notes, PDFs, documents and links. Educators can record lesson demonstrations from a phone or computer, attach notes and prepare materials without switching between multiple systems. This makes the Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform a working environment for organizing existing curriculum rather than replacing it with preloaded content.

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What Problems Can A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform Help Solve?

A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform can address fragmentation when curriculum knowledge is stored in separate personal folders, handwritten notes and digital systems. Centralized lesson workspaces make teaching guidance and lesson history easier to access. This matters when educators need to understand what has already been presented or when a substitute teacher must continue instruction without losing context. Keeping materials together can also reduce the need to search across several locations before preparing for a class.

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What Features Matter When Choosing A Montessori Curriculum Management Platform?

Useful features include structured lesson organization, accessible teaching resources, flexible templates and simple navigation. My Montessori Manual supports templates for AMS, AMI and Independent Montessori programs, while schools following other educational models can create templates that match their curriculum. The platform is designed to require minimal training, supporting educators with different levels of technical experience. A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform should also make it practical to preserve lesson history and access resources across classrooms.

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How Does My Montessori Manual Help Preserve Montessori Knowledge?

My Montessori Manual treats lesson workspaces as a place to retain practical teaching knowledge over time. One example in the profile describes a retiring guide who had uploaded 60 years of lesson videos, turning knowledge that could have remained in scattered recordings into a resource for future educators. The platform also allows experienced educators to record demonstrations directly into lesson workspaces, helping schools retain teaching practices as they are created. In this way, the Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform can serve as a structured reference for educators learning from experienced colleagues.

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How Can Curriculum Management Support Continuity Across Classrooms?

A Montessori School Curriculum Management Platform can give educators a shared reference point when lesson history, guidance and supporting resources are kept together. This can support continuity when a guide is absent and help educators learn from resources created by experienced colleagues. My Montessori Manual also connects the global Montessori community through automatic language translation and shared teaching resources. As the platform develops, this approach is intended to preserve, share and build curriculum knowledge for future generations.

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My Montessori Manual centralizes lesson plans, teaching materials and classroom videos into one searchable platform, replacing scattered drives and binders with a structured library that supports AMS, AMI and custom frameworks while preserving institutional knowledge for future educators.