Molly O’Shaughnessy

Molly O’Shaughnessy is an accomplished AMI trainer, consultant, and lecturer. She has led the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota (MCM) for 25 years of expansion, growing a teacher training center into a movement to bring high-quality Montessori education to hundreds of underserved children.

A noted authority in the field of Montessori training, she served on the board of the Association of Montessori Internationale in Amsterdam, was a long-time member of the AMI Trainers Group, chairs the board of the MM75 fund, which assists future AMI teacher trainers, and was a member of the Montessori Leaders Collaborative. She is in demand as a speaker nationally and internationally and has presented keynotes and workshops across the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, China, India, Japan and Europe. She has consulted on several Montessori projects nationally and internationally.   She has a master’s in education from Loyola University in Maryland and a bachelor’s from the College of St. Scholastica.  She serves as Community Faculty for Metropolitan State University and served as an adjunct faculty for St. Catherine University for several years.