Primary Faculty Profiles
Beth Gorski | 
Currently in my 23rd year of teaching Primary Montessori, I was the first person ever hired at Douglas County Montessori Charter School. Starting in 1997 when our school was located in some temporary trailers, I was excited to be a part of a vision: public Montessori education for the children of Douglas County. Before this, I worked for 11 years as a private school Montessori teacher at Good Shepherd Montessori in Cherry Creek and the Montessori School of Denver. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from the State University College of New York at Buffalo. I have my Montessori AMS certification from the Montessori Education Center of the Rockies in Boulder Colorado, where I also am a field supervisor for incoming Montessori interns. I also am involved with teaching summer workshops for preschool children at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. In my free time I enjoy reading, camping and travelling with my husband and spending time with my daughters and granddaughter.
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Originally from California where I graduated with a BA in environmental studies from Sonoma State University, I moved to Washington state with my family and there earned a Masters in Teaching degree from Washington State University in Vancouver. I taught in the public school system for two years before discovering the work of Dr. Maria Montessori. I took my primary training from the Montessori Institute of Atlanta, earning an AMI diploma.
emphasis in Child Development and Early Elementary Education. I moved to Castle Rock, Colorado in 1980 where I obtained my Child CareDirector's license and became the Director of a large child care center. I was introduced to Montessori education at the Montessori School of Douglas County where, beginning in 1995, I was a Primary classroom assistant and substitute teacher as well as the Director/Coordinator of their yearly Summer Program. In 1998 I joined DCS Montessori School in the spring of its inaugural year as a Primary classroom assistant and the Director/Coordinator of its first Summer Program. After completion of the three year American Montessori Internationale (AMI) Primary Director's training course I accepted a teaching position at DCS Montessori School where I have remained with the exception of one year as a Primary teacher at the International Montessori Children's House in Denver, Colorado. In 2003 I was nominated for the Douglas County School District's Thank A Teacher program. 
