We are honored to welcome renowned Montessori community leader, mentor and AMS Living Legacy Award recipient, Biff Maier as the 2024 NJMAC Annual Conference Keynote Speaker. Biff is an administrator at Lexington Montessori School and he co-directs the Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative (METTC), both in Lexington, Massachusetts. Biff also works with the Center for Advanced Montessori Studies in Vancouver, B.C. and Shenzhen, China, as well as the International Montessori Education Institute in Taiwan. He recently keynoted conferences in Taiwan and Australia. Involved with Montessori since 1974, Biff is a seminar presenter, consultant and mentor to AMS Emerging Leader Fellows, and leader in the AMS Teacher Education Program Instructor Academy. As former Chair of the AMS Teachers’ Section, he served on the AMS National Board of Directors. Biff regularly serves on AMS accreditation teams and has participated on various AMS task forces. With Nicole Coman, he co-hosts the AMS podcast Educating the Human Potential. In 2021 he received the AMS Living Legacy Award. Biff earned his B.A. in psychology from Duke University and his M.Ed. from Xavier University, where he also received his AMS Early Childhood and Elementary credentials. He also earned an AMI 6-12 credential from the International Center for Advanced Montessori Studies in Bergamo, Italy. Biff is married to a recently retired psychiatrist. Their two adult children are both Montessori graduates. Ida is a literary translator and novelist living in Paris. Ted is a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice.
