​Inga Sieminski

​Inga began her Montessori journey in 1985 when she enrolled her son at Aquinas Montessori School in Alexandria, VA. After primary and elementary training and a degree in administration, she returned thirty years later as an elementary guide and made Virginia her home again. Her earlier work at a children’s center and agricultural cooperative in Peru inspired her to establish a land-based Primary Montessori program on her family farm in Maryland. She later collaborated with organizations in Prague and Washington, DC on implementing a community outreach program to promote the North American premiere of a drama written in a Czech concentration camp. As Arts Integration Coordinator for the DC public schools, Inga worked with corporate sponsors, teachers, administrators, and students on programs that address children’s multiple learning styles. Having completed all three levels of Orff-Schulwerk certification at George Mason University, she is in the process of completing a training manual that integrates Montessori music and Orff as pathways to musicianship.