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Elevate the Montessori experience
Take Toddler and Primary learning to new heights of excellence — throughout our indoor and outdoor environments.
A re-visioning of our Encinitas Boulevard preschool campus.
Building on our solid foundation to become the most extraordinary early childhood learning experience in North County — for the children, the families, and the faculty who make it possible.
For 37 years, Encinitas Country Day School has blended the Montessori method with traditional and 21st-century instruction to cultivate students of scholarship, integrity, and service.
Our Encinitas Boulevard campus is the joyful starting line — a Montessori prepared environment where ages 2 through 5 discover the work of early childhood through hands, heart, and movement.
Given the talented teachers and assistant teachers at EB, coupled with the proven advantages of the Montessori Method — housed on a campus rich with indoor and outdoor learning — there is no reason the EB campus should not be consistently enrolled to capacity, with a robust waiting list of families hankering to get in.
The plan to transform the EB Experience focuses on four interconnected areas — each addressing a different facet of how we serve children, families, and the faculty who make this work possible.
Take Toddler and Primary learning to new heights of excellence — throughout our indoor and outdoor environments.
Provide the training, resources, time, and space that let teachers maximize their talents and relish their work at EB.
Foster caring collaboration and innovation among faculty, staff, and parents — our educational partners.
Become recognized across North County as something entirely unique in early education — preparing learners for fulfilled lives.
Six concrete commitments for the 2026–2027 school year — designed to bring the prepared environment, the work period, and the relationship between teacher and assistant into a state of true Montessori fidelity.
Create more one-learner workspaces and reduce visual noise on classroom walls.
Children enter and go straight to work; small-group snack replaces whole-group routines.
Weekly observations followed by storytelling, roleplay, and precision games.
Washings, polishings, real food preparation, and simple science experiments.
Weekly Guided Observation and Guided Practice tailored to each individual.
Monthly walk-through to decide what stays, what upgrades, and what rotates out.
A practical roadmap to bring the EB Campus Re-Visioning to life — organized into three phases, with a single highest-leverage focus to anchor the year.
If the Director can only do one thing well in the first 90 days, it's this — protect the long, uninterrupted work period and make weekly Guided Observation with Assistant Teachers a non-negotiable ritual. The rest cascades from there.
We have an opportunity to transform the EB Experience into something that serves more children and families, advances early childhood learning to new and innovative heights, and provides a more supportive and nurturing work experience for our faculty.