Adult Education

Published by Cameron Gordon

Cam was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and his professional career has been divided between work in childhood education and in city government as an elected official. He has a wealth of experience in Montessori education and has worked as a Montessorian at the toddler to middle school levels in both the public and private sectors. He is a past contributing editor of Public School Montessorian and past president of the Minnesota Alliance of Montessorians. Cam taught at Ramsey Action Head Start, Northern Lights Montessori School, Child Garden Montessori School, River’s Edge Children’s House, Seward Montessori School and The College of St. Catherine’s Early Childhood Center and Montessori School where he helped start the college’s first “toddler” program, first full day child care program and supervised and helped train teachers, assistants, student teachers and interns. After over 15 years in the classroom, Cam started World Song, a music education company that provided music education programs and community-building entertainment services to preschool and elementary Montessori and non-Montessori programs. World Song produced children's stories and music recordings, including The Magic Carpet Ride. In the late 1990s he merged that company to also co-own and co-operate a small child care facility, River's Edge Children's House, that served children from birth to age 12. In 2005 he was elected as a Green Party member to the Minneapolis City Council where he served as a full-time policy maker for 16 years representing the residents of the Second Ward. On the council he was Minority Leader, and chaired the Health, Energy, Environment and Housing Committees as well as the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board. Among the large body of work done as Council Member, he is most often recognized for leadership on issues of racial equity, housing, civic participation, public health, environmental sustainability, transportation, clean energy, violence prevention and youth development. Since retiring from the council, Cam has been doing freelance writing for local newspapers and other publications. He is regularly published in the Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, the Southwest Connector and has a monthly column, Cam’s Corner, in Southside Pride. He republished an updated 5th edition of “Together with Montessori” through the his company, River’s Edge, and has recently started facilitating professional development and parent education workshops on Montessori philosophy and practice. View more posts