Montessori Makers Learning · Adolescent · Self-Construction
Adolescent Self-Construction Bundle (Six Seminars)
Six six-week seminars on identity, relationships, mental health, sexuality, conflict and repair, and purpose. The inner-work counterpart to the Occupations bundle, designed to run alongside it.
For
Schools running adolescent programs with required adult capacity
Delivery
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From the page to the classroom
Picture the material in use.
Use the material as a starting point for observation, conversation, and work appropriate to the learners in front of you.
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Prepare the adult support
Review the seminar guidance and any readiness requirements before introducing the work.
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Make room for reflection
Use the proposed activities with care for choice, boundaries, and the particular community.
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Confer and continue
Let the adolescent reflect on learning and identify support or a next step.
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What’s Included
6 items in this bundle.
Identity and Self
PDF · six-week seminar
Relationships and Consent
PDF · six-week seminar
Mental Health and Emotional Sovereignty
PDF · six-week seminar · requires school readiness
Sexuality, Bodies, and Becoming
PDF · six-week seminar · requires school readiness
Conflict, Repair, and Community Membership
PDF · six-week seminar
Purpose, Contribution, and Sovereignty
PDF · six-week seminar
Inside Each Seminar
What an adolescent actually does for six weeks.
Every Adolescent seminar follows the same six-week shape: real work at a partner site three afternoons a week, two seminar mornings on the underlying ideas, and structured reflection. The structure is true to Erdkinder, modernized for contemporary justice work. The material is rigorous; the adult capacity required to run it is real.
01 · Identity and Self
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Self-directed inquiry: family history, naming, identity formation, the self-narrative the adolescent has inherited and the one they are starting to author. Three afternoons a week of structured reflection, conversation, and primary-source research.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on the developmental psychology of adolescent identity formation; one on identity as a social and political fact — race, class, gender, the categories one is given and the ones one chooses.
Six-week deliverable
A documented identity work product (family map, identity essay, oral-history project) plus a structured reflection on what shifted across the six weeks.
02 · Relationships and Consent
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Practiced relational work — consent conversations, friendship-building, repair after rupture, listening practice. Three afternoons a week of structured relational practice in pairs and small groups, facilitated by an adult guide.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on the foundations of consent (as practice, not just policy); one on the architecture of healthy relationship — interdependence, boundary, attachment, repair.
Six-week deliverable
Documented relational work (consent practice logs, repair conversation summaries, feedback exchanges) plus a written reflection on what students now know about being in relationship.
03 · Mental Health and Emotional Sovereignty
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Self-directed mental health literacy: tracking emotional patterns, building regulation practices, learning when to ask for help and how. Three afternoons a week of structured practice with an adult guide and a counselor on call.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on the science of emotion, regulation, and mental health literacy; one on the politics and history of mental health — diagnosis, access, who gets called sick, who gets called bad.
Six-week deliverable
A documented personal regulation practice plus a written reflection on what emotional sovereignty looks like for this specific adolescent. School readiness required: counselor available, referral pathway, family communication, opt-out.
04 · Sexuality, Bodies, and Becoming
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Comprehensive, age-appropriate sexuality education: anatomy, pleasure, consent, gender, sexuality, relationships across difference. Three afternoons a week of structured curriculum facilitated by trained adults.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on the science and history of sexuality education; one on bodies as political — autonomy, healthcare, the policing of bodies across history.
Six-week deliverable
A documented body and sexuality literacy plus a written reflection on what the adolescent now knows about their own body and bodies in general. School readiness required: counselor available, referral pathway, family communication, opt-out.
05 · Conflict, Repair, and Community Membership
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Practiced conflict and repair work: actual conflicts surfaced, mediated, repaired. Restorative practice circles. Three afternoons a week of facilitated conflict work in real community.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on the developmental and relational science of conflict; one on restorative justice as a practice and a politics — the alternative to punishment.
Six-week deliverable
Documented conflict work (a repair completed, a circle held, a community agreement renegotiated) plus a written reflection on what the adolescent now knows about staying in community when things are hard.
06 · Purpose, Contribution, and Sovereignty
Real work · 3 afternoons / week
Vocational and purpose discernment: what does this adolescent want to do with their life and why. Three afternoons a week of structured exploration — interviews with adults doing meaningful work, primary-source reading on vocation, drafting a personal mission.
Seminar mornings · 2 / week
Two mornings: one on vocation across traditions and histories; one on contribution and sovereignty — the difference between achievement and purpose, between career and calling.
Six-week deliverable
A documented personal mission or contribution statement plus a written plan for what this adolescent wants to build, learn, or contribute next.
School readiness required
The Mental Health and Sexuality seminars are designed for schools that have a counselor or therapist available, a clear referral pathway, family communication, and an opt-out option. If your school cannot meet those conditions, the other four seminars are still useful — but please do not run Mental Health or Sexuality without that infrastructure.
Ready when you are.
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