Zahra Majeed is a Award-winning teacher and independent consultant helping students, schools, and youth service organizations reach their potential at Twinleaf Education. She possess expertise in organizational development, program development, nonprofits, community outreach, curriculum design and 18 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Zahra is an all out wiz when it comes to education. Specifically in the Montessori practice. Zahra was the guest on Episode 23 of my podcast, and provided a lot of insight on the inner workings of the school system. I have learned about the history dating back to the early 20th century, and how it has progressed throughout the world. The concept that children can be self directed is so simple yet so many schools try to do the opposite. When you work with Zahra you will get an expert in the education field." and "Zahra has a deeply-understood philosophical mission and an uncommon knack for implementing that mission in practical ways well, adding tools for the benefit of others to the Montessori landscape as she goes. She works very hard to live and breathe Montessori's philosophy. I have frequently seen this in her interaction with students and families. Especially impressive is her unparalleled capacity to put the needs of children first, modelling impeccable grace and courtesy to them at every turn. She radiates a calm, warm authority, both in person and in writing, and the children and families she works with respond to it. No less importantly, Zahra cares a great deal about the overarching direction and future of Montessori education, and about developing schools, tools, and frameworks that extend the method's capacity to touch more lives and to do so more effectively. Her work, say, to draw parallels between Montessori and Common Core curricula has such a potential to benefit families and schools. Her work on tools to support goings out and field trips, likewise. The legacy of her initiative in piloting Transparent Classroom, now being implemented throughout Aidan's Elementary program and piloted at younger levels, will help our school to better demonstrate student learning to families. Zahra's considered determination to improve the world will make its mark, and I'm excited to see how it does so next."