Julia Hilson

Julia Hilson commenced studies toward her 3–6 AMI Diploma in London in 1985. In the years following, she established and ran classes in the UK and Australia. She completed her 6–12 Diploma in Bergamo Italy, and her 0-3 AMI Diploma in Australia; she was an EsF pioneer, having attended the first Educateurs sans Frontières gathering at Città di Castello in 1999. Julia also holds a Bachelor in Education and a Masters in Educational Practice.

In 2014 Julia became a 0–3 AMI Director of Training; she has given Diploma courses in Australia, UK, South Africa, India, Vietnam and Japan. She has also delivered Orientation Courses in Australia, the UK, South Africa, India,  Vietnam, Portugal, New Zealand, The Gambia and Nigeria.
She is a member of the AMI Scientific Pedagogy Group, an International Examiner for AMI and a 0–6 Montessori Mentor.

In 2008 she was asked by the Montessori Children’s Foundation to set up a Pilot 3–6 Programme in the Torres Strait Islands as part of the Government Primary School. Julia lived in this remote community for 6.5 years. This class still exists today with a Torres Strait Island AMI 3–6, state registered Teacher. This initiative has grown to include Parent/Toddler Groups on six separate Islands throughout the Torres Strait and one Child Care Center.

Julia’s area of interest is to empower First Nations people to establish and run Montessori Programmes in their own communities and to offer support to all families to grow in their awareness of the needs of our youngest citizens.