Transition year in public Montessori school – help! – Teachers.Net (Montessori)

Join Teachers.Net

chatboardsgroups

Chatboards

Recent Groups

Montessori

MEMBERS

5 Members

+ Join Group

Pinned Posts

ALLAll Teachers

Teachers.Net LIVE CHAT Support group - Tues eve!

Featured Jobs

Full-timeMontessori Teacher

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

TemporaryTeachers, rural schools

Peace River North School District

Full-timeHead Teacher: 2nd/3rd Grades – Mills College Children’s School

Teaching Jobs on Teachers.Net

Featured Job special only $39!

https://teachers.net/jobs

Become a Teachers.Net sponsor!

Montessori Teachers Chatboard

Transition year in public Montessori school - help!

by Susy

Oct 22, 2009

Hello!

I am in a CMTE 6-9 training program, and I am completing my 6-9 internship in a public Montessori school. It is a real challenge, and I am looking for some words of wisdom. To give some background - the school is in transition from a Montessori school pretty much in name only to an authentic Montessori program. About 15 teachers in our school are in this training, including the entire 6-9 team (5 classrooms). (I am "co-teaching" with another intern, and we are both certified teachers.) Therefore, we are really just figuring out how this all works as we go. We also must teach the school district's reading and math programs - or at least give the tests on their timetable, and give grades. And in my classroom, all 4 of our 3rd years are new to the school (and to Montessori) while our 11 2nd years had a more traditional class last year with very little independent work - so most of the class is in transition, too. (Our first-years came up through the school's established Mo...See More

More discussions on the Montessori Teachers Chatboard...

Elementary Montessori Teaching Opportunity / Glen Allen, VA

by Glen Allen Comm Montessori

Best Montessori School in Middle Georgia seeking a teacher

by Kenworth F. Holness, MD

New to Montessori

Seeking a qualified Montessori Director in Western Wisconsin

Seeking Upper Elementary Teacher in Charleston, SC

by James Simmons Montessori, Charleston County Public School

Back to Montessori Teachers Chatboard

Teacher Chatboards

General

Teacher Chatboard

Method & Theory

Grade Levels

- -

Multiage Classroom

Adult Education

Classroom Projects

Arts and Crafts

Read Across America

Travelling Buddies

Learning Centers

States

Teachers Abroad

Australian Teachers

Canadian Teachers

Subject Areas

Foreign Languages

Language Arts Center

Science Teachers

Language Arts

4 Blocks Literacy

6 Traits Writing

Accelerated Reader

Building Blocks (K)

Books & Literature

Creative Writing

Librarian/Media Arts

Reading/Writing

Remedial Reading

Foreign Language

ESL/EFL Teachers

French Teachers

German Teachers

Spanish Teachers

Travel/Study Abroad

Peer Groups

AP/GATE Teachers

Beginning Teachers

Distance Teachers

Department Heads

Library/Media Science

Master Teachers

Mentor Teachers

Retired Teachers

Special Education

Student Teachers

Substitute Teachers

Method & Theory

Beginning Learners

Character Education

Classroom Discipline

Collaborative Learning

Disruptive Students

General Education

Learning Disorders

Learning Research

Lesson Planning

Montessori Method

Motivating Students

Professional Devel

Professional Readings

Staff Development

Standardized Testing

Testing & Grading

Career Center

Continuing Education

National Boards/NBPTS

Hot Topics

Classroom Humor

Healthy Teachers

NCLB/Race to the Top

Teacher Gatherings

Teacher Inspirations

Teacher Recipes

Teacher Social Board

Tech Center

Apple Classroom

Computer Teachers

Educational Software

Internet Security

Library/Media Science

Teaching with PowerPoint

Teacher Video Share

Teaching with the Web

Tech Coordinators

Teachers.Net

Home About Forum Policies Privacy

Resources

Chatboards Lesson Plans Classroom Projects Classified Ads

Follow us...

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mailring

Contacts

Advertising Job Listings Submissions Reprints