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Burnt out

by CR

Oct 26, 2009

Hi there everyone. I hope someone could help me! I am currently in college and am working towards a degree to teach. I am getting very burnt out and am a Sophomore. I am really considering quitting after the end of this semester and going for Montessori training and am looking at teaching Preschool and Kindergarden. I attended Montessori schools throughout pre- school, Kindergarden, and then 2nd and 3rd grade. Later on I did two years in a Montessori high school and graduated so I have been through quite a bit of Montessori experience. Why I didn't think of doing Montessori training before is something I question myself. I was mostly wondering though if I were to go through the training (I am looking at NAMC's program) that if I would be able to possibly get a job afterward, and therefore not need a Bachelor's? That may seem like a dumb question, but what about even doing teaching as an assistant? Do you think a school would consider me? Any advice would be wonderful!

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MET Do not quit! Take one or two days and get yourself together by relaxing or doing something that you enjoy to break the school mode temporarily. It is very important that you finish what you have started. You are young. You tend to wander and need an immediate full-fillment but good things come when one achieves accreidation. You must be patience. I...See More

Oct 27, 2009

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maureen CR: I can understand the feeling of being "burned out" by being in typical school environments. I wonder if it is the college you are attending? Some are not quite the independent learning set up one expects at your age with tons of required not too interesting classes. My first degree was in art and design and I did not take any education classes ...See MoreCR: I can understand the feeling of being "burned out" by being in typical school environments. I wonder if it is the college you are attending? Some are not quite the independent learning set up one expects at your age with tons of required not too interesting classes. My first degree was in art and design and I did not take any education classes as I had no interest in ever being a teacher. However, I did not like many of my core classes that were required for a liberal arts degree. My favorite classes were my electives that I chose. I did not find Montessori until I was in my early 30's and I realized then that all of my previous life experiences including my first degree and work experiences, no matter how seemingly unrelated they were to what I was going into, all seemed to fall together and it pointed exactly to what I was meant to do Montessori. Up to then, I just had not found my passion. Unfortuneately, it sounds more like you are going to the familiar to escape what you are feeling as "dead end". I am a firm believer that everything one does in life has a purpose, even though it doesn't make sense at that time.

I think I would hold off from going into Montessori. You might find out that you miss some really great opportunities of working in public Montessori schools down the road because you lacked your college degree. Your degree should be the stepping stone to Montessori. When I used to teach classroom management at our local training center, I saw a huge gap in student performance from the women who had college degrees and those going into Montessori training with little or no college experience. Maturity played a part in that, but the added life experience for those degreed teachers in training were such a plus.

My suggestion is to continue your degree, perhaps change majors. I would either get a part time assistant position in an authentic Montessori school during the school year(half days) or maybe as an assistant for a summer program in a good Montessori school. I would hold off on the on line training. If you find a great school who is a good match for you, the possibility of that school paying for all or most of your training would be so much better.

There also are universities and colleges that offer Master's degrees in Montessori.

Hang in there. It always seems "dead end" sometime in school, and perhaps you just have not found the choices of classes that can excite you. Good luck. maureen

Oct 28, 2009

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