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Montessori Teacher Training: About School Sponsorships?

by Katherine

Feb 28, 2012

Hello All,

I hope I find you people doing well. I am currently a student majoring in child development at my local college. I am also subbing at a center. I am interested in learning more about Montessori and how I can be trained. I looked at some schools in my area as well as outside of my area. I am astounded at the expensive tuition these training centers charge. No way can I afford to pay their fees. Though I am pleased at the more affordable payment plans some centers offer. I will definitely take advantage of those.

I also saw something about schools sponsoring teachers' trainings. I understand the schools will pay (do not know how much) for your training in exchange for teaching at their school after you graduate. I am excited by this possibility for financial aid. I am wondering how many people went through their training by being sponsored. How does it work exactly?

Any words of advice would be appreciated.

Thank you so much!

maureen Katherine: I think the most common way schools sponsor a student for training is when that person works as an assistant in the school for at least one year. That way the school can assess how the assistant seems right for the training. Also, the student can see if the school and/or Montessori seems right to him or her.

I worked as an assi...See MoreKatherine: I think the most common way schools sponsor a student for training is when that person works as an assistant in the school for at least one year. That way the school can assess how the assistant seems right for the training. Also, the student can see if the school and/or Montessori seems right to him or her.

I worked as an assistant in a 3-6 classroom my first year in Montessori. I had been an active parent volunteer in the school the year before. Then when some openings for assistants came up, I applied. My work ethic is what stood out for the school and I got the job. I was an eager learner and learned a lot that year. The woman I worked under was so - so but I still learned a lot. I also observed the other classrooms in the observation windows often. At the end of the school year, the school asked me to get my training and they would pay for all of it. It did not fit in with our family situation at the time and I left the school since I did not live in that city.

I started my own school and six years later when a new training center opened at a university within a short drive, I paid for my own training.

WHen I had another school in another city, I offered a couple different teachers the training. Two chose not to due to finding that Montessori was not right for them for entirely different reasons. Another took us up on the offer and sure enough her husband got transferred by the end of her internship year. She paid us back the agreed amount. In our case and in a lot of schools, the school pays for the training in full with a contract signed that the teacher was to work for the school for at least 3 years.

So, I would suggest finding a school that seems to feel right to you and apply for an assistant's position. If the school is in a real need to build up its teacher pool, they might even offer to pay for your training that first year that you work as an assistant and use it as your internship. Each school has its own way of doing this.

I highly recommend working that year as an assistant before you get your training. I found that having my work experience under my belt gave me an insight and understanding that I think someone with no experience in the classroom would not have. just visiting schools is not really the same. Working day to day in the classroom and preferably under an outstanding directress can give you the best start of a very demanding yet totally fulfilling career.

I hope this works out for you. I know I never regretted my journey. maureen

Feb 28, 2012

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