Practicum

The course requires a teaching practicum of 1080 hours in an approved practicum site under the guidance of an experienced Montessori teacher.

• The classroom must be within the 6 to 9 age range for the child.
• Students will write monthly reports about lessons they teach.
• During the practicum, the adult learner is evaluated by a Montessori consultant a minimum of three times, will prepare teacher-made materials for the classroom, and will prepare a year-long project.
• An adult learner needs to work in a 6 to 9 classroom under the supervision of a teacher who has a minimum of one year of teaching experience in a 6 to 9 classroom.
• A self-directed practicum can be done if the student qualifies. Please ask for details.

All procedures listed below must be completed before the student can begin the teacher education program.

1. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age.  All applicants must have completed high school with an academic diploma.
2. All applicants must complete an application and submit a required essay on the topic "Choose a positive incident from your own educational career that you remember as being stimulating, and tell why it is memorable." along with the non-refundable application fee.
3. A NOTARIZED copy of the applicant’s high school diploma or, if a college graduate, an OFFICIAL college transcript from an ACCREDITED institution must be sent to Maitland Montessori School.
4. The applicant must furnish two letters of reference.
5. All applicants must meet on an individual basis with the teacher education program director, either by an informal, in-person meeting or by phone interview.

Maitland Montessori School, Inc. admits students without discrimination on the basis of political affiliation, religion, race, color, sex, mental or physical disabilities (including HIV infection, blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, etc.) and grants them all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  The school does not discriminate on the basis of the above mentioned in the administration of its educational policies, athletic, and other school-administered programs.