Residency Components for Practica

Residency Outline by Topic
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    The following 120-hour residency and teaching practica component is suggested but not required for Montessori Live students taking courses for professional development.

Fall Residency
October 15-19, 2011(5 days - 40 clock hours)

Seminar Topics:

• Welcome and Update from Participants
  
• Montessori Peace Education for Children
  
• Elementary Practical Life
  
• Integrating Arts Education
  
• The Educator as Scientist
  
• Supervised Material Making
  
• Materials Practice Labs
  
• Daily Reflections and Discussions with Colleagues

Three full days of observations of learning environments at Island Village Montessori School
• Philosophy of Scientific Observation
• Majority of day spent in live class settings
• Group reflections with instructors and colleagues
• Recordkeeping and assessment

Summer Residency
June 11- 19 (10 days - 80 clock hours)

• Peace Education
• Sensorial to Science
• Language and Cultural Studies
• Mathematics
  
• Elementary Overview
  
• Middle School Overview
  
• Environmental Design
  
• Classroom Leadership
  
• Observation, Assessment, Recordkeeping
  
• Observation of the Learner
  
• Spiritual Preparation of the Educator
  
• Materials Practice Labs
  
• School Leadership: Peace Education for Adults
  
• School Leadership: Educator Competencies/Best Practice
  
• School Leadership: Working with Parents
  
• Facilitating Leadership in the Learning Environment
  
• Technology in Montessori Environments
  
• New Trends in Constructivist Education
  
• Identifying and Supporting Students at-Risk
  
• Balancing State and National Standards

Click here to enroll in Summer or Fall Residency

Tuition:

Professional Development - n/a

MACTE Certification - $500.00

   Course participants will have free and complete access to the Library for the duration of this course. Once the course is completed, if access to the library is desired, participants will be required to join as a monthly or yearly member or enroll in another course. If a participant is not registered as a member there may be a short period of library innaccesability between courses.

By enrolling in this course you will be allowed access to the educator forums as a member also. Your membership to the forums will not expire after completion of the course.

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