Belmont will launch a new Montessori Teacher Education Program<\/strong> Certification, starting June 2005. Belmont will launch a new Montessori Teacher Education Program Certification, starting June 2005. Belmont’s Montessori Teacher Education Program will offer Montessori teacher preparation. Students enrolled in the program will earn certification in early childhood education (for ages 2 \u00bd-6) while also earning college credit that can be applied toward an undergraduate degree or a graduate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fyi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBelmont’s Montessori Teacher Education Program will offer Montessori teacher preparation. Students enrolled in the program will earn certification in early childhood education (for ages 2 \u00bd-6) while also earning college credit that can be applied toward an undergraduate degree or a graduate degree (Master of Arts in Teaching).
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\nThere are three levels at which the program is offered. The undergraduate-level program includes 30 credit hours of Montessori certification, including a one-year internship. The graduate-level program includes that plus 9 credit hours of core education courses. If the student also takes advantage of the additional option to obtain Tennessee Pre K-3 state licensure, a six-week placement in a grade 1-3 classroom is also required.
\nThe program is the first Montessori teacher preparation program of its kind in Tennessee and offers three major benefits:
\n\u2022\tOffers both Montessori certification as well as university credit;
\n\u2022\tOffers Tennessee state teacher licensure for Pre K-3 as well as Montessori certification; and
\n\u2022\tIs offered both through Belmont’s University College for non-traditional students as well as through the University’s graduate program.
\nThere is currently no place in Nashville offering a program leading to Montessori teacher certification that is affiliated with the American Montessori Society and approved by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education. Belmont’s Montessori Teacher Education Program has applied for accreditation of its early childhood certification course through the AMS and MACTE. Both approvals are expected this fall.
\nThe coupling of a Montessori teacher education program with university degree programs will result in Montessori-certified teachers who also have a broader knowledge of education and child development, says Dr. Merrie B. King, Montessori Program Director at Belmont.
\n“It’s beneficial for the students to get not only the Montessori perspective but also to get the research and study aspects that a university has to offer,” says Dr. King, the former longtime owner and director of Ithaka Montessori in Franklin, Tennessee. “They’ll get the specifics of the Montessori philosophy and approach, and they’ll gain knowledge of the broader context of education and the latest research on child development.”
\nBelmont University’s Montessori Teacher Education Programs will be offered in a summer-intensive format beginning in June 2005, with students able to complete the program in 18-24 months by completing a four-week summer seminar in June 2005, a fall weekend seminar in October 2005, a spring weekend seminar in March 2006, a four-week summer seminar in 2006, and a 10-month internship at a Montessori school.
\nHousing will be offered on the Belmont campus for students who do not live in or near Nashville.
\n“The way we’re offering it in a summer-intensive format with an academic year internship makes it accessible to working adults – and people from out of town too, because we’re offering housing on the Belmont campus,” says Dr. King.
\nThere are approximately 13 private and two public Montessori schools in the Nashville area.
\nAbout Montessori Education:
\nNearly 100 years ago, an Italian physician inspired the birth of a worldwide educational movement. Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy\u2019s first woman physician, became interested in education while caring for mentally challenged children in a psychiatric clinic in Rome. There she combined sensory-rich environments and hands-on experiential techniques in the hopes of reaching children previously labeled \u201cdeficient and insane.\u201d The experiment was a resounding success. Within two years, the children were able to pass Italy\u2019s standardized public school tests. More importantly, Montessori\u2019s innovative practices had elicited positive learning behaviors from children previously left behind by society.
\nIn 1907, Montessori continued shaping her learning model by opening \u201cA Children\u2019s House\u201d for pre-school children living in the slums of San Lorenzo. With her scientific background to guide her, she observed how young people learned best when engaged in purposeful activity rather than simply being fed information. She drew upon her clinical understanding of children\u2019s cognitive growth and development in constructing an educational framework that would respect individuality and fulfill the needs of the \u201cwhole child.\u201d Dr. Montessori\u2019s pioneering work created a blueprint for nurturing all children \u2013learning disabled to gifted\u2014to become the self-motivated, independent and life-long learners that are the ultimate goal of today\u2019s educational reform movement. Since that time, Montessori\u2019s philosophy, materials and practices have spread around the globe and have been implemented in a variety of cultural settings. \u2013 From the American Montessori Society website.
\nOn the Web:
\nAmerican Montessori Society: http:\/\/www.amshq.org\/
\nMontessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education: http:\/\/www.macte.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"