Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2011 Elementary Program,
the Multi-Summer Elementary Program and the Multi-Summer Primary Program.
For more details start here.

 

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Realize Your Dream.
Become a Montessori Elementary Teacher

The Montessori Institute of Milwaukee, Inc. is accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale. We now offer two ways to earn an A.M.I. Elementary diploma:
  1. An academic year format
  2. A multi-summer format
In the academic year format, trainees have an integrated, uninterupted experience wherein lectures, observations, practice with materials, material making, and student teaching are under direct supervision of the training center staff.

In response to requests for an alternative format, we offer an intensive multi-summer A.M.I. course. Earn your diploma over the course of three summers!

Students are required to return to M.I.M. for a weekend seminar in each of the intervening winters.

In between summers one and two, students are required to spend two uniterrupted 2-week sessions in classrooms directed by A.M.I. elementary teachers for observations.

In between summers two and three, students are required to spend two uniterrupted 2-week sessions in classrooms directed by A.M.I. elementary teachers for student teaching.

A.M.I. Elementary Diploma for ages 6-12.
  • Full-time Academic Year Program: Sept 8, 2010 - May, 2011
    Foundation Course:
    August 2 - Sept 3, 2010

    Enrollment is limited. Apply Now

  • Multi-Summer Elementary Program
    Three-Summer Format: 2011 - 2013
    Contact MIM now for details:
    Tel: (414) 481-5050
    Email: Allyn S. Travis

A.M.I. Primary Diploma for ages 3-6.
  • Multi-Summer Program: 3 summer Primary Course at the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee
    with Naoko Ogawa Wilsey and Janet McDonell
    Three-Summer Format: 2010 - 2012
    Plan ahead:
    2010: June 28 - August 13
    2011: June 27 - August 12
    2012: June 25 - July 27

    Enrollment is limited. Apply Now
Graduate credit available at Loyola University Maryland.

The A.M.I. Montessori Institute of Milwaukee (MIM) training programs prepare teachers to work in Montessori classes with children 3 to 6 and 6 to 12 years old.

MIM is accredited through the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE), an autonomous, international, nonprofit postsecondary accrediting agency for Montessori teacher education programs.

Based upon her professional observations, Dr. Maria Montessori demonstrated the existence of previously unrecognized powers of learning in children. Her teaching methods strive to aid each child to achieve the fullest realization of his or her unique potential.

Currently, educators are searching for effective ways to educate children from all levels of society. Montessori trained elementary teachers are critically needed since Montessori education has demonstrated that it can meet the needs of both inner city and suburban children.

Teachers participating in training will observe children from various racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups working and learning together in Montessori classes.


3         4         5         6         7         8         9         10         11         12

In the Children's House (ages 3-6 years) children explore the environment individually using sensorial material.

In the elementary stage (ages 6 to 12) children want to learn the reason for everything; they search for answers through small group activities.

Rather than expecting the child to memorize a curriculum, Dr. Montessori presented aspects of culture to the elementary child as "seeds of interest," lessons to touch the imagination and set fire to the intellect.

Primary studies include
  • Psychology, child development and philosophy of the Montessori approach
  • The Exercises of Practical Life and the child's acquisition of fundamental learning skills, sensorial development and development of spoken and written language
  • Mathematics, geography, history, art, biology and music
Elementary studies include
  • Dr. Montessori's principles of psychology; education and teaching methodology
  • Geography, biology, history, language, science, music, art and all branches of mathematics
All studies include
  • Supervised practice with the Montessori materials under the guidance of experienced, qualified staff
  • Observation in AMI classes
  • Practice teaching in AMI classes under trainer supervision
  • Material making
  • Preparation of albums containing illustrated notes of didactic materials
   

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NEW! 3 summer Primary Course at the
Montessori Institute of Milwaukee
with:
Naoko Ogawa Wilsey
Janet McDonell

Three-Summer Format: 2010 - 2012
June 28 - August 13, 2010
June 27 - August 12, 2011
June 25 - July 27, 2012
Enrollment is limited. Apply Now

NEW! 3 summer Elementary Course at the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee

Three-Summer Format: 2011 - 2013
Contact MIM now for details:
Tel: (414) 481-5050
Email: Allyn S. Travis

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Montessori Institute of Milwaukee
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