| MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY:
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
Montessori Elementary: In Search of Excellence
David Kahn
Summary of… |
| EDITOR
DAVID KAHN
Assistant Editors
Kathy Long
John Long
Artist
Jill Burke |
| MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY:
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
volume nine
number two
Montessori Elementary: In Search of Excellence
by… |
| Montessori Elementary: In Search of Excellence
by David Kahn
Reality - Scene I - The Classroom
The Directress arrived early… |
| today run some successful nurseries, but their methods are generally rigid and
out of sync with modern theories on creativity… |
| ests of the children. Very few teachers indicated they were influenced by local require-
ments, parent demands, or by… |
| "master teachers" in the Montessori profession will be called into administration of
their schools. This… |
| to observe and evaluate the emotional, academic and physical needs of a child. "
This teacher is stating clearly what… |
| the United States which does require a degree. This disparity between ways of
training teachers has not been a crucial issue… |
| Montessori elementary teachers and for more accessible training. This proposal
develops goals, schedules and curriculum for a… |
| 7. Summer training allows for the Director of Training to engage in expanded
activities for the school year as well as follow-… |
| not waste time.
This summer AMI and NAMTA hold their Third Annual Summer Institute. The
guts of our study will be completed… |
| Summary of Teachers' Survey
(Interpretations and Recommendations)
by David Kahn
Preface
Report Summary
School… |
| cases) one-half hour with another third of the cases as long as 45 minutes. Chil-
dren are grouped by 80-95% of the teachers… |
| 12
There seemed to be a strong awareness of "study skills" (Question 30) and
heavy supplementation of math… |
| 5 . Methodology for the application of math skills, memorization of math facts,
mental math and standards which are related to… |
| Recommendations:
1. Training should state its case for "normalization levels" but they should also
make… |
| 3. Literature and creative writing should be included in Montessori training,
perhaps better integrated with grammar.
4 . A… |
| 4. Educational Background
4. a. Montessori diploma:
BA
59
52%
0-3
2
BS
21
18%
3-6
56
BSed
14
12%
6-9
39
MA
22… |
| 6. Teachers' certification; list special certification validation, such as L.D., reading, guidance, etc.:
No.
o/o… |
| 13. Which of the following professional development experiences have you had since completion of your train-
ing?
Yes
No
%… |
| 20. Check curriculum areas for which you group students in your classroom:
Subject
Yes
No
% Yes
Math
35
79
30%
Reading… |
| 25. Student progress is evaluated by the following methods:
Yes
No
% Yes
-teacher conference
with child
IOI
13
88%
-… |
| 27. Indicate which of the Montessori curriculum areas you have had to augment.
]
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C
s
:.
C
l… |
| 29. What is the percentage of children coming into elementary with phonetic reading skills, phonogram/reading
skills?
% of… |
| 32. Do you use a specific children's literature approach to encourage wide literature reading? Please describe it.
No.
o… |
| G. Creative and Functional Writing
Techniques used for writing
95 entries
48 entries
6 entries
6-9 years
9-12 years
12-… |
| 42. What is your criteria for mastery of math facts memorization, e.g., number correct per minute, etc.?
No answer, no… |
| 44. If you hal'e specific time blocks for your specially subjects indicate the following information:
Specialty Subject… |
| K. General Achievement Expectations
47. Look at the checklist below. Place checks in the following sections as appropriate.… |
| L. Teacher Training Considerations
The following questions utilize the Likert Scale below:
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c)… |
| 30. My training provided the necessary content and background for the cultural
subjects.
31. My training included the… |
| inexperienced teachers don't walk into a new classroom helpless. Better yet, why doesn't the course manufac-
ture… |
| would have been valuable. The issue of accountability was not addressed fully. Teachers in our position need to
be aware of… |
| Summary of Administrators' Survey
(Interpretations and Recommendations)
2.1 Tuitions and Salaries
Median tuitions for… |
| eighties, Montessori enrollment trends may suffer as people look for "conven-
tional" alternatives or less… |
| 34
plied that their graduates were not successful. However, only three of the 45
schools who responded to this question did a… |
| Administrators' Survey - Raw Data
Table A
Preschool
Elem.
Starting
Starting
Under 10,000
8
10,001-11,000
17
11,… |
| TUITION NORMS
Table 8
Preschool
Preschool
Elementary
1/2 day
Full day
800-900
901-1,000
1,001-1,100
10
1,101-1,200… |
| 8. Average life span in your school of directress:
No. of Years No. of Schools
o/o
I
2
4%
2
7
15%
3
12
26%
4
9
20… |
| Questions 13, 14, 15.
Dollars invested by schools for sponsorship:
Under 2,000
Raw Count:
I
Percentage:
2,001-4,000
9… |
| Two of our teachers were (experienced) Bergamo trained; the Amsterdam trained one had 16 years' experience
team-teaching… |
| He is incompetent. He has no skill in classroom management. He is not at all sensitive to the individual child. He
has to read… |
| system. AMS weakness - same as AMI. Also, scattered knowledge and little understanding about scope and
sequence. Weakness 3 -… |
| Mentioned
staff developed flow chart
curriculum supplement in reading (commercial)
shared parent education
meet with first… |
| Academic goals consistent with readiness testing - emphasis placed on emotional maturity and self control.
Inner directed and… |
| Must have at least 2 years of primary training. Must be reading and writing in cursive. Must be able to read the
cards in the… |
| Comments on question #I 9:
Usually chonological age corresponds with readiness, but we have moved from a more chronological… |
| support system among administrators
support system among teachers (peer counseling)
summer teacher workshops
parent… |
| 22. What kind of standarized testing is done at the elementary level, at what grade level and time of year?
Tests used by… |
| 27. Do you receive state aid?
Yes
9
19%
No
39
57%
28. Are state and local standards imposed?
Yes
24
43%
No
32
57… |
| A Study of College/University Accredited
Montessori Teacher Training Programs
by Mary Maher Boehnlein Ph.D.,
Introduction… |
| both public and private Montessori schools in the United States.
Montessori administrators and boards of trustees are aware… |
| Methods
All Montessori elementary teacher training programs affiliated with the Association
Montessori Internationale and the… |
| Undergraduate credit, however was possible only if the student was currently enrolled
at a university or college and actively… |
| teaching all of the curriculum methods. Some training centers with laboratory schools
on site, utilized the school staff as… |
| social issues of education, research or statistics, philosophy of education, and one other
foundations of education or… |
| It appears from this study that Montessori elementary training can be structured so
that students can obtain both the… |
| State Certification
I. no-none avail.
2. yes
3. none avail.
only elem. or
K-3
4. none avail.
5. yes
6. yes
7. yes
8.… |
| Academic Standards
Meet
Exceed Traditional
I.
2.
3.
x AMI Standards
recognized as
more stringent
x AMI Standards… |
| Enrollment
I. 16
2. 8-14
3.
4. 25-30
5. 15-20
6. 14-15
7. 15
8. 25
9. 25-35
Budget Concerns
Supports? College… |
| University of Maine
University of Northern Colorado
Villanova (PAl
undergraduate, indep. study
graduate
undergraduate
I… |
| Smith, B. Othanel and others, Teachers for the Real World. Washington: American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education… |
| Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Study
Project Cleveland Report on Training Centers
by Peter Gebhardt Seele
Intro
The… |
| ture days is 150 minutes (breaks subtracted). There are more lecture days in the calen-
dar (s. 4).
6. Practicals in… |
| fers "remedial math".
• Geography (W. 21, B. 21, D. 38 hrs.): Focus in Washington is on the child's… |
| Quarterly Themes for 1984-85
Fall Issue-"Tribute to Lili Peller" Unpublished papers of Lili Peller, Founder… |
| MOVING?
Inform NAMTA of your new address:
NAME
STREET ___________
_
CITY ___
STATE ___
ZIP __
_
Publication Schedule… |
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N .A.M. T .A. Individual Member
check if this is a new address
last name
first
middle initial
street address
city and… |
| Personals:
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Opportunity for one elementary and one primary
directress for Fall, 1984. Established school… |
| San Anselmo Montessori School, PO Box 707, San
Anselmo, CA 94960. (415) 457-3428.
Primary Directress needed for full day… |
| 5-8939145.
Established teacher-run Montessori School with El-
ementary and 9 acre campus, has opening for Pri-
mary Director… |
| NAMTA Workshops
1984-1985
October 12-13
Washington, D.C.
Theme: Creative Dramatics
Keynote - Margot Waltuch - Montessori:… |
| March 8-9
Vancouver, B.C., CANADA
Theme: Montessori Heritage
Keynote - Margot Waltuch - Montessori: Yesterday and Today… |
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