What is a Montessori Teacher?
By now, I assume you have already looked into what Montessori Education is and have a fairly good idea that it is very different from what you would normally expect to see in the classroom setting. If not, look at our Video and Resource pages.
The Montessori Method is a way of, among other things, creating an environment that fits the needs of the students in it. As a Montessori teacher, you will primarily be responsible for:
- Helping to develop concentration in students.
- Develop a love of learning in the students.
- Understand childhood development.
- Ultimately develop the child's own independence.
Your role as a teacher will be a much more passive role. Your job is not to simply feed information to students for them to learn, but your role will be to guide the students for them to develop their own understanding of concepts, the world, and themselves. This is a big difference from most forms of education, where the teacher is the main focus during the class period. In Montessori, it is the ultimate goal of the teacher to say, "The children are now working as if I do not exist." This means that there will be entire periods where the children simply work and do not need you. It is a wonderful thing to observe 30 or so students working on their own without your help - and learning a lot from it. >>> Continue Reading >>>
