DIRECTORS TRAINING COURSE

The Indian Montessori Centre is among the few Montessori organizations which
offers a Director's Training Course.

Eligibility for the Director’s Training Course:

• The candidate must be in possession of the diploma in Montessori (3 to 6 years).IMTC diploma is preferable.
• Work experience in a Montessori House of children is required.
• Academic knowledge of the books by Dr. Montessori and about the Montessori
  Method is essential.
• General knowledge especially pertaining to Child Education and development is
  welcome. If not it must be acquired during the training.
• Good command over the language (Presently English or Kannada) is very is
  essential.
• Maintaining good human relations must be a positive feature in the personality.The tasks include maintaining relations with schools, file readers, public
  enquiries, administration, students etc.
• Good health
• Professional ethics
• The duration of the training is not specified exactly. A minimum of two/three;
  years is estimated. The certificate will be, issued on the successful completion of
  the practical and paper work.
• Practical HANDS-ON training will be it an existing training centre approved by
  the Indian Montessori Centre. There will be no remuneration / stipend for the
  work done at the centre. There will be no fee charged for the training.
• The decisions of the panel of members of the scrutiny committee are final.
• It will be necessary to appear for a preliminary interview after the application is
  processed and accepted. The candidate should be prepared to undertake any
  travel that may be necessary for this.
• While at the training centre attendance at all lectures is mandatory. Exhaustive
  notes should be taken while listening to the lectures.
• Assessment of progress will be done every six months.

Areas of Training

• Organizing and maintaining the classroom -chairs, tables, notice board,
  furniture, practice room, equipment, administrative material. General care of
  the environment.
• Maintenance of registers — Registration registers, admission registers,
  Attendance registers, Consolidated register, work registers (Theory and
  practice), Planning for topics, Practice class schedules, Observation schedules,
  Examination schedules for students and examiners. Correspondence form
  letters.
• Maintenance of cash registers, receipt books, money transactions.
• Order of stationery and other student requisites.
• Maintenance of Montessori material and making inventories, mending damaged
  materials, making new materials, purchase of necessary equipment.
• Display of material.
• Distribution of material files to the file readers and receiving them. Follow up
  work with the students.

Academics

• Supervising practical sessions answering questions asked by students, asking questions, give guidance to students with regard to all aspects of training,
  maintaining discipline.
• Give instructions with regard to material preparations nomenclature cards,other requisite material to be prepared by the students.
• Give demonstrations of presentations (all areas of developmental activities)after discussing with the person in charge of training.
• Giving directions, checking and correction of material files, prepared by thestudents. Consolidated files at the and of the course.
• School visits to organize school observation by students.
• Correction and assessment of written work done by students.
• In-depth study of books by Dr. Maria Montessori and about Dr. Montessori.
• Making of material file relating how they are to be presented to the students. Itincludes the mention of the scientific nature of Montessori method and
  material.
• Write papers on particular topics specified by the panel. General, Theory, Psychology, on relevant topics with the students taken in smaller groups.
• Conducted discussions on relevant topics with the students taken in smaller
  groups.
• Setting question papers.
• Assessing examination papers.
• Give talks on Psychology and Theory of Montessori method.

Contact : imck@indianmontessoricentre.org