Training

6-12 Elementary Montessori Teacher Training- AMI Diploma Course

• Two-year blended course

• Designed for working educators

• Applicant for Accreditation with the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education.*

• Option for Colorado Teacher Licensure with additional coursework*

  • Available for teachers working in Colorado

  • ASPIRE to Teach® Montessori Pathway

TMI offers the 6-12 AMI Elementary Diploma course in an AMI approved blended and accessible format that offers the same high-quality AMI training and that follows best practices for adult distance learning. The expectations and quality of work are consistent with in-person delivery of an AMI diploma course, for both the students and the training staff. One of the key components of this new format is that many of the lectures will be offered in a more self-paced way, thus empowering the learner and allowing us to best serve a variety of different types of learners. For example, usage of videos within the course content allows for repeated viewings, slowing down the speaker, pausing to understand, and subtitling. The synchronous and in-person time with the AMI Elementary trainer focuses on the less tangible aspects of the training course, which we find  translate to the more important aspects of running an elementary classroom. Examples include the trainer presenting in practicals and modeling how we interact with one another in the environment, allowing for a focus on community building and presenting for understanding. The aspects of community building and modeling lead to more significant transformation of the adult at the elementary level and dramatically improve student outcomes. 

• Applicant for Accreditation status in no way determines the outcome of the accreditation decision by MACTE. http://www.macte.org/

• Upon successful completion of the MACTE Accreditation process

Currently Accepting Applications for the 2024-2026 Course

Schedule:

September - Early May, 2024 - 2026: Online Evening schedule

Tuesday Evenings from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) (attendance is required).

Course begins September 10, 2024.

July In-Person Sessions:

Summer in-person sessions will be in Denver and are Mondays through Fridays, all day (attendance is required).

2025: July 7 - July 25

2026: July 6 - 31 Oral exams are July 26 - 31.

Application Deadline is July 31 (applications must be complete and submitted).

Want to learn more? Here is a video of the January 30, 2024 Information session.

Meet AMI Elementary Trainer Andrea Fleener

Andrea Fleener is an AMI Elementary Trainer and with experience training adult learners at the undergraduate, degree completion, and graduate levels. She began offering this elementary training course with The Montessori Institute in September of 2022. Andrea holds AMI diplomas at both the Primary and Elementary levels, a B.A. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas and a M.Ed. in Montessori Education from Loyola University in Maryland.

Andrea has over 10 years Montessori teaching experience at the 6-9, 6-12 and 9-12 levels as well as experience working as support staff in Montessori classrooms.  She has served on various Montessori task forces, is a past chair of the AMI-EAA board of directors and is an AMI examiner.  Andrea has worked with the staffs of public Montessori schools in Colorado, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota and has offered workshops, mentoring and staff support both in the United States and internationally. She is passionate about helping teachers bring the theory into practice and loves opportunities to mentor and support teachers. 

Recommended Reading

Psychogeometry

Psychoarithmetic

The Montessori Approach to Music

Additional Recommendations:

The Advanced Montessori Method Volume I

The Absorbent Mind

The Secret of Childhood

RESOURCES FOR BOOKS:

Websites:
www.nienhuis.com
www.montessori-namta.org
www.amiusa.org