Montessori Teacher Training Courses

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Im thinking of training to be a montessori director-has anyone done a course? did it take up a lot of "out of school time"? i have 3 dds the youngest is 17monthes so im trying to decide if i should do the part-time course as i still have to look after my kids,or just bite the bullet and do the full time couse that takes a year.Its really expensive as well so ineed as much info as possible before i start.
Has anyone done a course in London or Kent im on the south coast and travel costs are going to bump up my outgoings so any recommendations would be useful,thanks.

I did mine in Bournemouth and really enjoyed it, I did the full time 1 year course and found it a lot of work and had no children. Another lady did have 2 kids and found it a bit of a struggle.

Thanks,was it studying on site every day? and how did the teaching experience work? was it a block at the end of course or all the way through? im getting a bit worried about what i will do with dd3,dh is on tour a lot so cant rely on him for childcare.
Was the college helpful in job hunting at the end of the couse? Sorry to ask so many question

We went in everyday but had half terms and holidays. Our course was only 4 days a week and we were encouraged to do work experience on s Friday ( we had to do a set amount of hours to pass the course) as well as 2 blocks done during the year, one of 2 weeks and one of 3 weeks. The day was 9.30 until 3.30. There were always adverts up for jobs as well and there are some good websites which advertise jobs. My main purpose was to get onto a teacher training course as had been rejected before and thought it might be a good way in but no such luck, and I met my now DH towards the end of the course and moved to Kent with him and ended up in a grammar school, but I don't regret doing it at all.

You can do it via open learning, you have a maximum of 5 years to get all the theory, practicals and experience completed. The course is very intensive I wouldn't recommend doing it full time unless you are super organised and have lots of help with your children.

thankyou both for your info,its really helpful.It looks as though i will have to do a part time course then as im most certainly not super organised

I have also got all the boks that you will need if you want them and just pay for postage.

I trained nearly 20 years ago (yikes) at St Nicholas' in South Kensington. Did an evening course. Lots of coursework. info here about distance learning courses

Thanks for the link mehgalegs.And wow thanks for the book offer sophie,thats really kind,let me know postage etc,you can pm me if you prefer

Will sort through the books that you really need and get a price for sending them and get back to you as soon as possible.

thanks so much