DR MARIA MONTESSORI · Dr. Maria Montessori founded both the Opera Nazionale Montessori (ONM, Rome)...

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MASTER’S DEGREE IN MONTESSORI EDUCATION SPECIALIZED IN PRESCHOOL (0-6 YEARS)

“THE ESSENCE OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IS TO HELP CHILDREN IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND HELP THEM

ADAPT TO ANY CONDITIONS ON THEIR WAY."

DR. MARIA MONTESSORI

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INTRODUCTION

Montessori education is an internationally recognised pedagogical approach. Current

scientific research continues to validate this educational method as a set of elements that

help children to holistically develop their mind, body and emotions.

The International Montessori Institute (IMI) teaches the principles and educational practice

of Montessori education and current scientific evidence to provide specific professional

training proposals that help to improve the quality of education in schools.

At our training center we provide the tools to allow teachers to successfully implement

Montessori education in the classroom.

THE CENTER AND ITS TRAINERS

International Montessori Institute (IMI) is a Montessori training centre with a clear

objective: to provide classic and rigorous Montessori training based on the original

resources of Dr. Maria Montessori and adapted to contemporary educational needs.

Our trainers have been carefully selected due to their extensive international experience,

both in private and in public schools, with the objective of transmitting all of the richness

of the Montessori method to different social spheres.

This interesting combination of trainers makes the IMI a unique Montessori meeting point

and establishes an inter-Montessori dialogue that ensures consistency with the ideas of Dr.

Maria Montessori.

Our goal is to ensure that students taking our training acquire all the necessary tools for

the successful implementation of the Montessori method in the classroom.



OUR TRAINERS

The objective of our center is to provide classic and rigorous Montessori training based on

the original resources of Dr. Maria Montessori and adapted to contemporary educational

needs.

Dr. Maria Montessori founded both the Opera Nazionale Montessori (ONM, Rome) and the

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI, Amsterdam); being both centers the followers

of her work during the last century.

Some members of both associations worked together with the Dr. Montessori, learning

directly from her and developing the Montessori Method in Italy, the Netherlands and

many other countries around the world.

IMI's goal is to bring together Italian and Anglo-Saxon training traditions and unify both

knowledge in an educational center, in order to offer a training based on the legac of Dr.

Montessori.



ADELA VIZCAÍNO

Pedagogical Director

Adela Vizcaíno began her Montessori career in the classes of Ms. Maria Antonietta Paolini

in the Center of AMI Montessori training in Perugia (Italy). Shortly after, she obtained a

degree in Educational Sciences. After a long experience in "House of Children" in Mexico,

she explored in depth the stage from 6 to 12 years old, under the AMI Dallas perspective

and has implemented it since then. Her deep understanding of the child and her wide

perspective of the Montessori Method is an inestimable value to our Training Centre.

BERNARDITA JENSEN

Trainer

Bernardita Jensen holder of a degree in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of

Chile, has been trained at the Houston Montessori Center and has become a Montessori

guide 6 to 12 class, specialized in the stage of age from 12 to 18 years old. Founder of Rayén

Mahuida Montessori school, she was involved in the foundation of Huelquén Montessori

school. Since 17 years ago, she is the rector and founder of the Pucalán Montessori School

and the director of the Education Pucalán School. Possessing the title of Board Member of

the Montessori Foundation Pucalán (Chile). She is also an ontological coach trained by the

Montessori Model United Nation program, a program that leads in Chile and a

postgraduate degree in psychotherapy and meditation by Alberto Hurtado University of

Chile.

VERÓNICA DEL CARMEN MONTDRAGÓN

Trainer

Veronica del Carmen Montdragon is a Montessori Teacher 3-6 class, certification achieved

in the International Montessori Association (Perugia, Italy). She also obtained the title of

Workshop Guide 6-12 class at the Human Development and Montessori Education S.C.



CORINA ALLENDE

Trainer

Corina Allende has a degree in Political Science from the Catholic University of Cordoba,

Argentina. She has a MA degree in Education with specialization in Montessori, by Loyola

University Maryland (Baltimore, USA) and a MA degree in Political Science, (W.E.S, United

States). She is also an AMI Montessori Teacher 3-6 class, by the Montessori Institute of San

Diego (California, United States) and AMI Assistant to Infancy 0-3 class by the Montessori

Institute of San Diego (California, United States). Moreover, she is a Consultant in Education

and Educational Administration in private and public schools in Mexico, Argentina and

United States. She currently works as a lecturer in Montessori Education for teachers,

educators and parents in Argentina, Mexico and United States and as a Head Teacher in

Kindergarten level at the Keiller Leadership Academy -a Montessori public school in the

United States-.

ELVIA ALICIA MEDRANO

Trainer

Elvia Alicia Medrano is an AMI Montessori Teacher from the first generation (1973). In

1974, she founded the Mercedes Benet Montessori School in Mexico City, of which she is

the General Director nowadays. She has been a trainer in a course for students in the city

of Cochabamba (Bolivia), organized by the Inter-American Montessori Council, where she

was regional representative. Finally, she directs the Mercedes Benet Montessori School for

Parents from 42 years ago.

ANNA ALLERHAND

Trainer

Anna Allerhand has had the privilege of spending her childhood and adolescence in the

Montessori School run by Maria Clotilde Pini, a direct collaborator of the Dr. Maria

Montessori. From 1981, she worked together with Flaminia Guidi, a direct student and

intellectual heiress of the Dr. Montessori, while she was gathering a great experience as a

Montessori teacher and school principal. She is currently known as one of the most

Montessori trainer experts.



SUSANNA CASTELLETT

Trainer

Susanna Castellet has devoted her whole life to “House of Children” in the purest

Montessori tradition. She studied under the direction of Maria Teresa Marchetti, direct

student and collaborator of the Dr. Maria Montessori, in one of last courses taken by the

doctor in Rome. Besides, Marchetti has formed a “Montessori Matura”, a rich cosmic

experience of high value. Susanna Castellett, influenced by her, has fully embodied the

Montessori values of confidence in the potential of the child. She has become an

extraordinary and passionate trainer, convinced of the power of education.

ANNAMARIA CECCACCI

Specialist trainer in the area of Philosophy and Mathematics

Annamaria Ceccacci went to Casa dei Bambini (House of Children) in Rome, run by Flaminia

Guidi, at the beginning of the 60s. Since then, she has become one of her intellectual

heiresses and has reached a deep understanding of the stage from 6 to 12 years old.

Working tirelessly with children for over 30 years, she has kept passion alive for "the secret

of childhood" and has become an extraordinary Montessori trainer. She is currently

working as a trainer for the elementary school (from 6 to 11 years old) at the Opera

Nazionale Montessori in Rome. In addition, she is still working in the experimentation on

the development of the mathematics area in Montessori Education for the level of

secondary (11-14).

ROSITA GALLINELLA

Trainer

Rosita Gallinella began in the Montessori world through the Montessori Teachers Training

Center founded by Dr. Maria Montessori in Rome, in 1924. Since then she has been working

in House of Children for more than 30 years. She views the Montessori class as an open

space for the continuous experimental education and for exploring the Montessori

Education with any available material.



GRACIELA HEGUY

Trainer

Graciela Heguy holds a degree in Art Education for Children. She is also a specialist in art

and music of “House of Children”. She has founded the “House of Children” in Bariloche,

for the native Mapuche community. In 2015 opened the first Children’s Community in

Patagonia, Argentina. In addition, she runs an Educational Research and Training Center,

called Innovar. Besides, she has published several books: "Musical education in motion"

and "Great works for small artists".

MICAELA MECOCCI

Specialist trainer in the area of Sensory

Micaela Mecocci started in Montessori Education during her childhood in the school run by

Maria Clotilde Pini, a direct collaborator of Dr. Maria Montessori. After years of teaching

and university research, she returned to Montessori through the AMI training, where she

got the certification off Montessori Teacher 3-6 and 6-12 class. She is currently managing a

"House of Children" in Switzerland while she actively continued her career in educational

research.

MURIEL PALMA LÖMKER

Trainer

Muriel Palma Lömker started in the Montessori Education studying in the AMI Montessori

Training Center of Bergamo under the direction of Mrs. Baiba Krumins Grazzini. While she

was working at the primary stage in Switzerland, she studied the AMI training of “House of

Children” along with Lilian Bryan. Since then, she works to join the Italian and Anglo-Saxon

Montessori traditions in our country.

ELIDE MARIA TAVIANI

Trainer

Elide Taviani has the privilege of having spent her childhood in the Montessori school run

by Maria Clotilde Pini, a direct collaborator of Dr. Maria Montessori. Being for a long time

a Montessori teacher and trainer and a Member of the Executive Committee of the ONM.

She is a renowned expert in Intercultural Education. In addition, she has worked in projects

of cooperation around the world and has expanded the concept of Montessori Education

and Peace.



JUAN JOSÉ MORALES

Trainer

Juan José Morales Ruiz is Doctor in Sciences of the Information by the University of

Barcelona; Professor of Contemporary History at the UNED, Member of the Spanish

Montessori Association and of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). He holds

the Children’s House Assistants Course Certificate of Completion of AMI. He has been

Director of Communication of the Montessori School of Zaragoza. He is co-author of the

book: María Montessori, Madrid, Ed. Fundación Emmanuel Mounier, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-

96611-51-1. Among his publications about Maria Montessori we highlight this article

published in the University of Costa Rica: MORALES Ruiz, Juan José, “María Montessori y la

Educación Cósmica”, en REHMLAC+, ISSN 1659-4223, Vol. 7. 2, December 2015 - April

2016/290-326.

ELISA DALLA VEDOVA

Trainer

Elisa Dalla Vedova studied Montessori pedagogy in the University of Rome with the

CESMON (Centro di Studi Montessoriani) and the Centro Nascita Montessori, since the 50s

this association is specialized in studying to the recently born and their first years of life.

Convinced of her excellent proposals, she has explored and applied Montessori Education

as a Montessori Mom, Nest and as a mother.

DIANA JIMENEZ CELIS

Trainer

Diana Jimenez has a degree in Educational Science and Special Education. Montessori

Trainer of elementary level 6-12 years old, Montessori Guide “House of Children” 3-6 by

AMI and Montessori Guide 6-12 years by AMS.

LILIANA CALVILLO

Trainer

Liliana Calvillo holds a higher diploma in Education. Besides, she is a Montessori Guide of

“House of Children” 3-6 by AMI in Mérida (Mexico) and she has more than 10 years of

experience in a Montessori Prepared Environment.



CRISTINA SANZ FERRERO

Trainer

Cristina Sanz Ferrero has a degree in English Philology, a Postgraduate in PGCE Education,

specialized in Foreign Languages by Exeter University. She has worked in the educational

field with children and young people of distinct nationalities, accumulating 15 years

experience as a teacher in British schools and from 2013 in Montessori schools, specializing

in the stage of 0 to 6. She was trained as a Montessori Teacher at the International

Montessori Institute where she earned the MA degree in Montessori Education 0-6, taken

her practical training course in Montessori schools from France, England and Spain. She is

also a Positive Discipline for Parents and Classroom Certified Trainer by Positive Discipline

Association and a founder member of the Spanish Positive Discipline Association. Owner of

Life Skills Escuela para la vida and lecturer.

DIAMOURE VEGAS PIÑA

Trainer

Diamoure Vegas is a “House of Children” AMI Teacher 3-6 class in Mexico. She holds a

Diploma in Primary Education and a degree in Psychology. Her experience in Montessori

classrooms from more than 20 years enable her to contribute with high value resources to

our centre. Her professional background and her trajectory makes her a brilliant trainer.

ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ

Trainer

Rosaura Rodriguez holds a higher diploma in Education and a certified of AMI Teacher

“House of Children” 3-6 class, with more than 10 years of experience in a Montessori

Center. Her wide background in Montessori Education makes her a magnificent trainer,

perfect qualified to teach her knowledge to our students.

ANTONELLA LICATTA

Trainer

Antonella Licatta is a Coordinator of Social and Educational Services, she has the title 0-3

Montessori Teacher issued by the Nationale Opera Montessori, she is “Guía Montessori di

terra d'Otrento” and a trainer at the Associazione Centro Formazione Lavor Orlus.



GEMMA SALA

Trainer

Gemma Sala i Grau has a degree in Clinical and Organizational Psychology by the University

of Bacelona (UB) and studied at the SVA in New York. She is a Coach certified by ASESCO –

Spanish Association of Coaching and by ICF– International Coach Federation-. Master

Trainer with PNL. She works in national and international environments in education and

business, as expert in neuroscience, emotional intelligence, communication, leadership,

team work, stress management, coaching, PNL and Mindfulness. She has a program in

Neurocoaching -application of the neuroscience to the coaching- and of Neuroeducation -

collaborating with the International Montessori Institute-. She also works in the Neuro

TrainingLab at EADA Business School.

ESTHER VARGAS

Trainer

Esther Vargas is licensed in Science of Education. She is AMI Guide of “House of Children”

in Merida (Yucatán). She has over 20 years of experience in Montessori classrooms, the last

fifteen working in Childish Community 0-3 years. Her long professional career makes her a

magnificent trainer skilled in Montessori Education.

OCTAVIO BELTRÁN SANTIAGO

Musician and trainer

Octavio Beltran is a composer, performer, teacher and musical researcher. He holds a

degree in Composition in the Conservatorio de las Rosas (Mexico) and a diploma in "Tort

system" and "Dalcroze". His extensive experience as a teacher in school environments and

working with adults qualifies him as a trainer. He is currently working in Montessori

Figueres-Palau School and he is pursuing a master's degree in Music Education at the UAB.

He is also a member of numerous bands in a broad spectrum of styles.



ANA MARIA BIANCONI

Trainer

Anna Maria Bianconi is a Montessori Elementary trainer and a great specialist in the area

of mathematics. She holds a degree in Philosophy by La Sapienza (Rome), she is an

elementary teacher and has a diploma in Montessori Elementary Education by Opera

Nazionale Montessori. She has an extensive experience with children of primary school

classrooms and university education.

ROSER BOIX TOMÀS

Trainer

Roser Boix is graduated in 1988 in Philosophy and Education Sciences by the University of

Barcelona (UB), PhD in this same University in 1993. She also studied Law at the UOC. She

is Associate Professor in the Department of Didactics and Dchool Organization at the UB

and was, for eight years, the Vice-Dean of the old Teacher Training Faculty. She currently

has the post of Dean of the new Faculty of Education that emerged from the fusion of the

faculties of Teacher Training and Pedagogy.



GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Our goal is to ensure that students taking our training acquire all the tools necessary for

the successful implementation of the Montessori method in the classroom. For that

purpose, we help the teacher to live the education from a perspective of harmony and

satisfaction in the everyday life.

Our aim:

Learn all the strategies for implementation of the Montessori method.

Get an interdisciplinary overview of all the curricular areas.

Live the educational practice making the child the core of the learning and sharing with

him/her the pleasure for education.

Provide a space for reflection on the scientific evidence-based educational practice.

Know the learning potentialities of the brain and the neuroscientist bases that

validated the Montessori Education.

Manipulate the Montessori materials comprising its objectives in depth.

Develop a Prepared Environment suitable for this stage of age.



SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

To learn the core theoretical of the Montessori education and some practical aspects.

To deeply understand the characteristics and the operation of the Prepared

Environment suitable for the learning.

Learn the implementation strategies of the Montessori Method: how to design a

Montessori classroom or any alternative Prepared Environment.

Get an interdisciplinary overview of all the curricular areas (Practical Life, Sensorial

Material, Language, Mathematics, History, Biology, Geography, Music and Art)

Dominate the curriculum of each one of the subjects and the logical sequencing of all

the activities.

Manipulate fluently the Montessori Materials understanding their objectives in depth

and dominating the presentation techniques.

Stablish a learning classroom environment and helps the child to develop their

executive functions.

Develop the role of the Montessori teacher that puts in relation the child with the

Prepared Environment and help him/her to increase all his/her potentialities.

To understand that the constant external and internal observation is in the base of the

Montessori Education.

Assume the importance of emotional education and master the skills required to

promote it.

Know the learning potentialities of the brain and the neuroscientist bases that

validated the Montessori Education.



At present, there is a big demand of professionals with a solid Montessori training to set

up projects of Montessori Education all over the world. However, many projects cannot be

realized for lack of professionals with this specific training.

Our training can be applied in various professional fields, such as:

Kindergarten Teachers (0 to 3 years)

Infant educators (0 to 6 years)

Paediatrician

Psychologist

Therapist

Homeschooling families

Social workers

All the people interested in Active Pedagogy.

Another educational environments

The Montessori Method can be implemented as a whole completely or gradually

introduced in traditional education environments, thereby enriching the daily educational

practice.

Any environment where there is the presence of children is likely to be improved with this

vision and practice of education.



STRUCTURE MA PHASES

1 ONLINE PHASE 3 ON-SITE PHASE

A

1st face-to- face stage- Montessori Practice

From 26St June to 28th July 2018

Presentations of materials and activities each

curriculum area by the trainers.

1St Theory stage – Online

From 2nd November 2017 to 31st May 2018

Discover and explore the theoretical basis on

which the Montessori practice is based.

A

F

Online follow-up block of face-to-face subjects

From 15th January to 15th February 2019

Online support Montessori albums and

personalized resolution of doubts.

A

2nd face –to-face stage - Montessori Practice II

From 26th June 2019 to 31th July 2019

Presentations of materials and activities of each

curriculum area by the trainers.

A

Online follow-up block of face-to-face subjects

From 15th January to 15th February 2020

Online support Montessori albums and

personalized resolution of doubts.

3rd face-to-face stage - Montessori Practice III

29th June to 31st July 2020

Supervised practice with the material and final

exams.

Observation internship in Montessori schools

( Freely distributed along the course)

The practical training will be carried out in a

Montessori school where Montessori

methodology is applied.

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MONTESSORI PRACTICE (FACE-TO-FACE)

Presentation of all Montessori materials and activities by expert trainers in each

Montessori area.

Gradual development of personal Montessori albums by each student, with help from the

trainer.

5 weeks each summer in intensive morning and afternoon schedule.

The third and final face-to-face stage also includes the final examinations for the diploma.

MONTESSORI THEORY - ONLINE

Montessori theory with added information about general teaching theory and

neuroscience.

A trainer specialising in various areas of study offers each course.

Continuous assessment activities to ensure students fully understand the course content.

OBSERVATION PRACTICES

An opportunity to experience the reality of Montessori classrooms and practice various

observation techniques.



STUDY PROGRAM

PRACTICAL LIFE

Montessori Practice

Dr. Montessori offers Practical Life activities as a bridge between home and the school

environment.

These activities allow a holistic development of mind, body and emotions.

Motor coordination, development of autonomy, adaptation to the environment and

concentration skills that lay the foundation for all later learning.

The future teachers will learn to prepare and present these concepts in detail.

The first thing to understand about Practical Life exercises is that their goal is not practical. The

emphasis should not be placed on the term "practical" but "life". Their goal, like that of all other

activities that are presented to the child in the prepared environment, is to help development.”

Dr. Maria Montessori

SENSORIAL MATERIAL

Dr. Montessori considered the sensorial materials authentic "keys of the universe" as

they exercise what is the mind’s powerhouse at this age: the senses.

The scientific design of sensory materials makes them a genuine development aid.

The students explore them in detail in order to fully utilise their potential.

“There is nothing in the mind that was not first in the senses”

Aristotle

LANGUAGE

Language is the focus of community life and learning.

Oral language plays an essential role in Montessori environments from the beginning

and gradually, literacy is introduced naturally and spontaneously.

In Montessori education, the language is intertwined with all other areas of learning.



MATHEMATICS

Dr. Maria Montessori incorporates Blaise Pascal’s concept of the "mathematical mind"

and transforms it into an educational reality.

Specific materials that accompany the natural process of the mind towards

mathematical abstraction.

All activities and presentations necessary to provide children with a solid mathematical

foundation.

“The human mind is mathematical in nature”

Blaise Pascal

CULTURAL AREAS

Encourage children’s curiosity about the natural and cultural world around them.

Significant experience as the basis of scientific discovery.

Develop a deep respect for the humanity as a whole and for nature.

History, geography, biology, art and music as an interrelated whole.

"We are now concerned not so much with science as with the interests of the human race and

culture, which has only one nation – the world.” –


OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES

Montessori education has been developed from scientific observation of children’s

nature.

Learn the importance of training this skill on which is based the management of a

prepared environment in a Montessori classroom.

“Knowledge and progress came from accurate observation”




Learning Methodology: All areas of Montessori practice are based on the practical

application of deeply personal work, thus ensuring the acquisition and understanding of all

tools necessary to apply Montessori education to life and classrooms.

A learning process accompanied by continuous assessment and the creation of personal

Montessori albums by each student. The Montessori albums are a classic tool of a good

Montessori teacher and accompany him/her throughout his/her entire professional life.

MONTESSORI THEORY

FOUNDATIONS OF MONTESSORI PEDAGOGY

History and life of Dr. Maria Montessori: The fascinating story of Dr. Montessori and

her educational method that quickly tool hold across the world.

Montessori philosophy: a broad theoretical foundation rooted in the scientific

observation of human nature.

TEACHING EDUCATION

Didactic models: the practical implications of the different models.

Processes and experiences in educational innovation: how to enrich children's

classrooms through a process of constant innovation.

Observation methodology: a skill that allows you to manage a classroom effectively

and ensure the children’s welfare.

Design prepared environments: educational spaces and their implications for learning.

Classroom management: how to support the develop of healthy children by the

management of the classroom.

Emotional education at school: healthy learning is only possible in a both physically

and psychologically appropriate environment.

EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE

Montessori as a scientific method: scientific research in recent decades validates the

characteristic elements of Montessori education.

Neuroscience applied to education: this new branch of science explores neural learning

keys and the path to effective and healthy learning.

ENROLLMENT PROCESS



Registrations: Places are limited and will be attended by strict registration order. To

register, contact us by phone 972 54 89 24, or send an email to [email protected]

requesting the registration form. [email protected].

Priority will be given to individuals who are connected to education. The admissions body

will respond within a maximum period of 15 days and will either request supplementary

information or begin the enrolment process.

If the application is accepted by the admissions body the student will receive the

documentation necessary for completing enrolment and payment instructions.

Tuition fees: In order to enroll on the course, students are required to pay the tuition fees

of €1900.

COOLING-OFF PERIOD After the enrolment, the student has a 14 day cooling-off period,

during which the course can be changed, cancelled or returned free of charge.

PRICE AND PAYMENT OPTIONS

OPTION A: ONE-TIME PAYMENT

It has a 5% discount

Total €7267,50 + €150 (exam fee)

OPTION B: DEFERRED PAYMENT

Training cost €7.650 + €150 (exam fee)

Payment in interest-free installments

€1,900 tuition fees + 20 x €287.50 / month

First installment november 5, 2017, last installment june 2019

Tuition: Request more information for tuition fractionated payment:

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CERTIFICATION

DOUBLE DEGREE

Completing the 4 stages in the Master’s course with a total of 60 credits achieves a:

Master’s degree in Montessori Education specialising in Preschool Education (0-6 years),

specific to the University of Barcelona (UB).

Montessori Teacher Certification 0-3 and 3-6 years issued by international Montessori

Institute IMI.

The acquisition of the degree requires applicants to have a full university education.

Otherwise, you will receive a University Extension Certificate.



“Education, from the beginning of life could truly change the present and the

future of society”

Maria Montessori

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