Paraprofessional Training

 
 

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Earn Professional Development Hours

GMEI has applied to earn 17.5 hours of approved Continuing Professional Development hours

from the American Montessori Society.

Explore the Montessori Approach to Education

  • Journey through a timeline of Maria Montessori’s life and work

  • Gain an understanding of the basic tenets of the Montessori Method

  • Compare Montessori pedagogy to better support the child at different stages of development

Understand the Role of a Successful Montessori Paraprofessional

  • Examine the real work of a Montessori Classroom Assistant and why it is important

  • Explore top classroom management stratgegies and techniques

  • Discover why environment care and preparation are essential to a smooth running classroom and how you can make a significant impact

  • Find successful strategies for organization

  • Investigate the role of the assistant in environments outside of the classroom such as recess, transitions, group gatherings and lunch

  • Understand the paraprofessional’ role when communicating with the lead teacher, co-workers and parents

  • Learn to present community building skills