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Dear wongvick,
I took the NAMC training before I took the proper Internationational certification course in the US. YMCA (TST) is their local agent for NAMC. For the same course, somehow the price is slighty cheaper at the YMCA than the NAMC website, so I took it at the YMCA. But later on, I found out that the on-line course include some blacklines and DVD while YMCA doesn't. Please do the comparison yourself if you decided to go ahead with the program.
The course itself was nothing more than a self-study course. It opened up the door for me to peek into the Motnessori world. However, as I have mentioned in my other posts, it's a whole new world behind the door. I felt like I was a self-study medical doctor with no practicum expereince and being ask to operate on patients.
Whether you should take this course really depends on the your purpose of study.
1) Are you taking the course as a parent? Or are you planning to be a teacher?
If you plan to be a teacher, then I would not recommend this course for you. All head teachers in AMS and AMI school are expereinced teachers with international license. You might be able to be an assistant or helper in a classroom, but you will never be a head teacher without the international license and the rigorous training.
2) Do you like to learn by reading and written exams, or do you prefer to learn through peer groups?
If you like to learn by reading and writing, then you could consider this course. The manual does show step by step procedures with color photos. You could rely on the manual and try them on your children at home. Please understand that this is afterall not the proper training. Everything in a Montessori classroom is very specifically prepared, and the requirements for teachers are very strict. Every little thing matters. How we roll a mat, which side do we sit next to the children, which hand or which fingers we use to hold the material... We need to practise and practise until it is flawless. It is impossible to reach that level with the NAMC course.
(3) Alternative:
Another alternative other than the NAMC course is the teacher training course at Infinity Children's World (IC). They offer regular parents' seminar and they also offered teacher's training. The trainer there is aqualified AMS teacher. The parent seminar is 8 hour. The teacher training course, I believe is 40 hours. You will not get an international certificate, but you will get a certificate issued under "The Chinese Montessori Society", which makes a number of the local schools in China accepts the certificate. Since many school in HK now adds a Montessori classroom, some the teacher graduated from the IC teacher training are now working at the Montessori classroom in local kindergartens. Another advantage of IC is that you get learn in a Montessori classroom with a expereinced teacher and be in class with a group of parents or teachers. You will have peer group and support group. they do have free one hour seminar as well. For further information, please contact www.infinitychildren.org directly.
I am only offering what I know to the best of my knowledge, hope this answers your question.
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