Help! Should I quit my Montessori teaching job?

Cathy

I graduated high school spring of 2013 and immediately began studying for my Montessori certification. My mom was a Montessori teacher so I've always wanted to. I worked as a teaching assistant for four months at a Montessori school before I moved and the commute became too long. I floundered for a couple weeks and then was so fortunate to find a position as a toddler assistant at another school (that's my favorite age and the age I am studying to work with). I've worked there for about five days now.

The staff are very sweet and I feel like I'm joining a team or a family, which is nice, and I love the kids. But there are a lot of problems. The teachers all got their Montessori certification through a distance learning program that's not affiliated with the AMI or AMS. There are 24 toddlers, and the classroom has lots of bright colors, cutesy plastic toys, and florescent lights which is counter to traditional Montessori – my last classrooms were calm, peaceful environments with wood and wicker, pets and plants, and natural light. The children aren't encouraged to help put on their own shoes or coats, pass out snack, or pour their own milk (even the older two-year-olds). The work mats are crazy rainbow designs, the tables are primary tables (far too big), the water table isn't monitored so they are constantly dumping water and drinking out of each other's cups. The children have not been properly introduced to the classroom structure and materials and so chaos reigns supreme, it is exhausting. The lead teacher seems to just be coming in every day for the paycheck. Despite what the handbook mandates, the kids do not wash their hands ONCE throughout the entire day – not at diaper time nor meal time, presumably because the teacher is just interested in getting everything over as soon as possible. Don't get me started on the lunches! They eat cheap cafeteria food (pizza and tater tots, etc) in a cafeteria, instead of healthy home-brought lunches in small toddler tables like I'm used to.

My mom, who stays home with my 15-month brother creating a small Montessori environment with him, has just been asked to nanny another baby in our home. She has said that if I would stay home with her, she would open a very small in-home Montessori school and I could take on a few little ones. We could do everything in true Montessori ways and I could learn from her, she has a Master's in Montessori and lots of experience, instead of from some dull teacher who treats it like a daycare.

The problem is that the staff at this school really wants me, and really hope I can contribute with my experience. But I fear there is just too many problems, a basic difference in vision for a school. I am also very worried about how bad it would look to have quit two separate toddler teaching jobs in a matter of months.

The next step for me, after I finish my Montessori training, is to move to a large city where my boyfriend and some of my family is, and be a Montessori nanny. So it seems like staying home with a small in-home Montessori nannying service would serve my interests best in the long-term anyway.

What do you think?

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I think you come across as inflexible and righteous. If you don't learn to be more accepting, you may find you are going to have a hard time in life.

You don't mention where you live. I live in a upper middle class area where home prices easily top $1M. I don't have children. Some friend's children have attended Montessori pre-schools, but none have used it for elementary schools. If there was a community that would embrace the Montessori philosophy, I would think it would be mine (or like mine). But I have never known anyone who had a Montessori nanny or even heard of one. Are you sure there are even enough of these types of jobs that you can get one?

Which of these is written better?

Mezincha

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and review 2-

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