Montessori Tuition And Session Dates

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The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (CGMS) offers both teacher certification and professional development programs. This page provides information on our Early Childhood (Primary) and Elementary teacher certification programs. For information on our continuing education courses for parents, teachers and administrators, please see our Professional Development section.

Our teacher certification programs are offered in either of two forms: as a Full Certicate, or as an Associate Certificate program. What's the difference? Both of these contain an online component, but the Full Certificate program also requires a small residency, or two small residencies for Elementary students.

Elementary students please note: only students incapable of attending the residencies are eligible to enroll in the Elementary Associate Certificate program. For more information on the difference between the two programs, please read this page. To apply, please go here for our combined application for Primary and Elementary, Full and Associate certificate.

Cohort Start Dates

The next Primary cohort will start on: June 4, 2012
Other dates in 2012 will be July 2 and October 29.

The next Elementary cohort will start on: June 11, 2012
Other dates in 2012 will be July 2 and November 12.

The next Professional Development classes will start on: March 19, 2012

Residency Dates

This program combines the online program with a 2 and a half week summer session. Dates and locations for the 2012 residencies are:

Early Childhood
Sarasota, FL July 9-25, 2012
Kingston, NY July 18-August 3, 2012

Elementary
Indianapolis, IN June 18-July 3, 2012
Sarasota, FL July 9-25, 2012

All sessions include Saturdays.

Tuition

CGMS Associate Certificate tuition is comparable to a traditional training program. Note that the Full Certificate residential programs are not guaranteed to be held at the same location from year to year, although we do try. Full Certificate tuition does not include travel, room and board. We do provide students with information packages that help them travel to and stay at the residencies. This year in Indianapolis we have found accommodations available in dorms at Butler University for as little as $30/night for rooms for two people.

CGMS unfortunately can not offer full scholarships, but we do offer variable pricing based on country of origin, ability to pay and the number of payments tuition is broken into. Please contact us to discuss which custom payment arrangements work best for you.

Early Childhood (3-6)

Program	Tuition	Fees
Associate Certificate online only, no residency	$4500	$100 application fee $350 Professional fee
Full Certificate Includes residency tuition	$5900	$100 application fee $350 Professional fee

Elementary(6-12)

Program	Tuition	Fees
Associate Certificate online only, no residency, not regularly available to US residents.	$5700	$100 application fee $350 Professional fee $310 Early Childhood Overview (if applicant does not have early childhood certificate)
Full Certificate Includes residency tuition	$7200	$100 application fee $350 Professional fee $310 Early Childhood Overview (if applicant does not have early childhood certificate)

Self Directed Internships

Normally students perform their internship as a classroom assistent under a lead or mentoring teacher. If a student will be responsible for being the lead teacher in a classroom while still engaging in teacher training, then she or his is considered a self-directed intern. In this situation the student will receive extra support both from a distance and in person, and may be required to perform an extended internship. The fees for this service will vary depending on the location and circumstance of the internship, but are usually around $600. Please don't hesitate to contact us to discuss any questions you have about your own situation.

Residency

If you enroll in the Full Certificate then the residency cost is already built into your tuition. Otherwise, the figures below are the additional cost for attending a residency when you originally enrolled in the Associate Certificate.

Early Childhood - $1500
Elementary - $2000