How can the teachers manage to look after so many children who are doing so many different things?
Each of our classrooms has two teachers or a teacher and an assistant. The way the Montessori Classroom successfully operates is by clearly defining the roles of each of the adults in the classroom. The Head Teacher is usually the “lesson giver”. The lesson giver’s role is to provide one-one-one or small group lessons to the children. These lessons are provided according to ability levels not according to age groupings. In order for the lesson giver to be able to give 100% of her attention to the lessons she is giving, the other adult in the room must be performing her role as the “tone keeper”. The tone keeper’s role in the classroom is to make sure that each child is actively engaged in appropriate work. If a child is not actively engaged in appropriate work, it is then the role of the tone keeper to redirect that child into work that is appropriate for their ability level and that interests the child. The lesson giver and the tone keeper are in constant communication with one anothe
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