{"id":1301,"date":"2012-08-15T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2012-08-24T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T19:49:10","slug":"our-diploma-program-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"Our Diploma Program-Instruction!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Ministry (Wa Yesu Ministries)\u00a0is self-sustainable because of our three income generating activities. Our NGO is our income generating enterprise (Zikomo Yesu Enterprises).\u00a0In order to\u00a0continue to provide services to the children in our school and in the community, we have three\u00a0income generating activities\u00a0that allow us to generate Malawi Kwacha for Malawian\u00a0Kids.\u00a0We offer a diploma in Montessori Early Childhood Education together with our American accredited college, Montessori Training Center in California,\u00a0 montessoritrainingcenter.net\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Students must take course instruction and practice their skills within a Montessori classroom. Here are some amazing pictures of the teachers in the afternoon course instruction(340 hours- 9 courses)\u00a0 They are an encouragement to me!!! They are an inspiration to me!!!!!\u00a0 To all the past and present diploma students I send you a big kiss and hug! See you soon! Love, maribeth<\/p>\n

\"Studying

Studying the history of the countries of the world! <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Hands

Hands on learning is a vital part of Montessori education... Geography -Lake and Island! These diploma students are getting prepared to teach well! Jane, Hilda and Priya, what a beautiful world you are creating! <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Maria'h

Maria'h we love you! Studying history (time) and geography with student created materials. And we learn how to sing our lessons too! "The earth goes around the sun, the sun, the earth goes around the sun. It takes 12 months, 32 weeks, 365 days. Woo!"<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Shabana,

Shabana, we love you! Waving our precious flag of Malawi!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Practice

Practice makes perfect! Botany! Botany! Teachers practice the Montessori materials and lessons in partners and small groups. They demonstrate the lessons to each other. They have great love and joy in their learning. Evone Azraa, we love you! <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Sabah

Sabah and Azraa 2 (smile) working on the timeline of Dr. Maria Montessori in our Foundations course. Our students take their learning seriously!<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"In<\/dt>\n
In our Classroom Leadership & Environmental Design course we learn the roles and responsibilities of being leaders at our school sites. <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Art

Art Lesson Demonstration! Rubina and Nazrana we love you!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Making

Making Montessori math materials! Bhavya, we love you!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Yumna

Yumna and Azraa 2 practicing Montessori math! Ladies you are lovely!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Hanging

Hanging Teen Board and lots of fun and love! <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Priya

Priya and Rubina practicing Sensorial Lessons. <\/p><\/div>\n

\"Evone

Evone Azraa leading her fellow students through a Montessori math lesson. Practice, practice, practice!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Azraa

Azraa 2 (smile) demonstrating the tens board. Right on!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Marcela

Marcela demonstrating the Stamp Game introduction to fellow students. Great job!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Evone

Evone Azraa leading a small practice group in Stamp Game Addition. Well done!<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Big

Big smiles when assignments are being completed! The diploma course is inspiring, but students work very hard to complete their many assignments, projects, and written and demonstration exams. Our students truly enjoy partner work and small group work. Lots of learning takes place! And at the end of the program, they are ready to teach! I am proud of you all! <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Nazrana

Nazrana during her Montessori Math final exam. Every course has a practice component, and a written or demonstration exam or both. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Small<\/dt>\n
Small group work is fun and a great learning method! And it is a great way to make new friends too!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Priya<\/dt>\n
Priya and Evone Azraa demonstrating Morning Circle and History! Yahoo!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"More<\/dt>\n
More math practice! Priya, make them work hard! <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Jane

Jane Kabambe! Our cultural leader! We love you! <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Do

Do not underestimate our staff members, Tisungane Howa or Jane Kabambe. Jane, our school's head teacher, has taken over the Internship Program and plays a significant leadership role in our Montessori & Leadership Training Week. Tisu, who is our Director of the School and Teacher Training Center, is now a Montessori consultant. They both graduated with a diploma in Montessori Early Childhood Education this April. Ladies! Sending you prayers and hugs! <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We are so grateful for our diploma students, who will become the next Montessori teachers in our beautiful country of Malawi. Many children will be impacted by their love of teaching and love of children.<\/div>\n
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A very special thank you to Eileen Perkins, Montessori professor from Montessori Training Center, Shingle Springs, California, for coming to Malawi and teaching Practical Life to our diploma students. We love you Eileen! <\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eileen,

Eileen, your joy, encouragement and excellent instruction, was a blessing to us all!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Thank

Thank you Eileen for sharing the rigor and love of Montessori education with us in Malawi. Here is Eileen observing and evaluating our diploma candidates. I am committed to bringing the best of this education to Malawi for the children and the future teachers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"A<\/dt>\n
A very special thank you to Paul Nyirenda, who has helped me tremendously with all the diploma program duplications. I could not do it without your help! Paul you are so patient, loyal and hardworking! I appreciate you soooooo much! p,mb <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Thank you all! \u00a0love, maribeth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Ministry (Wa Yesu Ministries)\u00a0is self-sustainable because of our three income generating activities. Our NGO is our income generating enterprise (Zikomo Yesu Enterprises).\u00a0In order to\u00a0continue to provide services to the children in our school and in the community, we have three\u00a0income generating activities\u00a0that allow us to generate Malawi Kwacha for Malawian\u00a0Kids.\u00a0We offer a diploma in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malawimontessoriproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}