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Sponsorship Process
CoMP offers a tuition sponsorship for a qualified teacher candidate who is under contract with Spokane Public Schools (SPS) and wants to attain Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) elementary certification.
This sponsorship is offered to pay tuition costs in connection with an award recipient attending training courses at an AMI-certified elementary training center. Training may be completed over three consecutive summers, or during a single academic year.
CoMP may award a sponsorship to any single recipient in an amount up to, but not exceeding, eleven thousand dollars, solely for the purpose of defraying tuition costs. Funds will be disbursed by CoMP to the training center. CoMP will under no circumstances provide funds directly to the recipient.
Please note that this sponsorship is not awarded every year. The decision as to whether or not to provide the sponsorship will be made solely by CoMP, based upon availability of funds and the anticipated need for additional teachers in the Spokane Public Schools Montessori program, among other factors.
Sponsorship Application Procedures:
To be considered for the sponsorship please download, fill out and print your completed sponsorship application and send it with a resume and cover letter to:
Community of Montessori Parents
Sponsorship Committee
PO Box 1181
Spokane, WA 99210-1181
Your cover letter should be no longer than 1-½ pages in length, and should state your intentions regarding pursuing “Academic Year Training” or “Summer Training” as described above. Please also include the current status of your application and/or admission to an AMI training program, the date you anticipate beginning your AMI training program, the date you anticipate receiving your AMI elementary certification, the award amount for a tuition sponsorship that you are seeking from CoMP and why. You must also indicate the status of your teaching contract with Spokane Public Schools, any conditions or parameters in your teaching contract with Spokane Public Schools that relate to Montessori training or Montessori teacher positions, and how you intend to pay for expenses other than tuition costs which you expect to incur in order to obtain AMI elementary certification. Materials must be postmarked no later than May 15.