Best regards!

Thank you Yasmeen warsi (Child’s View Montessori School in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada.

Making sure the teachers are Montessori-trained and the school is accredited by AMI or AMS is a good idea too.

In response to the recent article by Emily Bazelon, I would like to address one the valid points she raises in the article. Emily states, “The biggest problem for American Montessori Education at the moment may be about identification. Any school can all itself a Montessori school, which doesn’t bode well for quality control. The real test of a school’s worth is probably teacher training.”
One organization which is addressing this issue is the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) http://www.macte.org. Through the development of strict guidelines and competencies for Montessori Teacher Training programs, MACTE has developed a way to authenticate training centres that train teachers in the Montessori Method of Education. There are many umbrella organizations that offer teacher training such as AMI, AMS, Private Colleges and Universities, to name a few. All these organizations can now apply for and offer MACTE accredited courses. In Canada, many school administrators and owners will only hire teachers that have a MACTE accredited teaching diploma.
On-going training and development are also essential tools to keep Montessori teachers and schools enriched on new theories and methodologies in addition to their Montessori training. Mentoring programs for first year teachers, networking groups for teachers and continuous support training for administrators are essential elements of any thriving and successful Montessori program.

Keeping the movement alive,
Charlene Abrahams
Inspiring, Enriching and Supporting
Expanded Learning Concepts
http://www.expandedlearningconcepts.com