December 2018 Accreditation Decisions

Accreditation Decisions

Initials

Montessori Teacher Preparation Kansas City (MEPI)
(Kansas City, Missouri) Director: Andrea Scott
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until December 3, 2025, for its Early Childhood level

Waterpark Montessori International (IND)
(Oslo, Norway) Director: Clare Healy Walls
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until December 3, 2025, for its Infant and Toddler, Early Childhood, Elementary I and Elementary II levels

Full Accreditation Initial with Stipulations* was granted for a term of seven years, until December 3, 2025, for its Secondary I-II level provided the stipulations are resolved by December 3, 2020
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Renewals

Dr. Jun Institute of Montessori Education (AMS)
(Seoul, Korea, Republic of) Director: Dr. Young Soon Jun
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until March 2, 2024, for its Early Childhood level

Korean Montessori College (AMS)
(Seoul, Korea, Republic of) Director: Sunghi Kong
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until April 23, 2024, for its Early Childhood level

Substantive Change 7: Change in Location

Montessori Northwest (AMI)
(Portland, Oregon) Director: Sarah Werner Andrews
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2024) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from 50 Fell Street, San Francisco, California 94102 to 215 Dempsey Road, Milpitas, California 95035

Substantive Change 8: Additional Location

Waterpark Montessori International (IND)
(Oslo, Norway) Director: Clare Healy Walls
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (IA, December 3, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Stockholm, Sweden Location, 29 Larsbergsvägen, Lidingö, Stockholms län 181 38, Sweden

Administrative Decisions

Substantive Changes not Requiring an Onsite Visit

Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NC (AMS)
(Huntersville, North Carolina) Director: India Adams
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, November 28, 2019), Early Childhood (FA, November 28, 2019), Elementary I (FA, November 28, 2019)and Elementary I-II (FA, November 28, 2019) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Sharon Greene-Goering to India Adams

Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Director: Katie Keller Wood
Full Accreditation was extended for their Secondary I-II (FA, December 4, 2020) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Marta Donahoe to Katie Keller Wood

Full Accreditation was extended for their Secondary I-II (FA, December 4, 2020) level to include a Substantive Change 4: Change in Time Structure

Cottage Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Fresno, California) Director: Bridget McGuire
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, December 4, 2021) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Michelle Baker to Bridget McGuire

Montessori of Alameda Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Portland, Oregon) Directors: Meghan Gwin
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, November 10, 2023) and Early Childhood (FA, November 10, 2023) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Padmini Alphonse & Tammy Kennedy to Meghan Gwin

Montessori Teachers College (IND)
(Toronto, Ontario) Directors: Catherine Lannaman & Helen Traicus
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, March 22, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Paula Glasgow to Catherine Lannaman

Montessori Training Center of Brentwood (AMS)
(Brentwood, Tennessee) Director: Tanelle Murphy
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, November 30, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Rhonda McKay to Tanelle Murphy

Voluntary Withdrawals of Accreditation

Kennesaw State University MTEP (PAMS)
(Kennesaw, Georgia) Director: Dr. Feland Meadows
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level at 1000 Chastain Rd., Box 0125, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591 effective November 10, 2018

Removal of Stipulations Denied / Revocation of Accreditation

Teacher Education Program of Beijing (MIA)
(Beijing, China) Director: Wenru Sun
Removal of Stipulations* was not approved for their Early Childhood level and their accreditation was revoked on November 22, 2018
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Teacher Education Program of Shanghai (MIA)
(Shanghai, China) Director: Wenru Sun
Removal of Stipulations* was not approved for their Early Childhood level and their accreditation was revoked on November 22, 2018
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org