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July 2017 Accreditation Decisions

Accreditation Decisions


Initials

Libertas Urban Montessori Institute and Residency (IND)
(Memphis, Tennessee) Director: Elizabeth Slade
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2024, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori Institute of North Texas (AMI)
(Dallas, Texas) Director: Mary Caroline Parker
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2024, for its Infant and Toddler level

Montessori Institute of San Diego (AMI)
(San Diego, California) Director: Silvia Dubovoy
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2024, for its Infant and Toddler level

Trinity Montessori Education Center (IND)
(Shanghai PRC, China) Director: Aileen O’Brien
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2024, for its Infant and Toddler level

Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University Maryland (AMI)
(Columbia, Maryland) Director: Jack Rice (Proposed) & Janet McDonell (Former)
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2024, for its Early Childhood and Elementary I-II levels

Renewals

Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute (MEPI)
(Toronto, Ontario) Director: Dr. Daniel Jutras
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until August 1, 2024, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori of Alameda Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Portland, Oregon) Director: Rose Witteveen (Interim Director)
Full Accreditation with Stipulations* was granted for a term of seven years, until November 10, 2023, for its Infant and Toddler and Early Childhood levels provided the stipulations are resolved by February 21, 2018
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Saint Marys College of CA Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Moraga, California) Director: Luz Casquejo Johnston (Proposed)
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 10, 2023, for its Early Childhood and Elementary I-II levels

Seacoast Center for Education (AMS)
(Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) Director: Gary Davidson
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 6, 2020, for its Elementary I-II level

Substantive Change 7: Change in Location

Age of Montessori (IND)
(Bozeman, Montana) Director: Mary Ellen Maunz
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I-II (IA, September 19, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Permanent Site from Middle Creek Montessori, 301 Evergreen Drive, Suite 100, Bozeman, Montana 59715 to Yellowstone Montessori School, 1705 W Kagy Blvd, Bozeman, Montana 59715

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) and Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from Main Street Montessori School, 630 South Main Street, Milpitas, California 95035 to LePort Fountain, 9790 Finch Avenue, Fountain Valley, California 92708

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) and Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from 46205 Geist Montessori School, 6633 W. 900 North, McCordsville, Indiana 46055 to Community Montessori, 4102 Saint Joe Road, New Albany, Indiana 47150

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) and Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from Montessori International School, 3001 Academy Road, #300, Durham, North Carolina 27707 to Heartwood Montessori School, 112 Byrum Street, Cary, North Carolina 27511

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) and Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from Carroll Creek Public Carter Montessori School, 7215 Corporate Drive, Frederick, Maryland 21703 to LePort Chantilly Montessori School, 4550 Walney Road, Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Substantive Change 8: Additional Location

Institute for Guided Studies (MEPI)
(Camden, South Carolina) Director: Mary Helen Cline
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 23, 2020) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Sandy Ford, 2943 Sandy Ford Road, Newton, North Carolina 28658

Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, May 4, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Montessori Community School, 2416 East 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

Oklahoma City University Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Director: Charlotte Wood-Wilson
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2020) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, 365 Ming-Te Rd., Pei-Tou District, Taipei City, Taiwan, Province of China

Polish Montessori Institute (IND)
(Warsaw, Poland) Director: Joanna Maghen
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, June 23, 2021) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Dwujezyczne Przedszkole Montessori Elipsa, ul. Piwna 1, Poznan, 61-065, Poland

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) and Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Undercroft School, 3745 South Hudson Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Lamplighters Yeshivah, 1337 President Street, New York, New York 11213

Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (IA, September 19, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at LePort Chantilly Montessori School, 4550 Walney Road, Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Administrative Decisions


Substantive Changes not Requiring an Onsite Visit

Centre for Advanced Montessori Studies of Vancouver (AMS)
(Vancouver, British Columbia) Director: Deborah Adams
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, November 28, 2019) and Elementary I-II (FA, November 28, 2019) levels to include a Substantive Change 1: Change in Legal Name from Vancouver Board of Education Montessori
Credential Program to Centre for Advanced Montessori Studies of Vancouver

Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, November 28, 2019) and Elementary I-II (FA, November 28, 2019) levels to include a Substantive Change 6: Change in Ownership/Control

Montessori Educational Institute of North America (AMS)
(Jackson, Mississippi ) Director: Joyce Moxley
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2019) and Elementary I (FA, June 6, 2018) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Teri Canaday to Joyce Moxley

Voluntary Withdrawal of Accreditation

Buffalo Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Clarence, New York) Director: Eileen Buermann
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at 1431 West Perimeter Road, Steamburg, New York 14783 effective June 1, 2017

Northeast Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Wenham, Massachusetts) Director: Martha Monahan
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Montessori Family School, #BT 5 Group 46 Street # 2 Tran Thai Tong, Dich Vong Cau Glay, Hanoi, Vietnam effective May 1, 2017