July 2019 Accreditation Decisions

Baishan Montessori Teacher Education Institute (AMS)
(Qingdao, China) Director: Rosemary Gosse
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Infant and Toddler level

Beijing Heart & Mind Montessori Teacher Education Center (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Director: Jesmine Lok
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Infant and Toddler level

Christian Montessori Training Center International (IND)
(Bloomington, Minnesota) Director: Myra Arnold
Full Accreditation Initial with Stipulations* was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Early Childhood and Elementary I-II levels provided the stipulations are resolved by February 2, 2020
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Heart and Hand Teacher Education Program (IND)
(Portland, Oregon) Director: Maria (Maya) Rutkowksi Bowen
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Infant and Toddler level

Lander University Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Greenwood, South Carolina) Director: Barbara Ervin
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Elementary II level

Montessori Development Center of DFW (AMS)
(Irving, Texas) Director: Shanon Flowers
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Infant and Toddler and Early Childhood levels

Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative (AMS)
(Lexington, Massachusetts) Directors: D’Neil Duffy, Michael Duffy, Robyn Breiman & William Maier
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Elementary II level

Montessori Live (IND)
(Venice, Florida) Director: Kym Elder
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Elementary II level

Montessori Training of Southern Nevada (AMS)
(Las Vegas, Nevada) Director: Lori Bossy
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Infant and Toddler, Elementary I and Elementary I-II levels

The Children’s House Montessori Education Center (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Directors: Debbie Gillespie & Karolina Bargielowska-Gillert
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until July 29, 2026, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori Casa International (IND)
(Denver, Colorado) Director: Dr. Punum Bhatia
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until June 19, 2026, for its Early Childhood level

Newborough Teacher Training Institute (IND)
(Richmond Hill, Ontario) Directors: Angela Abbatangelo & Sybil Taylor
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until August 1, 2025, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori Live (IND)
(Venice, Florida) Director: Kym Elder
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until July 21, 2025, for its Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

The status of Full Accreditation Renewal was extended for a term of seven years to Montessori Live for its Elementary I and Elementary I-II (FA, July 21, 2025) level’s additional location at Island Village Montessori School, 11011 Clark Road, Sarasota, Florida 34241

Montessori Teacher Preparation Kansas City (MEPI)
(Kansas City, Missouri) Director: Andrea Scott
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, December 3, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Permanent Site from 5901 NW Waukomis Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64151 to 303 Main Street, Parkville, Missouri 64152

North Texas Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Frisco, Texas) Director: Anita Hanks
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, April 27, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Permanent Site from 6600 Lebanon Road, Frisco, Texas 75034 to 3443 Lebanon Rd., Frisco, Texas 75034

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 Heartwood Montessori School, 112 Byrum Street, Cary, North Carolina 27511 to Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School, 202 Treybrooke Drive, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560

Age of Montessori (IND)
(Bozeman, Montana) Director: Mary Ellen Maunz
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (IA, September 19, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Libertas School of Memphis, 3777 Edenburg Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38127

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 8: Additional Location at Pacific Crest School, 600 Northwest Bright Street, Seattle, Washington 98107

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Montessori Education Center, 209 North Bolton Avenue, Alexandria, Louisiana 71303

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022), Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025), Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025)and Elementary II (IA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Rousseau McClellan – IPS 91, 5111 Evanston Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46205

Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025), Elementary II (IA, September 28, 2025) and Secondary I-II (IA, July 23, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School, 202 Treybrooke Drive, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560

Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025), Elementary I-II (FA, September 28, 2025) and Elementary II (IA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location (Contract Site) at Roscoe Elementary School, 800 Elm Street, Roscoe, Texas 79545 until August 1, 2021.

Virginia Montessori Teacher Education Center (AMS)
(Chesapeake, Virginia) Director: Shanna Honan
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, June 23, 2021) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at St. John The Baptist Catholic Montessori School, 638 Mill St, Excelsior, Minnesota 55331

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 Montessori Connect, The Children’s Workshop, 128 Belvedere Road, Claremont, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa

Montessori Heartland Teacher Education Center (AMS)
(Moline, Illinois) Director: Renee Detloff
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2020) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location (Contract Site) at Cedar Valley Montessori School, 110th Ave Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 until June 1, 2019.

Baishan Montessori Teacher Education Institute (AMS)
(Qingdao, China) Director: Rosemary Gosse
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, November 29, 2024) to include a Substantive Change 2: Change in Mission Statement

Duhovka Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Prague, Czech Republic) Director: Judith Luman
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2020), Elementary I (FA, December 4, 2020) and Elementary I-II (FA, December 4, 2020) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Dorothy Paul to Judith Luman

Hope Montessori Educational Institute (AMS)
(Lake Saint Louis, Missouri) Director: Susie Shelton-Dodge
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 23, 2020) and Early Childhood (FA, September 24, 2019) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Susie Shelton-Dodge to Cate Epperson

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

Montessori Teacher Education Institute of Atlanta (AMS)
(Atlanta, Georgia) Director: Ashley Darcy
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (IA, December 2, 2022) and Early Childhood (IA, December 2, 2022) levels to include a Substantive Change 4: Change in Time Structure

Montessori Teacher Training of Philadelphia (AMS)
(Ardmore, Pennsylvania) Director: Susanne Wallace
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level at 125 East County Line Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003 effective July 29, 2019

Age of Montessori (IND)
(Bozeman, Montana) Director: Mary Ellen Maunz
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood and Elementary I levels’ additional location at Abintra Montessori School, 914 Davidson Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37205 effective June 30, 2019

Houston Montessori Center (AMS)
(Houston, Texas) Director: Dr. Elisabeth (Betsy) Coe
Withdrawal of their Secondary I-II level’s additional location at Silver Oaks Montessori High School, 951 Palisade Street, Hayward, California 94542 effective April 15, 2019

Institute for Guided Studies (MEPI)
(Camden, South Carolina) Director: Mary Helen Cline
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 effective July 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Maria Montessori Academy, 2505 North 200 East, North Ogden, Utah 84414 effective July 1, 2019

Montessori Education Center of the Rockies (AMS)
(Boulder, Colorado) Director: Merrie King Ed.D
Withdrawal of their Elementary I level’s additional location at 501 Oakland Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76103 effective May 22, 2019

Montessori Teachers College (IND)
(Toronto, Ontario) Directors: Catherine (Katie) Lannaman & Helen Traicus
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at 2452 Battlefield Ave., SW B4 #3, Calgary, Alberta, Canada effective June 6, 2019

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at CGMS Residential at The First Montessori School for Syrian Refugee, The Islamic Charity Center Society, Al-Karamah Center, North Markah, Khalid bin Alwaleed Street, Khalid bin Alwaleed Village, Amman, Jordan effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at CGMS Residential at Syrian Montessori School in Istanbul, Ishraakat Organisation, Akşemsettin Mah. Ak deniz Cad. Bina no: 4 , Fatih – Istanbul, Turkey effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Beijing Oriental Institute of Montessori Research, Building 12, # 4 Yicheng Jingyuan, 11 district Beijing Economic and Technology Development zone, Beijing, China effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Infant and Toddler level’s additional location at Renaissance Montessori School, 610 Nottingham Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Secondary I-II level’s additional location at Washington Montessori Public Charter School, 2330 Old Bath Highway, Washington, North Carolina 27889 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Montessori Education Center, 4209 N Bolton Ave, Alexandria, Louisiana 71303 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at The Renaissance Montessori School, 3668 Dimond Avenue, Oakland, California 94602 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Elementary I and Elementary I-II and levels’ additional location at The Renaissance Montessori School, 5210 Park Boulevard, Oakland, California 94611 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Lamplighters Yeshivah, 1337 President Street, New York, New York 11213 effective June 1, 2019

Withdrawal of their Infant and Toddler, Early Childhood and Elementary I-II levels’ additional location at LePort Chantilly Montessori School, 4550 Walney Road, Chantilly, Virginia 20151 effective June 1, 2019

Village Montessori Training Center (AMS)
(Miami, Florida) Director: Joan Rodriguez
Voluntary Lapse of Accreditation of their Infant and Toddler level’s accreditation, effective April 23, 2019