MACTE Guidelines Regarding COVID-19 The Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 health crisis and the implications it may have on programs and institutions. MACTE recognizes this is a rapidly changing landscape, and the goal is to provide flexible and reasonable accommodations to support our teacher education programs and…
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Meet Your On-site Verifier: Nancy Lindeman
Meet Nancy Lindeman! She is emeritus faculty from Westminster College where she served as the program director for the Institute for Montessori Innovation. Nancy may have retired as a program director, but she is staying as busy as ever: she spends time with her family, serves on the American Montessori Society’s Board of Directors, does…
Meet Your On-site Verifier: Teresa Noble
Teresa Noble is the Director of the Early Childhood Program at the Institute for Guided Studies and MACTE Board Member. If Teresa is not at home in South Carolina, it is very possible she is serving as a MACTE onsite verifier! She has traveled across the U.S. and filled up her passport traveling to programs…
2018 MACTE Guide to Accreditation is Available for Download!
We are excited to share MACTE’s updated 2018 Guide to Accreditation. Please click here to download. For an overview of the more significant changes, please click here to download the 2018 Guide Changes Overview. Please email Aimee and Carolyn at accreditation@macte.org with any questions!
A Deep Loss of our Colleague, Dr. Frank Murray
Dear friends, We are saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague Dr. Frank Murray. Frank was a continued visionary for the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE), serving first as treasurer and then as board chair for six years. His influence, guidance, love, and inspiration will live on endlessly among the Montessori…
Dr. Rebecca Pelton shares her thoughts with the New York Times
Dr. Rebecca Pelton shares her thoughts with the New York Times on the importance of the role of quality teacher education programs in Bezos’ plan for low-income Montessori preschools: https://www.nytimes.com/…/us/bezos-montessori-preschool.html MACTE is eager to see what will unfold and appreciates the input that has already been shared from leaders and organizations in the Montessori community.
“Being Fooled by Evidence” MACTE Board Chair, Dr. Frank Murray
At the 2017 MACTE Symposium, MACTE Board Chair, Dr. Frank Murray gave an exciting speech titled “Being Fooled by Evidence.” Please click here to download the PDF version.
NACIQI Recommends to Renew MACTE’s Recognition for Three Years
In accordance with 34 CFR 602.34(f) of the Secretary’s Criteria, please see below for the motion made and accepted by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) regarding MACTE’s recognition at its Freruary 7-8, 2018 meeting: Motion: NACIQI recommends to renew MACTE’s recognition for a period of three years.
Why Montessori?
Why do people choose to become Montessori teachers? “Why Montessori? Most are drawn to the purposeful and peaceful way in which children and adults interact with one another and the learning environment. Many are seeking an alternative to the teacher-directed, highly didactic approaches to schooling that characterize much of our current educational climate. Still others want…
4th Annual MACTE Symposium was a Success!
Thank you to everyone who attended the 4th Annual MACTE Symposium! The 2015 MACTE Symposium was an intimate gathering of Montessori Teacher Educators who came together from 29 U.S. States and 4 International Countries. We’d like to provide a special thank you to our keynote speakers, Dr. David Gleason and Dr. Joyce Pickering, for their…
