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Home Recent Accreditation Decisions April 2018 Accreditation Decisions

April 2018 Accreditation Decisions

Accreditation Decisions


Initials

Cambridge Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) Director: Munir Shivji
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Infant and Toddler level

Houston Montessori Center (AMS)
(Houston, Texas) Director: Dr. Elisabeth (Betsy) Coe
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Elementary II level

Instituto Nueva Escuela (AMS)
(Río Piedras, PR, Puerto Rico) Director: Annabel Martinez
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Infant and Toddler level

Montessori Center for Teacher Education (San Diego) (AMS)
(San Diego, California) Director: Debra (Debbie) Sheehan
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Elementary II level

Teacher Education Program of Beijing (MIA)
(Beijing, China) Director: Wenru Sun
Full Accreditation Initial with Stipulations* was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Early Childhood level provided the stipulations are resolved by 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
Full Accreditation Initial with Stipulations* was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Early Childhood level provided the stipulations are resolved by November 22, 2018
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

West Side Montessori School’s Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(New York, New York) Director: Lisanne Pinciotti
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 26, 2025, for its Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

Renewals

Centro de Entrenamiento Montessori (AMS)
(Garza Garcia, Mexico) Director: Maria Isela González Contreras
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 6, 2021, for its Early Childhood, Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

West Side Montessori School’s Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(New York, New York) Director: Lisanne Pinciotti
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until April 25, 2025 for its Infant and Toddler level and until May 4, 2024, for its Early Childhood level

Substantive Change 8: Additional Location

Duhovka Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Prague, Czech Republic) Director: Judith Luman (Proposed)
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 8: Additional Location at Amelia Island Montessori School, 1423 Julia Street, Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034

West Side Montessori School’s Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(New York, New York) Director: Lisanne Pinciotti
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, April 25, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Magnolia Montessori School, 2 Lake Drive, Readington, New Jersey 08889

West Side Montessori School’s Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(New York, New York) Director: Lisanne Pinciotti
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, April 25, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at iHommy International Daycare, Suite 101, Unit 2, 238 Nan Hu Xi Yuan Rd. Chao Yang District, Beijing, China

Administrative Decisions


Substantive Changes not Requiring an Onsite Visit

Fountainhead Montessori Adult Education (AMS)
(Dublin, California) Director: Frida Azari
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2024) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Maryanna Heginbottom to Frida Azari

Montessori Training of Southern Nevada (AMS)
(Las Vegas, Nevada) Director: Lori Bossy
Full Accreditation was extended for their level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in >50% of Faculty

Voluntary Withdrawals of Accreditation

Montessori Teacher Education Center – San Francisco Bay Area (AMS)
(Sunnyvale, California) Director: Dr. Pamela Rigg
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at 1F, No. 16, Lane 102, Sec. 3, Mu-Cha Road, Wen-San District, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China effective June 30, 2017

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