April 2025 Accreditation Decisions

Central California Montessori Education (AMS)
(Visalia, California) Director: Blair Vedenoff
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 29, 2032, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori Teacher Academy of Northern Virginia (AMS)
(Dulles, Virginia) Director: Haely Strock
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until April 29, 2032, for its Infant and Toddler level

Fountainhead Montessori Adult Education (AMS)
(Dublin, California) Director: Muthumathy Jagathesan
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 1, 2031, for its Early Childhood level

Montessori Teacher Education Institute – Houston (AMS)
(Houston, Texas) Director: My Le Vo
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 10, 2030, for its Early Childhood level

Trinity Montessori Education Center (AMS)
(Shanghai, China) Director: Junli (Annie) Wen
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until July 31, 2031, for its Infant and Toddler level

Northeast Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Weston, Massachusetts) Directors: Katelyn Shore & Martha Monahan
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, April 27, 2023) and Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2027) levels to include a Substantive Change 6: Change in Ownership/Control

Asia Montessori Association (IND)
(Beijing, China) Directors: Soh Chian Mui (Proposed) & Xu Shibo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2026) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from Building A3-1, Seven Trees Creative Park, No. 55 Ban Jie Ta Cun, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100016, China to 2023 Summer Residency Site, NO 8 Tuo Fang Ying Nan Lu, ChaoYang District, Beijing, China
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2026) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from 2023 Summer Residency Site, NO 8 Tuo Fang Ying Nan Lu, ChaoYang District, Beijing, China to NO 18 Tonghui Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Beijing Heart & Mind Montessori Teacher Education Center (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Director: Jane Xiao
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, July 29, 2026) and Early Childhood (FA, November 29, 2024) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from Room 205, Building No. 6, Triumph City, 170 Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China to Building Jia 113, Shaoyaoju Bei Li, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China

Etonkids Montessori Teacher Training Academy (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Director: Xiao Yin (Gloria) Gao
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 22, 2028) and Early Childhood (FA, September 22, 2028) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from Building A3-1, Seven Trees Creative Park, No 55 Ban Jie Ta Cun, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100016, China to 2023 Summer Residency Site, NO 8 Tuo Fang Ying Nan Lu, ChaoYang District, Beijing, China

Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 22, 2028) and Early Childhood (FA, September 22, 2028) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from 2023 Summer Residency Site, NO 8 Tuo Fang Ying Nan Lu, ChaoYang District, Beijing, China to NO 18 Tonghui Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China

Northeast Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Weston, Massachusetts) Directors: Katelyn Shore & Martha Monahan
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, Massachusetts 01984, United States to 2284 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, United States

International Montessori Education Institute (AMS)
(Taichung City, Taiwan) Director: Chia Hsun (Johnson) Chang
The MACTE Board hereby extends the status of Full Accreditation Renewal for a term of seven years to International Montessori Education Institute for its Early Childhood (FA, April 27, 2030) level’s additional location at Gratia Christian College, 5 Wai Chi Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

Montessori Stoppani Institute (AMI)
(San Diego, California) Director: Alejandra (Ale) Rosas
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (IA, September 12, 2029) level to include a Substantive Change 1: Change in Program Name

He Ze Montessori Training Center (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Director: Yanyang (Happy) Wang
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, July 27, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Xiao’ou (Joy) Ji to Yanyang (Happy) Wang

Houston Montessori Center (AMS)
(Houston, Texas) Director: Dr. Ann D Sutton
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, November 4, 2029), Early Childhood (FA, November 4, 2029), Elementary I, Elementary I-II (FA, November 4, 2029), Elementary II (FA, November 4, 2029) and Secondary I-II (FA, November 4, 2029) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Dr. Elisabeth (Betsy) Coe to Dr. Ann D Sutton

Montessori Education Center of the Rockies (AMS)
(Denver, Colorado) Director: Candace Proctor & Laura Alexander (Former)
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 24, 2026), Early Childhood (FA, September 24, 2026), Elementary I and Elementary I-II (FA, September 24, 2026) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Laura Alexander to Candace Proctor

Montessori Education Institute Pacific NW (AMS)
(Bothell, Washington) Directors: Kaitlyn McElrath, Mary Schneider (Former) & Michelle Downey-Magee
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, March 8, 2027), Early Childhood (FA, March 8, 2027), Elementary I and Elementary I-II (FA, March 8, 2027) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Mary Schneider to Kaitlyn McElrath & Michelle Downey-Magee

Montessori Institute for Teacher Education at Spring Valley (IND)
(Federal Way, Washington) Director: Amber Chen
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2027) and Elementary I-II (FA, December 4, 2027) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Gulsevin Kayihan to Amber Chen and >50% of Faculty

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 4: Change in Time Structure and Length

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 5A: Revision of Syllabus

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 4, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 5B: Addition of Online Education (Change in Over 10%)

Prepared Montessorian Institute (IND)
(Houston, Texas) Director: Laura Mazer
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 23, 2026), Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2026), Elementary I-II (FA, September 23, 2026) and Secondary I-II (FA, September 23, 2026) levels to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Joel Mendes to Laura Mazer

International Center for Montessori Education, Inc (IND)
(Coppell, Texas) Director: Kanwar D Suri
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, April 20, 2028) level to include a Substantive Change 4: Change in Time Structure

Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Institute (AMS)
(Adrian, Michigan) Director: Debra Gorman Cagle
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 6, 2028) level to include a Substantive Change 5B: Addition of Online Education (Permanent)