June 2025 Accreditation Decisions

ARCH CANADA COLLEGE (AMS)
(Surrey, British Columbia) Director: Marian Lee
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until June 17, 2032, for its Early Childhood level

College of Modern Montessori (IAPM)
(Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa) Director: Olivia Darby
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until June 17, 2032, for its Elementary I level

Centro de Entrenamiento Montessori (AMS)
(Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico) Director: Maria Isela González Contreras
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 6, 2028, for its Early Childhood level

Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until November 6, 2028, for its Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

Chestnut Montessori School Teacher Education (AMS)
(Bellevue, Washington) Director: Jeannine Hanson
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until April 4, 2031, for its Early Childhood level

The Center for Montessori Education at Trine University (AMS)
(Angola, Indiana) Director: Laurie Stockton-Moreno
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I and Elementary I-II (IA, May 23, 2030) levels to include a Substantive Change 5C: Addition of EL I-II to EL I

Bezos Academy Montessori Credential Program (IND)
(Seattle, Washington) Director: Lee Lanou
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, June 18, 2031) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from Bezos Academy SeaTac-Angle Lake, 20301 32nd Ave. S, SeaTac, Washington 98198, United States to 1515 Commerce St, Tacoma, Washington 98402, United States

CBCInc Training (IND)
(Smyrna, Georgia) Directors: Jayasree Ramani & Qiu Fang
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, December 11, 2031) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Primary Site from 2175 N. Norcross Tucker Rd, Norcross, Georgia 30071, United States to Covered Bridge Creativity Inc, 488 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna, Georgia 30082, United States

Prepared Montessorian Institute (IND)
(Houston, Texas) Director: Laura Mazer (Former) & Mariana Serralde (Proposed)
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 23, 2026) and Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2026) levels to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from Guidepost Montessori, 4550 Walney Road, Chantilly, Virginia 20151, United States to 3475 N Beauregard St, Alexandria, Virginia 22311, United States

Bezos Academy Montessori Credential Program (IND)
(Seattle, Washington) Director: Lee Lanou
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, June 18, 2031) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at 1220 15th St, Building 3, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401, United States

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, June 18, 2031) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at 5353 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056, United States

Palmetto Montessori Teacher Training (IND)
(Florence, South Carolina) Directors: Floyd Creech & Teena Kyer
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, February 27, 2030) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Academy of Early Learning, 111 Academy Street, Mullins, South Carolina 29574, United States

Waterpark Montessori International (IND)
(Oslo, Norway) Director: Clare Walls Cole
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, December 3, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Montessori Plus Center, No. 91/ 400 UN Close Road, UN Cresent Road, Gigiri, Next to Swedish Embassy, Nairobi, Nairobi 0000, Kenya

Centro de Educacao Montessori de Sao Paulo (IND)
(Santana de Parnaiba, Sao Paulo, Brazil) Directors: Simone Tartuce & Sérgio Portela
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 23, 2027) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in Director from Marion Wallis & Paige Patterson Geiger to Simone Tartuce & Sérgio Portela

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 19, 2030) level to include a Substantive Change 8A: Subsequent Additional Location

Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, September 19, 2030) level to include a Substantive Change 8A: Subsequent Additional Location

Christian Montessori Training Center International (IND)
(Bloomington, Minnesota) Director: Myra Arnold
Removal of stipulations* approved for their Early Childhood (FA, July 29, 2026) level

Removal of stipulations* approved for their Elementary I-II (FA, July 29, 2026) level

*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org

Columbus Montessori Teacher Education Program (AMS)
(Columbus, Ohio) Director: Jessica Simpson (Proposed)
Withdrawal of accreditation for the program and its Infant & Toddler and Early Childhood levels at 979 South James Road, Columbus, Ohio 43227, United States effective November 10, 2023

Virginia Montessori Teacher Education Center (AMS)
(Chesapeake, Virginia) Director: Shanna Honan
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at St. John The Baptist Catholic Montessori School, 638 Mill Street, Excelsior, Minnesota 55331, United States effective May 25, 2025