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September 2018 Accreditation Decisions

Accreditation Decisions


Initials

Chicago Montessori Residency (IND)
(Chicago, Illinois) Director: Rita Nolan
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until September 28, 2025, for its Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

Montessori Institute of Atlanta (AMI)
(Decatur, Georgia) Director: J. McKeever
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until September 28, 2025, for its Elementary I-II level

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation Initial was granted for a term of seven years, until September 28, 2025, for its Elementary II level

Renewals

Montgomery Montessori Institute (AMS)
(Rockville, Maryland) Director: Pamela Trumble
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until September 12, 2025 for its Infant and Toddler level and until November 4, 2022 for its Early Childhood level

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was granted for a term of seven years, until September 28, 2025, for its Elementary I & Elementary I-II levels

Substantive Change 7: Change in Location

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) level to include a Substantive Change 7: Change in Additional Location from New Gate Field School, 5237 Ashton Road, Sarasota, Florida 34233 to Lakeland Montessori School House, 1124 North Lake Parker Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33805

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 LePort Fountain, 9790 Finch Avenue, Fountain Valley, California 92708 to The Renaissance Montessori School, 3668 Dimond Avenue, Oakland, California 94602

Substantive Change 8: Additional Location

Age of Montessori (IND)
(Bozeman, Montana) Director: Mary Ellen Maunz
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, September 24, 2019) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Little Tree Education, 314 Route 108, Madbury, New Hampshire 03878

Montessori Institute of North Texas (AMI)
(Dallas, Texas) Director: Mary Caroline Parker
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, November 30, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Winn Elementary School, 3500 Susquehanna Ln, Austin, Texas 78723

Montessori Live (IND)
(Venice, Florida) Director: Kym Elder
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (IA, September 19, 2023) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Auburn Montessori School, 231 East Drake Avenue, Auburn, Alabama 36830

The Center for Guided Montessori Studies (IMC)
(Tampa, Florida) Director: Kitty Bravo
Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025) and Elementary II (IA, September 28, 2025) levels to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at The Renaissance Montessori School, 5210 Park Boulevard, Oakland, California 94611

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Beijing Oriental Institute of Montessori Research, Building 12, # 4 Yicheng Jingyuan, 11 district Beijing Economic and Technology Development zone, Beijing, China

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at CGMS Residential at Syrian Montessori School in Istanbul, Ishraakat Organisation, Akşemsettin Mah. Ak deniz Cad. Bina no: 4, Fatih – Istanbul, Turkey

Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, November 1, 2022) level to include a Substantive Change 8: 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

Full Accreditation was extended for their Elementary I (FA, September 28, 2025) level to include a Substantive Change 8: Additional Location at Iberville Elementary School, 58650 Iron Farm Road, Plaquemine, Louisiana 70764

Administrative Decisions


Substantive Changes not Requiring an Onsite Visit

International Montessori Teaching Institute (AMS)
(Beijing, China) Director: Jessie Zhang
Full Accreditation was extended for their Early Childhood (FA, October 17, 2018) level to include a Substantive Change 3: Change in >50% of Faculty

Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NC (AMS)
(Huntersville, North Carolina) Director: India Adams
Full Accreditation was extended for their Infant and Toddler (FA, November 28, 2019), Early Childhood (FA, November 28, 2019), Elementary I (FA, November 28, 2019)and Elementary I-II (FA, November 28, 2019) levels to include a Substantive Change 6: Change in Ownership/Control

Voluntary Withdrawals of Accreditation

Age of Montessori (IND)
(Bozeman, Montana) Director: Mary Ellen Maunz
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Montessori Schools of Snohomish County, 1804 Puget Drive, Everett, Washington 98203 effective August 24, 2016

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Thomas More Christian Montessori School, 2-6 Willow Court, Bega, New South Wales 2550, Australia effective October 10, 2016

Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Montessori Institute of Advanced Studies, 22781 Canyon Court, Castro Valley, California 94552 effective August 19, 2017

Seacoast Center for Education (AMS)
(Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) Director: Gary Davidson
Withdrawal of their Elementary I-II level’s additional location at Montessori School of Celebration, 901 Begonia Road, Celebration, Florida 34747 effective July 27, 2018

Withdrawal of their Elementary I and Elementary I-II and levels’ additional location at Sundrops Montessori, 146 High Street, Stratham, New Hampshire 03885 effective July 27, 2018

Shanghai Montessori Education Academy (AMS)
(Shanghai, China) Director: Nancy Chang
Withdrawal of their Early Childhood level’s additional location at Sky Avenues International Kindergarten Straits International , No. 42, Hui Zhan Beili, Siming District, Xiamen , China effective June 1, 2018

Removal of Stipulations Approved

Arkansas Center for Montessori Studies (AMS)
(Little Rock, Arkansas) Director: Dorothy Moffett
Removal of Stipulations* approved for their Early Childhood (IA, November 29, 2024) and Elementary I (IA, November 29, 2024) level
*For more information on the stipulations, please contact the MACTE Office at info@macte.org