International Montessori Societies, Montessori Teacher Training, Montessori Training Centers

International Montessori Societies and Training Organizations
to help you find information in your country

It is important to know that anyone can use the name "Montessori" for any purpose. A person can read one book and decide to open a school and call it a Montessori school, or can take a training course and decide that he or she is ready to train teachers. Most of these people are of course trying to do their best to help children and some results are very good, but many are nothing like one expects after reading the inspiring words of Dr. Montessori and the descriptions of her schools.

International Montessori Societies and Training Organizations to help you find information in your country It is important to know that anyone can use the name "Montessori" for any purpose. A person can read one book and decide to open a school and call it a Montessori school, or can take a training course and decide that he or she is ready to train teachers. Most of these people are of course trying to do their best to help children and some results are very good, but many are nothing like one expects after reading the inspiring words of Dr. Montessori and the descriptions of her schools.
The following Montessori organizations and training centers are related to the Montessori teacher training of Susan Stephenson, the author of the Michael Olaf publications. They are run by AMI (The Association Montessori Internationale) which was begun in the early part of last century by Dr. Montessori in order to maintain the highest standards of teacher training and schools. 0-3, Assistants to Infancy course, The Montessori Institute, Denver, Colorado TMI 3-6, Primary Course, Maria Montessori Institute, London, England MMI 6-12, Elementary Course, Washington Montessori Institute, Baltimore, Maryland WMI	The following Navadisha Montessori Institute, in Chennai, India, presents a thorough outline of their year-long AMI training course. This is interesting because it is similar to many AMI courses: Montessori Training Course Details

Below are the websites of a few other AMI training centers and organizations around the world.
Australia: Australian Montessori Teacher Education Foundation http://ami.edu/amtef Australia: Australian AMI Alumni Association: http://aaaa.net.au Canada: Montessori Society of Canada: www.montessorisocietycanada.org Finland: Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education France: Association Montessori de France: www.montessori-france.asso.fr Germany: The Montessori Internationale Ausbildungszentrum: Ausbildungszentrum India: Navadisha Montessori Institute, Chennai, India: http://navadisha.org/course.htm Ireland: Montessori College Dublin: http://www.montessoriami.ie Korea: Korea Montessori Institute: http://amimontessori.co.kr Mexico: Instituto Montessori de Mexico A.C. c/o Mrs. S. Carbone-Singh: http://ami.edu/imma	New Zealand: The Maria Montessori Education Foundation: MMEF Philippines: Foundation for the Advancement of Montessori Education in the Philippines: www.famep.org Sweden: Maria Montessori Institutet: http://www.mmi-institutet.se Switzerland: Assoziation Montessori Schweiz: www.montessori-ams.ch The United Kingdom: The Montessori Society AMI (UK): www.montessori-uk.org USA: AMI/USA, Association Montessori Internationale of the USA: http://ami.edu/usa/welcome.html USA: AMI Elementary Alumni Association: www.ami-eaa.org USA: North American Montessori Teachers Association: www.montessori-namta.org
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Below are the websites of a few other AMI training centers and organizations around the world.