2024 Administrators Retreat
Join us for an unforgettable experience at the 2024 Montessori Administrators Retreat! We are excited to invite all Montessori administrative professionals to this event exclusively tailored to help you discover new strategies, connect with peers, and rejuvenate your skills. Attend and refer a colleague to earn $40!
Families
The foundation of the Montessori method of education is the existence of the Four Planes of Development. At each plane, associated human tendencies and characteristics exist which inform how one can best prepare an environment for optimal learning.
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Teacher Training
An AMI diploma is respected worldwide as a representation of achievement in a teacher-training program of quality, integrity, and authenticity and is earned through successful completion of an intensive training program conducted by an AMI trainer. These dedicated master teachers have participated in a rigorous Training of Trainers Program and possess in-depth knowledge and understanding of Montessori principles and applications.
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Schools
The Montessori approach offers a broad vision of education as an aid to the unfolding process of life. It succeeds because it draws its principles from natural human development, embracing the wonder and curiosity in every child. As an AMI trained teacher, you understand the incredible responsibility you have embraced—to assist in the natural unfolding of each unique human being in your care. Your training was rigorous, and your commitment was of the highest degree.
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School Leadership
Administrators play a vital role in the effectiveness and vitality of an AMI Montessori program. It is the administrator who must lead faculty, parents and caregivers, children and community members to a common understanding: a common vision of the program’s purpose and mission for children and the larger community.
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Resources
About Dr. Maria Montessori
Find out more about the founder of the Montessori movement and her accomplishments.
Montessori versus Mainstream Education
See a side-by-side rubric highlighting how the Montessori curriculum “stacks up” to traditional educational environments.
AMI Classroom Standards
AMI schools are held to the highest-level standards as determined by the Scientific Pedagogical Group of teacher trainers. Read here to learn more about these standards.
Aid to Life
The Aid to Life Initiative is founded on the idea that children develop optimally when they are brought up in an environment that supports their natural development, with an adult who understands...
Montessori Guide
AMI/USA’s various teacher forums offer a communication vehicle for teachers to share successes, challenges and ask questions of colleagues. A powerful tool both in terms of accessing best practices, as well as...
AMI Digital
AMI Digital is in the process of being converted to an accessible and affordable membership service and will be available later in the year with thousands of high-quality downloadable resources.
The Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Administrator Resource Guide
AMI/USA is pleased to offer this Resource Guide featuring a list of resources curated by Amelia Allen Sherwood of Elm City Montessori for The Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Administrator webinar on 11/2/2020.
Remembering Indigenous Voices in the Classroom Resource Guide
AMI/USA is pleased to offer this Resource Guide featuring a list of resources curated by Trisha Moquino of Keres Children’s Learning Center for the Remembering Indigenous Voices in the Classroom webinar on...