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Maria Montessori visits America
Montessori had total control over her method, apparatus, schools, and teacher training. After her lecture tour (1913 in California), Montessori gave McClure power of attorney and returned to Italy. The American entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to expand the Montessori method quickly led to significant conflicts between the Italian educator and American businesspeople (McClure). Feeling betrayed, Montessori ended her relationship. -
Fall Out
The decline was due to language barriers, travel limitations forced by World War I, an anti-immigrant sentiment, and public criticism by few influential educational leaders. -
Nancy McCormick Rambusch
Nancy McCormick Rambusch attends the Tenth International Montessori Congress (AMI) to learn more about the Montessori Method. Met Mario Montessori who invited her to take the training and bring the method to the USA -
Teacher Training Course (London)
Nancy McCormick Rambusch completed her training (EC and LE) in London. After this, she conducted classes in her small apartment in New York. -
Whitby School
Nancy McCormick Rambusch opens a Montessori School in the United States (Connecticut). She becomes the Head of the School. -
Representative of the AMI
Mario Montessori named Nancy McCormick Rambusch, representative of AMI in the United States. -
American Montessori Society was founded
Nancy McCormick Rambusch founded the AMS. Goals: support efforts to create schools, develop teacher education programs, and publicize the value of Montessori education. Whitby School also became the first certified Montessori teacher training program in the U.S. -
Time Magazine Article (May 12th)
People look for advice from AMS on starting schools and study groups. -
Rambusch’s book, Learning How to Learn
It marks the exponential growth of the Montessori advocacy. -
AMI - AMS Break Up
AMI and AMS parted ways in 1963, mostly over disagreements regarding teacher preparation. -
First Executive Secretary
Cleo Monson becomes the first executive secretary of AMS. -
Consultation Services
To all affiliated schools -
Comite Hispano Montessori
AMS worked with the Comité Hispano Montessori (nonprofit Montessori organization which provided a communication network and services for educators in Spanish-speaking communities United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America) -
First National Director
Cleo Monson is appointed First National Director of AMS and holds it until her retirement in 1978. -
First International Symposium
The First International Symposium (Athens, Greece). -
Montessori Accreditation Counsel For Teacher Education
MACTE accredits Montessori Teacher Education Programs to improve their quality and assure the public of their quality. -
National Center For Montessori In The Public Sector
Initially founded by AMS (2012), NCMPS became an independent organization (2015). Its mission is to grow and support Montessori education in public schools. -
Montessori Public Policy Initiative
AMS and AMI/USA joined to work on public policy issues to provide a unified voice in advocacy and public policy. -
Today
The American Montessori Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to the Montessori method, with more than 1,461 affiliated schools and almost 96 teacher-education programs. -
Teacher Education Instructor Academy
First AMS Training the Trainers Course
