History of American Montessori Society

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  • Nancy McCormick Rambusch goes to Paris

    -She attends 10th International Montessori Congress
    -meets Mario Montessori - Head of AMI
    -encouraged to take Montessori course work
    -creates a classroom in her NYC home

  • Rambusch family Moves to Greenwich

    -Where they meet influential parents who want to be connected to the education of their children.
  • Period: to

    Founding of Whitby School

    -First Montessori school opened in US after a major closing of them in 1920.
    Rambusch is made Head of School

  • Mario Montessori

    -Appoints Rambusch U.S. representative of the AMI and AMS becomes and affiliate.

  • American Montessori Society

    -founded by Rambusch
    -AMS goals reflected AMI
    -schools created
    -Develop Teacher Education Programs
    -Publicize the value of Montessori education

  • Time Magazine

    -Featured Rambusch
    -more interest in Montessori
    -Media gives attention -NY Times, Saturday Evening Post

  • Rambusch Leaves Whitby

    • to develop AMS -Writes a book - "Learning How to Learn" which leads to exponential growth in volume of school opened and enrollment of students. -Rambusch noticed the need to adapt for cultural allowances.

  • AMS National Office - moves to New York City

  • Cleo Monson -Hired as Executive Secretary

    -to reorganize administrative systems

  • Rambusch Resigns as President of AMS

  • AMI Revokes its Affiliation with AMS

    -due to internal conflicts

  • Cleo Monson becomes Executive Director of AMS

  • AMS -First International Symposium

    • held in Athens, Greece
  • Period: to

    Regional Conferences

    -throughout the United States

  • MACTE

    Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education is founded.

  • NCMPS

    AMS establishes - National Center for Montessori in the Public Schools

  • MPPI

    AMS/AMI formed - Montessori Public Policy Initiative
  • Period: to

    AMS Grows

    -14,00 individual members
    -96 Teacher Education Programs
    -210 AMS Accredited schools