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Having recently received her masters degree in Early Childhood Education and seeking out a better educational philosophy to educate children, Rambusch arrives in Paris for the 10th IMC. There she meets Mario Montessori, Dr. Montessori's son, who encourages her to take courses on the philosophy and bring Montessori back to the United States. -
After holding classes in her New York City apartment for her own children, as well as others, Rambusch and her family move to Greenwich where she meets other families who are eager to learn about Montessori and be involved in their children's education
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Rambusch, with the support of local families, founds the Whitby School. The school is first located in the stable of a local family's house with an enrollment of 17 students aged 3 to 7 years-old. -
Later in 1963 AMI would withdraw its recognition of AMS over disagreements regarding philosophical disagreements, finances, and control. -
In response to vigorous parent support, Rambusch founded AMS in order to support the creation of more Montessori Schools, to develop teacher educator programs, and bring further attention to the value of Montessori education. Rambusch and others believed that the Montessori philosophy needed to be updated to align more with American culture as well as allow for other cultural modifications. -
With the 1967 ruling that, "the term 'Montessori' has a generic and/or descriptive significance..." therefore couldn't be trademarked, there was a need to create standards and resources. Thus AMS developed a consultation program where consultants would visit affiliated schools and observe in order to give feedback for programs. AMS additionally developed standards for teacher training, certification, and pedagogical resources.
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Following this feature the public's interest in Montessori rapidly increases -
Following the publicity of the previous year and the publishing of her book there was a huge increase in both the number of Montessori schools in America and the enrollment of these schools. -
Monson is hired to as Executive Secretary to aide in the reorganization of AMS's offices as the organization continues to grow. Six months after her hiring Rambusch resigns to pursue other opportunities in children's education. -
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The Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education was founded in 1995 with the goal of accrediting teacher education programs in order to assure the public of the program's quality. -
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Association Montessori International and AMS recognized the need to work together on public policy initiatives and created MPPI in order to create one voice that is unified in its advocacy and create a platform to coordinate public policy efforts -
After being established by AMS in 2012, NCMPS becomes its own entity focused on growing and sustaining Montessori as a public educational option