American Montessori Society

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The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a non-profit, member supported, organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools.

History

The American Montessori Society was founded and supported in 1960 at Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut, under the direction of Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch, appointed representative of the Association Montessori Internationale.

Dr. Rambusch had gone through Montessori training in London, conducted classes from her apartment, and founded Whitby. Her work in the school attracted the attention of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and led to the founding of the AMS.

The AMS (American Montessori Society) located in New York appears to act more as a figure head than being the regulatory body for which Montessori Schools are assesed a membership fee. There have been numerous schools in the North East corridor that use the Montessori name but have a curriculum that acts contrary to the Montessori Philosophy. The AMS seem incapable of acting as a check on this as well as numerous issues like addressing pay for teachers, accreditation of teachers, misinformation of parents and qualit of schools. It is therefore imperative for Parents to be educated on the type of schools their children will be attending, especially as the Montessori school fees are unfortunately beyond the reach of lower income parents, another facet which is contrary to Maria Montessori's "Casa dei Bambini" where she catered for poorer children.

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Programs

References

American Montessori Society. Retrieved on October 31, 2006.. University of Connecticut Libraries - Special Collection - American Montessori Society Records. Retrieved on October 31, 2006..

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