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The American Montessori Society, the world’s leading membership organization with the mission of empowering humanity to build a better world through Montessori, is hosting The Montessori Event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida and virtually March 7 - 10, 2024.
February 21, 2024—Every year, through a variety of awards, the American Montessori Society honors individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the Montessori Movement. We invite your nominations for this year's awards.
February 2, 2024—The AMS Instructor Academy is a course of study for teacher education program instructors across program levels. Rigorous, advanced, and staffed by leaders in the field, this special version of Instructor Academy provides the training that current teacher education program instructors need to reflect and examine their own role in working with Montessori educators for classroom and administrative roles.
January 19, 2024—The American Montessori Society is now accepting workshop proposals for The Montessori Event, taking place March 7 – 10, 2025 at Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, CO.
January 8, 2024—In November 2023, members of the American Montessori Society took part in elections for our Board of Directors. The results are now in! We look forward to welcoming the following individuals to our board in March 2024.
AMS has compiled Montessori-focused and other resources that offer insightful tips on how to have effective, age-appropriate conversations about challenging times and political unrest in today's world.
As we embark on another year here at American Montessori Society we are reminded that we are not just part of a membership organization, we are part of something bigger.
OCTOBER 24, 2023—The American Montessori Society bestows annual awards in recognition of exceptional achievements in areas relevant to AMS and to the Montessori Movement.
OCTOBER 17, 2023 – Elections for new directors on the AMS Board will be open from November 28, 2023 through December 8, 2023. Upon the opening of the elections, every member will be sent several emails with their unique link to the ballot. Schools and teacher education programs: the emails will be sent to your organization address.