The American Montessori Society

The American Montessori Society leads, empowers, and serves the global community of Montessori educators as the foremost advocate for research and policy, ongoing teacher education, and standards of accreditation through opportunities for mentored individual growth, collaboration, and member engagement.

As a hub of all things Montessori, AMS strives to anticipate and respond to the needs of our varied constituents. Among our many areas of involvement:

• Standards for Montessori schools and teacher education programs
• School accreditation
• Teacher education and professional development
• Research
• Public policy
• Peace and social justice
• Scholarships, awards, and grants
• Montessori in the public sector

Mission

Empowering humanity to build a better world through Montessori.

Vision

Montessori for all, embraced around the globe.

Values

All of the work that we do is founded on values of respect, integrity, diversity, inclusiveness, responsibility, and enthusiasm.