accreditations
Columbus
Montessori aspires to be a part of the greater education community
in central Ohio. In order to be a leader in 21st century education
we firmly believe that strong links to Montessori and early
childhood education organizations is key. Accreditations help
to ensure that we bring quality education to your child.
• Affiliate of the American Montessori Society (AMS) – AMS
is an organization that supports and monitors authentic Montessori schools. In
order to attain the status of “affiliate”, all classroom lead teachers
must hold Montessori credentials at the levels they teach issued by the Montessori
Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE); the school must also have
an AMS consultation visit once every 5 years. For more detailed information,
please visit www.amshq.org
• Accredited by the National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC) – Accreditation ensures that
early education programs assess themselves against and make changes
to meet a set of standards. Some of these standards are “structural” – such
as class size, child-to-staff ratios, and teacher qualifications. Others
are “relational” – how teachers interact with the
children, the learning experiences the children have, and how parents
are engaged. For more detailed information, please visit www.naeyc.org
• Chartered by the State of Ohio Department of Education
• Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) Accredited
Teacher Education Program – MACTE develops valid and reliable
accreditation standards that contribute toward quality Montessori teacher education.
They serve as a resource to various stakeholder groups concerning quality issues
in the Montessori field. For more detailed information, please visit www.macte.org
• Step Up to Quality, Three Star Award Winner – Step
Up to Quality is a Three Star quality rating system for childhood programs licensed
by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Step Up to Quality recognizes
and promotes early care and education programs that meet quality benchmarks over
and above minimum health and safety licensing standards. For more detailed information,
please visit www.stepuptoquality.org
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