About Us

AMS is deeply committed to promoting the quality, authenticity, and integrity of Montessori education across the globe.

AMS was founded in 1960 by educator Nancy McCormick Rambusch. It was our goal then – as it is today – to provide the most authentic, quality Montessori experience, and be the foremost advocate for our 19,000+ members around the world.

AMS by the Numbers

23,000+

AMS MEMBERS WORLDWIDE

AMS memberships

215

ACCREDITED SCHOOLS

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245

AMS AFFILIATED TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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70

COUNTRIES WITH AMS MEMBERS

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The 5 Core Components

While there are many principles that make up a Montessori education, AMS recognizes five components as essential to an authentic, quality experience.

Our Mission

Empowering humanity to build a better world through Montessori.

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A donation to AMS supports and advances the advocacy, standards, research, teacher education, and public policy that enrich Montessori students, families, and communities.

Meet our Board of Directors

This passionate group of dedicated volunteers works to advance the mission of the organization, and Montessori as a whole.

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Amira D. Mogaji

President of the Board
Anita Hanks

Vice President of the Board/President Elect
Candace Proctor

Chair of the Teachers Section
Debbie Senoff-Langford

Treasurer of the Board & Interim Chair of the Heads of School Section
Geoffrey E. Bishop

Secretary of the Board
Munir Shivji

Executive Director

“When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, ’I want to do it!’ But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children’s needs, they say, ‘Help me to do it alone.’”

Dr. Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood

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