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The Montessori Training Center Northeast (MTCNE) was founded in 2003 to meet the urgent need for Montessori teacher training in the Northeastern United States and is rooted in Hartford, Connecticut. Since opening as an Association Montessori Interntationale (AMI) affiliate, the Training Center has served as a hub of activity within the Montessori community. In addition to supporting AMI diploma and certificate courses at the 0-3, 3-6, 6-12, and 12-18 levels, continuing education seminars and workshops, professional development and strategic planning for Montessori schools are among the many services the Training Center offers regularly. The Training Center serves as a central location for Montessori activities by offering support for alumni and area Montessori schools.
Managed by the Capitol Region Education Council, a regional educational service center located in Hartford, the Training Center works in partnership with the University of Hartford to offer degree programs with an AMI Montessori concentration. Furthermore, the Training Center works closely with the Center for Montessori Studies, an intellectual community of researchers and practitioners contributing to Montessori education and the broader implications of Dr. Maria Montessori’s theories on human development, learning, and social reform.
The Training Center has expanded over time and operates national and international satellite training centers in collaboration with communities and partners seeking to increase access to quality Montessori training(s) in their region.
Specific AMI affiliated programs offered through MTCNE:
Dementia, Disability and Ageing
Teacher Training and Montessori Orientations
Our Mission
Equity, excellence, and success for all through high-quality educational services that promote the pedagogical principles of Dr. Maria Montessori as an Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) affiliate.
Our Vision
To be a leader among AMI affiliated training centers and primary partner for the global community to facilitate collaborations that create equitable, accessible, sustainable and quality Montessori training, professional development, parent education, and community outreach to consistently attract, enroll, and graduate students with an AMI credential for the benefit of humanity at all developmental stages.
Our Core Values
Expect Excellence
Demand Equity
Act with Courage
Embrace Collaboration
Tenets of Montessori Pedagogy
Values Nature
Builds Resilience
Seeks and Teachers Justice and Equity
Promotes Peace
Fosters Empathy
What is Montessori?
Montessori is a developmental approach to learning that fosters independence and allows children to progress at their own pace. Montessori learning environments are carefully prepared to respond to the child’s innate drive to work and learn. Each environment is led by a carefully trained adult who guides each child on their own journey towards discovery and development. The child is offered lessons with beautiful and engaging materials that support their independent activity. Dr. Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952) developed her approach to education through her observation of children and what she recognized as their universal human tendencies and developmental needs. The Montessori Method has been practiced worldwide for over 100 years and continues to offer success and opportunity to all children.
The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
Dr. Maria Montessori founded the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) in 1929 to protect the integrity and completeness of her work and to guide its continued development and application in the interests of children throughout the world. AMI’s objectives are to maintain, propagate and further the ideas and principles of Dr. Montessori for the full development of the human being.
AMI Teacher Training Courses reflect these objectives by providing comprehensive and authentic Montessori pedagogy. The Montessori Training Center Northeast (MTCNE) is an AMI training center. AMI Teacher Trainers are master teachers with many years of classroom experience and have completed an intensive, internationally recognized “training of trainers” program to qualify as AMI Directors of Training.
Learn more about AMI here.
