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The World is their Classroom…

The goal of the graduate program in Montessori education is to guide adults as they prepare for the work and responsibility of helping each child to develop the fullness of his or her potential. The program provides graduate students with opportunities to acquire an understanding of a child's stages of development and the different conditions and strategies necessary to support development at each stage. Graduate students also broaden their knowledge of research and trends in the field of education and are prepared to assume leadership roles in their profession. As a student in the program, you select one area of concentration: Primary (ages 3 - 6), or Elementary (ages 6 - 12). Upon completion of the program, graduates receive both the internationally recognized Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) diploma and the Master of Education degree from Loyola College in Maryland.

The Montessori teacher-training program at WMI is offered in both academic year and multi-summer formats. A new cohort of students is admitted each year for the Primary and Elementary academic year format. Multi-summer formatted training programs are offered periodically as demand is assessed.  Washington Montessori Institute is currently accepting applications to the following program formats:

• Primary academic year format
• Elementary academic year format
• Elementary multi-summer format
• Columbia Campus.

  Washington Montessori Institute faculty include:

  Janet McDonell, M.Ed.
  Director of Primary Training

  Kay Baker, Ph.D.
  Director of Elementary Training

  Sharon Dubble, Ph.D.
  Director, Graduate Programs in Montessori Education

  For more information about Montessori Teacher Training opportunities at Washington Montessori Institute, please contact us. To request an information packet, click here.