Lower (6-9 years) Elementary Montessori Course

The College of Modern Montessori has held uninterrupted accredited status for its part time and full time early childhood Montessori teacher training courses since 1995 from the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE, United States of America). As the only college in South Africa to ever have been awarded such international accreditation, we are committed to ensuring that the Lower Elementary Montessori course will enjoy the same prestigious status. As such, we have initiated the process with MACTE and commenced the accreditation procedure. MACTE rules state that new courses must have been in operation for a minimum of six months, prior to an onsite verification visit, so the class of 2019 enjoyed meeting the MACTE team of verifiers who came to South Africa to undertake a quality assurance audit. We submitted our self-study thesis in September of 2020, which, we established, in February of 2021, has been evaluated by their first expert reader. There a number of steps to follow before final accreditation will be awarded, but we are most proud to say that we are very nearly there! This, coupled with the fact that MACTE are a team of consummate professionals, committed to supporting and mentoring their accredited programmes, leaves us entirely confident that our lower elementary accreditation application will be successful.