Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative (METTC)
Please contact our Admissions Director [admissions@mettc.org] to discuss the possibilities and get a start on the admissions process.
Earlier this year, our METTC Board approved an AJEDI Statement to complement our Mission Statement. Click here to read the full text.
METTC admits students without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, sex, disability, or any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, and all of its benefits or programs.
Who Are We and How Did We Arrive Here…
METTC’s teacher education program carries the heritage of the highly respected CMTE/NY program that our experienced elementary faculty developed over 30 years. These veteran presenters formed the Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative and offered the Elementary I course for the first time in Massachusetts to 20 teachers during the summer of 2013. We introduced the Elementary I-II course to 32 new teachers in 2014, and launched the 9-12 Elementary II course in 2015, with a 9-12 stand alone option in 2017. 2019 marked our seventh season of delivering high quality elementary Montessori teacher training in Lexington, Massachusetts, and in that July, MACTE (Montessori Accreditation Council For Teacher Education) awarded Full Accreditation status to METTC’s 9-12 stand alone training program, making this one of only four AMS-affiliated programs in the country at that time. While COVID-19 prevented us from assembling in person for 2020, our eighth season continued with online courses for new and returning cohorts at each level, collaborating with each other and our full METTC faculty, exploring Montessori Philosophy in this time of social justice, and sharing our various classroom responses to COVID. We were back in person again at LMS with full cohorts at all levels for the summers of 2021 and 2022! 2023 marked our tenth anniversary year, with celebration gatherings at The Montessori Event in Boston with AMS and outdoors on the LMS campus during the summer. We also continued to expand our Professional Development offerings with online workshops thr0ughout the year. As we enter our second decade of programming, we hope you will come be part of our on-going collaboration.
Now our METTC Legacy Continues...