Which is the best Forum to post these questions: What is an AMI Montessori Teacher? Where are there schools that provide the education and training for this career? With a BA degree (or higher), how long is the training?
Michel

AMI stands Association Montessori International. It was created to copyright the name Montessori.

Therefore a teacher who is trained as an AMI teacher, has done his or her training at a Montessori certified training center.

Because Montessori never copyrighted her name (Montessori) anyone anywhere can open a school and call it a Montesori school without being a "real" Montessori school with trained teachers and the correct materials.

There are training centers in N. America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Most of the locations provide the 3-6 training where there are fewer locations that provide the 0-3 or the 6-12 training. You can always go on their site to see the exact locations: www.montessori-ami.org

In terms of a BA or other degrees needed, you would have to check with each training center to see what their requirements are.

Hope that helps!

What is the value of an MA in relationship with the AMI Montessori Training certificate? Is it required to be an AMI teacher in any context? Thank you. Michel

I actually looked into getting an MA at one of the locations offering the AMI training.

In the end, I personally found that a Masters would most likely help me if I had wanted to perhaps teach in a system other than Montessori. Most schools that hire AMI trained teachers look for the AMI certificate and not at the Masters Degree.

Maybe others may have a different feeling than I do but in the end I found it to be helpful in the United States simply as an added plus. But when I looked at international schools, they didn't seem to care bout the MA, only about the AMI degree.