Seattle University American Montessori Society John is still the Director and still teaching at Seattle University. Each training program consists of an academic phase and a full year student teaching practicum. This year of supervised practice is a distinguishing feature of AMS training, and we feel it's essential. Good teaching, especially Montessori teaching, can't be learned from memorization of facts. It's a performance skill, like gymnastics or mastery of a musical instrument.
Elementary courses have the academic phase in two summers with the practicum in between.
Only one internship is needed for both Elementary levels. He is the author of over 50 articles and chapters on Montessori, and the book, The Montessori Controversy. He is a past president of the American Montessori Society. The other members of the faculty are all in Montessori classrooms. The all have at least the training for the age level at which they teach, and a minimum of five years classroom teaching experience.