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Nancy R. McKormick attends the 10th International Montessori Congress
This is when she met Mario Montessori for the first time and is told by him to get a degree in education in order to be taken serious. -
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AMS History
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Whitby School opens (first Montessori school in the U.S)
The school is opened by Nancy & other parents. They selected her to be the Head of school -
Nancy R. McKormick becomes U.S representative of the AMI
Mario appoints Nancy to serve as a U.S. represesntative 6 months after the Whitby school was opened -
AMS is founded
AMS was founded by Nancy M. Rambusch -
The Whitby school and Nancy are featured in the TIME magazine
Soon after they were featured in other magazines such as; -
McKormick publishes a book, "Learning How to Learn"
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AMS & AMI sign an agreement
the AMS board and Mr. and Mrs. Montessori sign a 5 year agreement. -
Mario Montessori sends letter to America
Mario Montessori sends a long letter to America answering some of the many questions they had about the Montessori method -
N. Rambusch resigns as AMS president
She embarks on a distinguished career in children's education -
AMS National office moves from Greenwich to New York
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Rambusch resigns as President
Nancy resigns as president and embarks on a distinguished career in education. -
Cleo Monson becomes the first National Director
Cleo held this position until she retired in 1978 -
The first International Symposium
AMS's first international symposium is held in Athens -
MACTE is founded
The Montessori Accredidation Council for Teacher Education is founded so that they can accredit quality Montessori teacher education programs -
National Center for Montessori in the public sector
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Montessori Public Policy initiative
AMS and AMI work together to work on public policy issues -
1st Teacher Education Instructor Academy
AMS begins its first cohort for the Teacher Education Instructor Academy
