OUR HISTORY
History of the Montessori Teacher Academy
Montessori Teacher Academy (MTA) was established in 1992 as a private Montessori Teacher Education Program in Lake Forest, California. It served the local community as the one and only Teacher Education Program in Orange County affiliated with the National Center for Montessori Education (NCME).
In September 2003, MTA took residence in Dana Point, California using Monarch Bay Montessori Academy (MBMA) as its demonstration school. MBMA serves children from over one hundred families in the Southern California area at the Early Childhood, Lower and Upper Elementary levels (ages 2.5 through 12).
In June 2006, the Montessori Teacher Academy joined the American Montessori Society (AMS), as NCME united forces with AMS to become a prestigious Montessori organization internationally.
MTA is licensed to operate by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, BPPE, affiliated by the American Montessori Society, AMS, and accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, MACTE.
It is now housed under Montessorita in order to expand on services offered.