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Task force endorses revisions to Bulletin 746 to broaden Montessori standalone certification

Department of Education · August 22, 2024
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Summary

A Department of Education task force voted to endorse proposed changes to Bulletin 746 that would expand eligibility for a standalone Montessori teacher certification and update approved providers; the endorsement will be presented to the Educator Effectiveness Committee Oct. 8 and the full board Oct. 9.

Speaker 1, an unidentified task force member chairing the meeting, opened consideration of revisions to Bulletin 746 that would broaden eligibility for a standalone Montessori teacher certification beyond nonpublic schools and update provider language in the bulletin.

The task force’s recommended edits would remove a restriction limiting the standalone certification to nonpublic schools, replace references to "type" with "class" (class A/B/C) to match statutory language, and update section 1363’s list of approved providers (removing the Montessori Institute of America and renaming…

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