The goal of the SCMA Verification Project is to give participating schools the opportunity to demonstrate that they include the essential standards of a Montessori school. These SCMA threshold standards were determined by the SCMA Verification Project Committee representing Montessori educators across the state and were approved by the Board of Directors in May 2017.
There is no trademark or copyright protection on the use of “Montessori” in the public domain. Any school or program may call itself Montessori but actually be lacking in any of the elements that would be considered necessary to implement the system of education as taught in accredited or nationally recognized Montessori Teacher Preparation Programs.
