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Concurrent M.Ed. Pathway

³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ University Maryland offers a 33-credit Master of Education program in Montessori Education with three concentrations: Birth to Three (0-3), Early Childhood Education (3-6), and Elementary Education (6-12). This unique program is offered in partnership with the select group of MACTE Accredited Montessori teacher training institutes listed below. Candidates must dually enroll at one of our off-site partner institutes and earn graduate credits throughout their MACTE Accredited Montessori teacher training, then complete subsequent online coursework with ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ University Maryland. Note: this program does not require travel to ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ's campus, and therefore an I-20 cannot be issued by ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.)

Associated Off-Site Training Courses*

*Note: Students in the Concurrent Pathway will be dually enrolled as graduate students, registering for the first 15 credits of their M.Ed. degree while simultaneously completing all requirements of their MACTE accredited Montessori training program.

Elementary Education (6-12)

• (Mesa, AZ)
  Instructor: Gaby Lopez

Early Childhood Education (3-6)

•  (Mesa, AZ) 
  Instructor: Ann Velasco (Evening Course)
• (St. Louis, MO)

  Instructor: Lakshmi Shekhar

Birth to Three (0-3)

• (St. Louis, MO)  Instructor: Sharlyn Smith

Ready to Apply?

Candidates must first be accepted into one of ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ's Off-Site partner programs before they can be admitted to ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ University Maryland.

Please note that tuition for ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ University Maryland is separate from the tuition paid to the off-site training program. For details on ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ’s admission requirements and to start your application, click here.

Additional Partners

Note that ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ's concurrent partner offerings change year to year. The following institutes do not have any programs associated with ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ for the 2025-26 school year:  (Denver, CO),  (Riverdale Park, MD), and  (La Jolla, CA).