The Online International Directory and Census of Montessori Schools

Has your school entered its up to date information in our online directory?

If not, you are missing an opportunity both to reach the tens of thousands of parents around the world who turn to www.montessori.org for information about Montessori education and Montessori schools.

Your school can display complete and up-to-the minute information, and update it any time.

It's free, it's easy, and it helps your school and all of us in the Montessori community.

How Many Montessori Schools Are There Any Way?

Sadly, after all these years, no one really knows. Few countries have an accurate directory of all their schools, and we have little or no information about their enrollments, age levels, governance, etc.

The Montessori Foundation has launched an international census of Montessori schools, using our online school directory.

Our goal is to create one commonly shared record, accurate and up to date, showing the location, governance, enrollment and programs offered by Montessori schools in every state and province around the world.

To do this, we have prepared a central database in which each school can register to manage the information that will be shared with parents, researchers and prospective teachers.

This program is free of charge to any Montessori school in any country. While it is sponsored by the Montessori Foundation and its membership organization, the International Montessori Council, schools are not required to join to participate.

The information that comes out of the census will yield:

a. More accurate and complete information for parents seeking Montessori schools

b. Much more detailed descriptions of each school's program and facilities (at no cost to the schools)

c. Hopefully more up to date information from the schools, since they will be able to update it themselves securely)

d. and information about enrollment, programs offered, and average salaries for teachers and other key positions that will be automatically tabulated into statistical reports organized by state and by region (individual school salary information will remain strictly confidential.

The database and the summarized statistical information that it yields is shared freely with the entire Montessori community.

How do I manage my school's online information?

To access the online database, go to

http://montessori.neocodesoftware.com/

The welcome screen offers you 2 choices

Add a new school to the database

You will need to provide your email address and other personal information to apply to serve as the record administrator for your school’s online information.

You will also have to pick a unique user name and decide on a password to use each time you access the database.

Once you enter your information, or enter revisions, it will not immediately appear online. Our staff will need to review it to be sure that a hacker is not playing a prank, and after approval our computer updates the online list once a day. Generally allow 48 hours for your changes to appear

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Become the administrator of an existing school record

You will need to know the ID number assigned to your Montessori school by the Montessori Foundation. You can find this on your mailing label of an individually mailed issue of Tomorrow’s Child magazine, or go to our online directory search engine and look up your school:
http://www.montessori.org/search/SearchUSSchool.htm

NOTE: For school members of the International Montessori Council: Your School ID number for this purpose is not the IMC school member number on your certificate. Those numbers are separate. Enter the school ID number to begin the process.

You will also need to provide your email address and some information about yourself to apply to serve as the record administrator for your school’s online information. This is to minimize the chance that someone could play a prank on a school.

You will also have to pick a unique user name and decide on a password to use each time you access the database.

Once you enter your information, or enter revisions, it will not immediately appear online. Our staff will need to review it to be sure that a hacker is not playing a prank.

Once your request has been reviewed and approved, you will receive a second email from us titled Montessori Directory Record Administrator Request. In it you will find the initial user name and password to use to gain access to your school’s record.

Return to http://montessori.neocodesoftware.com/ In the log in screen, enter the user name and password sent in the last email.

Hit the log on button.

If you wish, you may change your user name and/or password at his this new screen.

Proceed to fill in the information on this new screen, which contains many fields.

Enter the normal enrollment information for your school for each program level that you offer.

The salary information is particularly important. Remember that you information will be combined with others across the nation to produce averaged information about typical salaries for teachers and other positions.

Your school’s information will not be visible to anyone other than our staff and yourself. It will remain strictly confidential.

Please average your salaries out for a full time (35-40 hours a week) employee working over a normal 9 or 10 month school year, even if you calculate your salaries in some other way, such as an hourly or weekly pay rate.

It is absolutely vital that we have your current and accurate email address. Please change it in your record if you ever change email services. Our computer updates the online list once a day. Generally you should allow 24 hours for your information to appear online.

I would like to help! What can I do?

We are gathering volunteers across the United States and Canada, and in other countries around the world, who will help us to identify all of the Montessori schools in their State or Province, confirming the accuracy of the addresses and contact information on the existing lists of schools.

Having confirmed the accurate list, our volunteers are then recruiting additional volunteers to contact ten schools apiece to persuade them to participate in the census.

We are seeking volunteers in every state and province in the United States and Canada, and in each country around the world