• Affordable membership fees
• Association with an internationally recognized, professional Montessori organization
• Access to current research in related fields, such as child psychology, human growth, and development
• Discounted rates on MIA seminars and conferences
• Subscription to the MIA newsletter and copy of the membership directory
• E-mailed education updates

• Interning Teacher Student Teachers currenlty enrolled in MIA teacher preparation programs
• Professional Teacher, MIA certified teachers Teachers who hold on internationally recognized Montessorii teaching credential
• General Member Anyone interested in MIA's mission

• Member School (Category B) Any school that meets MIA standards and has at least one classroom teacher holding an internationally recognized Montessori credential
• Internship School (Category A) Schools that meet MIA standards and all of its supervising teachers are MIA members

MIA in China

MTP of WA is pleased to have presented full MIA training courses in both Beijing and Guangzhou from 2007 through 2011. More than 300 teachers have taken the 220 hour course, and more than 30 MIA schools have been approved as MIA internship schools.

Watch for more MIA courses to open in 2011 and 2012.