Montessori Training Centre of BC

SUMMER 2025 ORIENTATION COURSE: REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!

Starts July 22, 2025 – Ends August 28, 2025

Online Sessions, 400 – 700 pm Pacific Time

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Cost: $1300.00 (includes: Application fee, tuition, online learning management)

Books sold separately.

The Montessori Training Centre of British Columbia (MTCBC) works in affiliation with the Association Montessori Internationale. The courses offered must meet rigorous standards, in both content and teaching staff. The Certificate awarded by the MTCBC is recognized by Montessori Schools both nationally and internationally. This certificate course qualifies the adult to apply for an ECEA certification with the BC ECE Registry.

Certificate Granted

> AMI 3-6 Orientation Course Certificate
> Eligible for the British Columbia Early Childhood Educator Assistant (ECEA) Certificate

Applications for an (ECEA) Assistant Certificate are sent to the Early Childhood Educator Registry, Ministry of Education and Child Care.

Course Catalogue Summer 2025

Click here to read more about the AMI 3-6 Orientation Course

TRAINING STAFF

Eduardo Cuevas (Presenting the Spring 2025 3-6 Orientation Course)

Eduardo CuevasEduardo completed AMI Primary Training in 1973 in Mexico City. Besides having directed his own class in the school he founded, he has directed training courses in Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States. He had been the Director of Training of the Primary Training Course at the MTCBC from 1999-2020. Mr. Cuevas has extensive experience as an AMI Consultant and Director of Parent Education Programs. He holds a Master’s degree in Primary Education from Loyola College, Baltimore, USA and is a past member of the AMI Board of Directors.

Teng-Chien Yu (Presenting the Summer 2025 3-6 Orientation Course)

 

 

 

Teng-Chien Yu Teng-Chien Yu is an international Montessori trainer, originally from Taiwan. He began his career as a licensed Clinical Social Worker within elementary school communities where he met his passion for Montessori. He taught English in Montessori schools in Taipei and from there he came to the US where he obtained first his Assistant to Infancy AMI diploma, and then his Primary AMI diploma under the guidance of Joan Bettmann. He served as a 0-3 guide and a Children’s House guide and a pedagogy director in the US, Taiwan and China. Teng-Chien subsequently became an AMI Primary Trainer, and has taught Primary Orientation Courses in Taiwan. He also served as an observer and consultant in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore. Since 2019, Teng-Chien has given three Primary training courses in Denver and is currently currently directing courses in Maryland and Thailand.

Location

Montessori Training Centre of B.C.

1410 Nanton Ave., Vancouver – The MTCBC is located at the back of the St. John’s Shaughnessy Church. The entrance is on CARTIER AVE.

* This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. As such, PTIB did not review this program.