Montessori Training Center of St. Louis

The Montessori Training Center of St. Louis was founded by Pearl Vanderwall in 1972. Incorporated as a non-profit educational organization, the Center is affiliated with the Association Montessori Internationale. Montessori Training Center of St. Louis provides accessible, high-fidelity training for educators and families through courses designed on the pedagogical principles scientifically developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, and by modeling those principles in practice. MTCSTL empowers adults with the tools and resources to transform communities and shape a more peaceful world through developmentally-based education. MTCSTL also operates a thriving school community offering children ages 15 months to 12 years an authentic, urban, Montessori education through the Montessori Lab School at Grand Center.