About Us
The Montessori Institute of North Texas (MINT) is the outgrowth of collaboration among area Montessori schools and teachers working to establish a permanent training center for all levels of development to serve the growing need for AMI-credentialed teachers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. MINT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, affiliated with the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). MINT’s first series of training programs began in the summer of 2004.
Today, MINT serves as a regional hub for Montessori learning and collaboration, providing programs and resources that support educators and the broader community. Our mission extends across generations, engaging children, families, and elders through a variety of learning and enrichment opportunities, while fostering connection, mentorship, and shared growth.
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Our Mission
Our mission is to advance Montessori education through transformative AMI teacher training and community engagement.
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Our Vision
Our vision is that Montessori principles empower all people to build communities of peace, respect and belonging.
Equity Statement
MINT recognizes that our society is shaped by history. The systems we live in now were built during different eras, but we will shape where we go next. We affirm that building a just world requires both personal transformation and collective responsibility.
We recognize that to create change, each one of us has work to do on a continuous basis. We recognize that even as we look deeply within ourselves, we must support all individuals in our organization -- faculty, staff, and students alike -- in doing the same.
Our call to action is dual in nature – we must each reflect deeply on ourselves first and then carry our realizations out into our work in society. Personal change is powerful. When change begins within an individual, an entire community can be influenced, and an entire society can be changed. As one of our MINT students has said, “I think all teachers need to be trained like this because it changes your view on the way you look at yourself. When you think about changing the whole world, it’s very, very overwhelming. But now my part in this is going to be for my community and my school and to make that change very small and one child at a time.”
MINT was founded and remains grounded in the knowledge that, in Dr. Montessori’s words, “the child is both a hope and a promise for mankind,” and “it is absolutely certain that the secret of future human power lies hidden within humanity as it develops – within young people.”
We renew our commitment to nurture and protect that hope and promise through both individual action and social responsibility.
We affirm our commitment to continue to examine ourselves and our institution to ensure that our practices reflect our founding principles.
We affirm our commitment to training that begins with the “study of one’s self” and the understanding that change must begin within the individual.
We renew our commitment to train teachers who will recognize and honor our common humanity and work for a better future for all our children.
We renew our commitment to work in this way to create a world of equity and social justice, where all children can achieve their full potential and live in peace and dignity.
Non-Discrimination Policy
MINT seeks diversity at all levels of its operation and student body. MINT admits students of any age, gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, and sexual orientation to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to all students at MINT. MINT does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policy.