Center For Teaching & Learning vs. Damariscotta Montessori School

The Center for Teaching and Learning is a K-8 demonstration school dedicated to the development and dissemination of authentic, rigorous and joyful methods for teaching across the curriculum.

We seek to teach and influence both a cross-section of children of mid-coastal Maine and, through an intern program, seminars, speeches and publications, classroom teachers throughout the U.S. The Center for Teaching and Learning was founded in 1990 as a non-profit demonstration school.

CTL is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, licensed by the Maine Department of Education, and has state and federal tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) corporation.

It draws students from twenty-three communities in the mid-coast region.

Damariscotta Montessori School serves 82 students in grades Prekindergarten-8, is a member of the American Montessori Society (AMS), the Other Montessori association(s) and the Other special emphasis association(s).

The student:teacher of Damariscotta Montessori School is 27:1 and the school's religious affiliation is Nonsectarian.