PAMS is a Not for Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation, incorporated in Delaware. It is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific and literary purposes to establish Schools of Montessori Teacher Education which will prepare Montessori master teachers, school administrators, classroom teachers and instructional assistants, and which will offer courses to parents on child development, parenting and the Montessori System of Education. The PAN AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY (PAMS) was chartered in 1973 by Feland L. Meadows, Ph.D., a Montessori Instructor; Joan B. Meadows, a Language Therapist; Elisabeth Caspari, Ed.D., a Montessori Teacher Educator and Charles Caspari, an Engineer, Mathematician and Linguist, to provide teacher education and other support services in accordance with Dr. Caspari's personal study and learning experiences with Dr. Maria Montessori during four years in India. PAMS has prepared more than 2,500 Montessori teachers worldwide.There are PAMS Teacher Education centers in the USA and around the world.