OPEN SEMINAR SERIES
These offerings will change each year since they provide us all with an opportunity to share in the fruits of current researchers whose work is relevant to us as Waldorf educators. In the next few years topics will range from the future of AI and its implications for our teaching, the nature of sleep from a medical perspective, curriculum innovation, engaging the unfolding will of our students, balance in the life of the Waldorf teacher, working with colleagues, governance and
more.
Each seminar will be online (2 1/2 hours) and will have room for reflection, possibly an artistic activity, questions and, discussion depending on the number of participants.
Cost: $35per Seminar or $150 to sign up for all 5
What Truth and Reconciliation in Canada can teach us about having a difficult conversation with Cathie Foote
Presenter: Cathie Foote
Our Truth and Reconciliation Commission gave many “Calls to Action” to every person and organization in Canada. Over the past few years, I have been working to find my own place-based and family history-based way into taking up some of the action to which I’ve been called
as a Canadian. In these beginning steps of mine toward more truth-telling and reconciling understanding and activity, I have also come to see how Truth and Reconciliation naturally calls for conversations that are difficult. In my long-time professional life as a social worker,
therapist and Waldorf school administrator, I gained a lot of experience in having difficult conversations. In this seminar, I want to explore how the learnings from truth-telling and reconciling can inform the way we approach and engage in a difficult conversation – specifically in the context of a school, where we as adults have to have many conversations that are difficult for us.
The Arc of Becoming: Medical and Pedagogical Collaboration in Support of The Young Child. A presentation from the Care 1 Conference on Birth and Early Childhood Part 1
Presenter: Heather Church and Frances Vig
Focus: Early Childhood
In August a group of people from around the world gathered at the Threefold Community Spring Valley to inaugurate the first Care conference in North America. The Care conferences in Europe focus on different aspects of collaboration between teachers and medical professionals. Jointly hosted by the Pedagogical and Medical Sections in Dornach, this collaborative effort shone light on riches gleaned from working together, sharing insights and expertise in service to children and youth. While the focus was pregnancy, birth and early childhood, the content serves those who teach in the grade school, high school and teacher preparation programs. In this hour and a half we will share aspects of the co-working we found to be particularly stimulating, some resulting initiatives arising and research material that you may be able to access in the coming weeks.
Storytelling as Preparation for Life
Presenter: Carol Triggiano
Focus: EC-12th grade
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