summer teacher program

course description at-a-glance

The Summer Waldorf Teacher Training Program is a four summer program designed for students who have other obligations during the year whereby the five-week summer session allows for some flexibility. The program emphasizes a practical approach to allow students who may be Waldorf teachers to apply the knowledge in their classrooms. The program balances the course schedule with self-knowledge inner work, which is key to the Waldorf principle. Go visit Rudolf Steiner College online for more information, or if you are in the Fair Oaks area, you ought to visit the campus in person - good vibes there!

The program schedule is grouped into FOUNDATION COURSES and PEDAGOGICAL COURSES. (The courses in blue are the ones I took.)

FOUNDATION COURSES

I. The Path of Self-Knowledge

Rudolf Steiner's Autobiography PSY400
Nature of the Human Being PSY400
Inner Work PSY400
Biography PSY400

II. An Introduction to Waldorf Education

Intro to Grades Curriculum EDU400

III. Epistemology and Phenomenology

Anthroposophy and The Philosophy of Freedom PHIL410
Phenomenology SCI400

IV. Self-Transformation through the Arts













ART400A
Wet Method Painting
Handwork Personal Studio
Personal Studio Portfolio

ART400B
Veil Painting
Handwork Curriculum
Handwork Around the World

ART400D
Handwork Around the World

ART401A
Eurythmy and Practice Log
Singing and Practice Log
Recorder Assessment and Practice Log
Handwork

ART401B
Movement and Spatial Dynamics
Singing and Recorder Assessment

ART401C
Eurythmy
Movement and Spatial Dynamics
Singing and Recorder Assessment

V. Topics in Anthroposophy

Three-Fold Social Order SOC400
Cosmology PHIL403
Karma and Reincarnation PHIL404
Christology PHIL405

PEDAGOGICAL COURSES

I. The Philosophical Foundations and Epistemology of Waldorf Education

Knowledge of the Human Being EDU500
Inner Development of the Teacher EDU501
School, Community, and Individual EDU502

II. The Artistic Approach in the Practice of Teaching











The Time Arts (Speech, Drama, Music, Movement) EDU503

The Visual Arts EDU504
Wood Carving, Form Drawing GR1-3, Clay Modeling, (Summer1)
Wood Carving, Clay Modeling (Summer2)
Painting, Clay, Music (Summer3)
Nature Drawing, Choir, Coppersmithing (Summer4)

III. Curriculum Development, Differentiation, Delivery











Waldorf Pedagogy for the Early Years EDU505
Art of the Main Lesson
Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends
Art of the Main Lesson Book
Grades 1-3 Math
Grades 1-3 Language Arts

Waldorf Pedagogy for the Golden Years
Grades 4-5 Math
Grades 4-5 Language Arts
Grades 4-5 Local Geography and History
Grades 4-5 Human and Animal

Waldorf Pedagogy for the Middle School (6-8)
Language Arts
Math
Physics
Geography
Minerology
Chemistry
Physiology and Anatomy
Astronomy
Chemistry
History

Field Experience EDU508