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SUMMARY:Approaching Grade Eight: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read all about Summer Series 2026. \nTaught remotely in real-time\, this course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming eighth grade school year in five days brimming with presentations\, discussions\, and practical activities. \nUnder the guidance of an experienced class teacher\, you’ll discover ways to enliven your teaching and learn how to approach the blocks so that they may meet the eighth grader in a meaningful and lively way. With the insights of anthroposophy\, gleaned through a discussion of child development focusing on your class’s age group\, you will get to know the eighth grader in depth as they stand at the point of inner revolution. \nAlong with time and space to consider and hone your skills in such practical matters as main lesson books\, block planning\, projects and activities\, and classroom management\, your course will include such key topics for eighth graders—and their teachers—as: \n\nTopics in language arts\nTopics in math\, including including 3D geometry and algebra\nTopics in American history (Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance)\nTopics in modern history and social justice\nTopics in geography (Africa and the modern world)\nTopics in science\, including physics\, chemistry\, anatomy\, and environmental studies\nPlays\, projects\, community service\, and trips\nBlock quizzes and assessments\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nIn addition\, you’ll gain many valuable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country to carry with you throughout your teaching. And participation in an anthroposophical study\, undertaken by all Grades participants\, will help enable you to build bridges between colleagues and parents once you return to your school. \nGrade-specific resource materials useful for your year\, including poems\, songs\, stories\, and main lesson book ideas\, will be provided to you electronically. \nNOTE: This course is taught with the expectation that you have a foundational background in Waldorf education. \n  \nLead Instructor  \nRebecca Nelson\, who co-directs Sunbridge’s Elementary Teacher Education program\, is a middle school specialist at the Waldorf School of New Orleans\, where she has been on the faculty since 2010. Previously\, she took a class from sixth-eighth grade at Green Meadow Waldorf School. A graduate of the College of William and Mary\, where she majored in English and anthropology\, Rebecca discovered Waldorf education while studying Mayan archaeology at Tulane University\, from which she earned an MA in anthropology. She also holds an MSEd in Waldorf elementary education from Sunbridge College. \nParticipants of previous Summer Series Grades courses with Rebecca had this to say about their experience: \n\nLove Rebecca! Truly an incredible teacher and dedicated teacher of teachers!\nHer professionalism\, warmth\, expertise and experience are a gift! Definitely one of the best instructors I’ve had in my years of grades intensives.\nRebecca was open\, honest\, organized\, professional. She was able to cover a wide range of topics and stayed on track and on time. I appreciated her willingness to discuss any question or topic. She balanced the time well\, gave resources\, gave ideas\, but left space for us to figure things out on our own.\nRebecca did a beautiful job of weaving in the comments of this group\, while also addressing questions and covering the topics with her own deep experience. I loved learning from her and appreciate her warm approach to the challenges of 8th grade students all over the continent and in so many different circumstances.\nHighlights: The amount and quality of resources on Google Classroom\, the knowledge\, energy and generosity of the teachers\, the chance to hear valuable insights from participants\nSuch a wealth of knowledge\, enthusiasm and inspiration!\nRebecca’s recommendations were modern and deep. I really appreciated her book recommendations and how many resources she shared in the Google drive. I will be using them throughout the year and they will help shape my year and make it easier. I especially appreciated how the history was broken down by block as I was feeling overwhelmed about how to get through everything.\nI found the instructors’ energy and passion for their subjects to be really valuable. It was evident they wanted to be there. There were lots of great resources shared through the Google Classroom. I will find it really helpful that it is available during the upcoming school year.\nThis is the first time I’ve attended a course that an instructor began with acknowledging the traditional people on the lands and including that as part of our introductions. There was continuous talk and acknowledgement of Indigenous people. I also appreciated the commitment to investigating how to meet the needs of students today\, in North America\, and asking ourselves about Eurocentric practices and the devastating effects of colonialism.\nRebecca’s passion for teaching is the most inspiring thing… and that’s saying a lot! because content was great.\nRebecca offered wonderful insights and shared her experiences in an honest and authentic way and I really appreciate her ideas\, thoughts and wisdom. She is incredibly generous and forthcoming with her resources and ideas. I find it so very helpful to see the overviews and materials she provided as I plan my year!!\n\nYour course also includes sessions in movement with Solana Hoffmann-Carter\, math with Olga Domokos\, physics with Rosana Portillo\, and chemistry with Caroline Martin.  \n  \n\nSchedule \nThis course takes place June 21-26 in a synchronous online classroom. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE. \nSunday\nClasses begin in the evening. Specific timing to be noted in your schedule. \nMonday – Thursday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am through 4:pm\, with time for breaks and lunch\n(Optional) Physics/math/chemistry labs run from 4:15 pm-5:15 pm on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday \nFriday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am through 1:30 pm\, with a mid-morning break \nNote: Most sessions are required in order to receive a certificate of attendance. Others\, such as Q&A sessions with your lead instructor and lab time with math and science instructors\, are optional. You should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of your regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). Complete schedules will be sent two weeks before your course start date\, along with a list of materials you will need to procure for use during your course. \n\nCost \n$645 includes all resource materials\, yearlong access to your Grade Eight Google Classroom\, and a $55 non-refundable registration fee. \n25% discount for: \n\nStudents currently enrolled in a Sunbridge teacher education program\nSunbridge program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nAccounts must be in good standing and discounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.   \n  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW \n\nNOTE: If you need to request that your school administrator registers you\, please instead fill out this Professional Development Request form. \n  \n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at summer@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nSunbridge reserves the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/approaching-grade-eight-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,Grades,In Process,Professional Development,Summer Series
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SUMMARY:Approaching Grade Seven: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
DESCRIPTION: Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read all about Summer Series 2026. \nTaught remotely in real-time\, this course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming seventh grade school year in five days brimming with presentations\, discussions\, and practical activities. \nUnder the guidance of an experienced class teacher\, you’ll discover ways to enliven your teaching and learn how to approach the blocks so that they may meet the seventh grader in a meaningful and lively way. With the insights of anthroposophy\, gleaned through a child development discussion focusing on your class’s age group\, you will get to know the seventh grader as they explore new horizons both within and without. \nAlong with time and space to consider and hone your skills in such practical matters as main lesson books\, block planning\, projects and activities\, and classroom management\, your course will include such key topics for seventh graders—and their teachers—as: \n\nTopics in language arts\, including listening and speaking\, literature\, and crafting narrative and expository essays\, poetry\, and short stories\nTopics in math\, including perspective geometry and intro to algebra\nTopics in history\, including the Middle Ages\, the European Renaissance\, and the Age of Colonization and Exploration\nTopics in geography\, including suggestions for teaching topically (e.g.\, biomes\, economic geography) or regionally (Asia/Pacific\, Africa)\nTopics in science\, including mechanics\, intro to chemistry\, and human physiology\nPlays\, projects\, community service\, and trips\nReport and assessments\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nYou’ll gain many valuable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country to carry with you throughout your teaching\, while participation in an anthroposophical study undertaken in common with all Grades participants will help enable you to build bridges between colleagues and parents once you return to your school. \nGrade-specific resource materials useful for your year\, including poems\, songs\, stories\, and main lesson book ideas\, will be provided to you electronically. \nNOTE: This course is taught with the expectation that you have a foundational background in Waldorf education. \n  \nLead Instructor  \n \nLaura Purdom is currently grades 7-8 class teacher and middle school chorus teacher at Ashwood Waldorf School. Since joining AWS’s faculty in 2006\, Laura has served as class teacher for all eight grades and taught the middle school grades multiple times. Among her many strengths as a class teacher\, Laura brings an understanding of the strengths and challenges of mixed-age classes\, meaningful student assessment\, and balancing skills development with social-emotional learning. Before turning to Waldorf\, Laura was a writer\, editor and communications consultant for a variety of nonprofit arts and educational institutions. She also researched and wrote travel guidebooks covering Canada\, Southern England\, New England\, and Boston. She has studied improv theatre and performance in Boston and Paris and delights in bringing her theatre training to students; she will be teaching clowning and music at Ashwood’s circus camp this summer. Laura holds a BA from Hanover College and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She attended Sunbridge College’s Foundation Year and received her Waldorf teaching certificate with Alkion Center’s first class. \nLast year’s Summer Series Grade Seven participants had this to say: \n\nThis was thorough. It covered all the major topics of seventh grade.\nLaura was lovely\, open\, and very knowledgeable. She shared so many great ideas.\nLaura was outstanding in her knowledge of subject matter and very thoughtful in her approach to the curriculum and underlying philosophy.\nShe was very well prepared and had many good side notes to share. Her experience showed.\nExcellent\, inclusive educator with lots of experience and passion. Was very lucky to have had her as my instructor. THANK YOU LAURA!\nHonestly\, everything worked perfectly for me – the amount of communication\, helpful staff\, no technical glitches – profound gratitude to the presenters and all of you who worked so hard to make this happen!\nI’ll be back next year. Thank you!\n\nYour course also includes sessions in movement with Solana Hoffman-Carter\, math with Olga Domokos\, physics with Rosana Portillo\, and chemistry with Caroline Martin. \n  \n\nSchedule \nThis course takes place June 21-26 in a synchronous online classroom. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE. \nSunday\nClasses begin in the evening. Specific timing to be noted in your schedule. \nMonday – Thursday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am through 4:00 pm\, with time for breaks and lunch\n(Optional) physics/math/chemistry labs run from 4:15 pm-5:15 pm on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday \nFriday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am through 1:30 pm\, with a mid-morning break \nNOTE: Most sessions are required in order to receive a certificate of attendance. Others\, such as Q&A sessions with your lead instructor and lab time with math and science instructors\, are optional. You should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of your regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). Complete schedules will be sent two weeks before your course start date\, along with a list of materials you will need to procure for use during your course. \n\n\n  \nCost \n$645 includes all resource materials\, yearlong access to your Grade Seven Google Classroom\, and a $55 non-refundable registration fee. \n25% discount for: \n\nStudents currently enrolled in a Sunbridge teacher education program\nSunbridge program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nAccounts must be in good standing and discounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \n  \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW \n\nNOTE: If you need to request that your school administrator registers you\, please instead fill out this Professional Development Request form. \n\n  \n\nQuestions? Please contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at summer@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nSunbridge reserves the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/approaching-grade-seven-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,Grades,In Process,Professional Development,Summer Series
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