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SUMMARY:Approaching Grade Three: Inspiration and Guidance For Your Year
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read Summer Series 2023 details here.  \nThis course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming third 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 how to approach the blocks so that they may meet the third grader in a deep and meaningful way. With the insights of anthroposophy\, gleaned through a look at child development focusing specifically on your class’s age group\, you will get to know the third grade child in depth as they as they experience the nine-year change. \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 third graders—and their teachers—as: \n\nMulticultural approaches to the creation stories and the role of Old Testament stories in the third grade curriculum\nTopics in language arts\, reading groups\, and class plays\nTopics in math\nThird grade approach to science and gardening\nThird grade approach to social studies\, class trips and community service\nThird grade morning circle\nThird grade assessment\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nIn addition to inspiration and guidance which will support your teaching throughout the year\, you’ll gain many invaluable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country\, to carry with you into your teaching. \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 \nJoshua Gartland is on the faculty of  The Waldorf School of Atlanta\, where he has been a class teacher since 2009. Before joining WSA\, he taught at The Waldorf School of Garden City. Prior to becoming a Waldorf teacher\, Josh was active in theatre productions\, studied and performed as a mime\, and was a senior manager of one of the largest yoga facilities in the country. He received a BFA in Theater Performance from Wright State University in Dayton\, Ohio\, and his diploma in Waldorf education from Sunbridge College.  Josh enjoys talking\, books\, playing games\, singing\, dancing\, drawing and\, of course\, learning. \nLast year’s Summer Series Grade Three participants had this to say: \n\nIt went above and beyond my expectations\, especially with regard to concrete tools\, the community created and resources shared.\nI love the Google Classroom and the ability to share resources\, as well as practical examples and ideas for my classroom. \nThe outline of the week hit on almost all the topics I was seeking information about.\nI thought the content was extremely helpful\, the Google classroom will be an tremendous help throughout the year.\nThis was so wonderful. The block plans\, games\, and main lesson structure were really helpful and inspiring.\nLoved the length of the blocks and the breaks in between truly supported my processing\,\nThere was plenty without too much.\nI feel much more prepared to teach 3rd grade than I was at the beginning of the week.\n\nYour course also includes sessions in art with Kelly Beekman\, music with Adam Petersen\, and movement and games with Charlie Orphanides. \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 2-7 in a synchronous online classroom. \nALL TIMES LISTED BELOW ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening: 6:15 pm-6:30 pm: Log in for technical check-in and attendance. First session starts promptly at 6:30 with “The Gesture of the Third Grade\,” and ends at 8:15. New teachers especially are encouraged to remain for a Q&A with your lead instructor from 8:30-9:00. \nMonday-Thursday: Instruction takes place between 10 am and 5 pm (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective music studio (5:15-6:15 Wednesday) and roundtable discussion with faculty (7:15-8:15 Thursday). \nFriday: Instruction and wrap-up takes place from 10-2:30 (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective art studio from 2:45-3:45. \nParticipants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \n  \nCost\n$635 includes all resource materials\, pre-recorded music and movement lessons\, yearlong access to your Grade Three Google Classroom and Kelly Beekman’s art portal\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nNOTE: Participants will be expected to procure some materials to use during their course. A materials list will be sent three weeks in advance of your course start date. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nPaid registrations must be received by Thursday\, June 29. \n  \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-three-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year-4/
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 Four: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read Summer Series 2023 details here.  \nThis course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming fourth 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 how to approach the blocks so that they may meet the fourth grader in a deep and meaningful way. With the insights of anthroposophy\, gleaned through a look at child development focusing specifically on your class’s age group\, you will get to know the fourth grade child in depth as they step into a more objective relationship to learning. \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 fourth graders—and their teachers—as: \n\nTopics in language arts\, reading groups\, and class plays\nMulticultural approaches to mapmaking/geography and the role of Norse mythology in the fourth grade curriculum\nTopics in math\nFourth grade approach to zoology and gardening\nFourth grade approach to geography and local/state history\nFourth grade morning circle\nFourth grade assessment\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nThese subjects will be supported by explorations in art\, music\, and movement\, giving you practical tools to take into your school year. \nIn addition to inspiration and guidance which will support your teaching throughout the year\, you’ll gain many invaluable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country\, to carry with you into your teaching. \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 \nMelissa McIntyre currently teaches grade four at Susquehanna Waldorf School where she has been on the faculty since 2003. Melissa has served her school as grades department chair\, pedagogical chair\, Leadership Council member and Council rep to the Board of Trustees\, and as an AWSNA delegate. In addition to her 20 years on the SWS faculty\, Melissa’s extensive teaching experience also includes serving as an elementary and middle school teacher for public schools in Florida and Idaho\, and teaching at Department of Defense schools in Germany and at Sylvan Learning Centers in Florida and Pennsylvania. Melissa earned her BA in elementary education and art history from Rollins College and her MEd degree from the University of Central Florida. We are happy to welcome her to Sunbridge. \nLast year’s Summer Series Grade Four participants had this to say: \n\nAs a rank beginner\, I found all of the information practical and helpful. Such an abundance!\nI was extremely satisfied with the course material and instruction. All the instructors were very thorough and engaging. \nThe highlights were the class discussions and the time each instructor took to answer and address each question or comment made by each student. It felt enriching and full of wisdom.\nReally appreciate amount of content available in the online classroom. Art portion and the music content exceeded my expectations.\nThe instructors had many wonderful insights and great warmth.\nWith the amount of time and material covered this price is excellent. The ability to return to the material until May of next year is wonderful and greatly appreciated.\nI (had) heard extraordinary things about Sunbridge and how clear and thorough each instructor is when teaching the course. I saw this to be true taking the course this week. Wonderful pace and material review has left me feeling even more confident taking on 4th grade.\n\nYour course also includes sessions in art with Kelly Beekman\, music with Adam Petersen\, and movement and games with Charlie Orphanides. \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 2-7 in a synchronous online classroom. \nALL TIMES LISTED BELOW ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening: 6:15 pm-6:30 pm: Log in for technical check-in and attendance. First session starts promptly at 6:30 with “The Gesture of the Fourth Grade\,” and ends at 8:15. New teachers especially are encouraged to remain for a Q&A with your lead instructor from 8:30-9:00. \nMonday-Thursday: Instruction takes place between 10 am and 5 pm (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective music studio (5:15-6:15 Wednesday) and roundtable discussion with faculty (7:15-8:15 Thursday). \nFriday: Instruction and wrap-up takes place from 10-2:30 (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective art studio from 2:45-3:45. \nParticipants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \n  \nCost\n$635 includes all resource materials\, pre-recorded music and movement lessons\, yearlong access to your Grade Four Google Classroom and Kelly Beekman’s art portal\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nNOTE: Participants will be expected to procure some materials to use during their course. A materials list will be sent three weeks in advance of your course start date. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nPaid registrations must be received by Thursday\, June 29. \n  \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-four-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year-4/
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 Summer Series 2023 details here. \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 study 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 Wish\, Wonder\, and Surprise\, and journal- and essay-writing\nTopics in math\, including prospective geometry and intro to algebra\nTopics in history\, including the Middle Ages through the Renaissance in Africa and Europe\, and the Enlightenment through the American Civil War\nTopics in geography\, including biomes and explorers of the world\nTopics in science\, including mechanics\, intro to chemistry\, and human physiology\nPlays\, projects\, community service\, and trips\nBlock quizzes and assessments\nNext steps in seventh grade pedagogy\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nNEW This Year: \nThis summer\, in addition to the topics listed above\, which all Approaching Grade Seven participants will be engaging in together\, we are also offering elective classes designed to help you meet the needs of your particular set of students as some look ahead to stepping into their school’s high school\, while others need appropriate preparation for moving on to a public or other non-Waldorf setting for their high school years. Elective topics (some of which will be repeated\, so you’ll be able to get in all that you need) include: \n\nPhysics lab\nChemistry lab\nMath skills\nPerspective geometry drawings\nMain lesson music\nMain lesson art\nChalkboard art\nRoundtable discussion for experienced teachers: Adapting Curriculum for High School Readiness\nRoundtable discussion for experienced teachers: Adapting Curriculum for BIPOC and Gender Inclusion\nRoundtable discussions for all teachers: Developing ELA Skills and Choosing Class Readers\n\nIn addition to all the inspiration and guidance which will support your teaching throughout the year\, you’ll gain many invaluable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country to carry with you into your teaching. \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 is a middle school specialist at Waldorf School of New Orleans\, where she has taught since 2014. Previously\, she took a class from sixth-eighth grade at Green Meadow Waldorf School. A graduate of the College of William and Mary\, 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. \nSummer Series 2022 participants had this to say about their experience with Rebecca: \n\nRebecca’s passion for teaching is the most inspiring thing… and that’s saying a lot! because content was great\nRebecca was wonderful! So experienced\, insightful and left time for comments and questions.\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.\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 offered wonderful insights and shared her experiences in an honest and authentic way \nThe guided discussions that allowed the expertise from so many educators to be available was broader and more insightful than any one person could be. The instructor’s passion for her areas of expertise\, and also for the task of teaching were inspiring. I’m super enthused to get to putting together my curriculum content and class for the year.\n\nIn addition to Rebecca\, your instructors/facilitators are Kelly Beekman (art)\, Katey Dolezal (music)\, Rob Welcher (math and science)\, Amy Stemkowski (chemistry)\, Lesley Rubinstein and Meggan Gill (roundtable discussions)\, and Charlie Orphanides (pre-recorded movement & games). \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 9-14 in a synchronous online classroom. \nALL TIMES LISTED BELOW ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening: 4:30 pm-5:00 pm: Log in for technical check-in and attendance. Your first session starts promptly at 5:00 with “The Gesture of the Seventh Grade.” There’ll be a half hour break from 6:00-6:30 and your next session runs from 6:30-8:15\, followed by a Q&A from 8:30-9:00. \nMonday-Thursday: Instruction takes place between 10 am and 4:30 pm (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective music studio (5:15-6:15 Wednesday) and roundtable discussion with faculty (7:15-8:15 Thursday). \nFriday: Instruction and wrap-up takes place from 10-3:00 (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective art studio from 3:15-4:15. \nParticipants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \n  \nCost\n$635 includes all resource materials\, pre-recorded music and movement lessons\, yearlong access to your Grade Seven Google Classroom and Kelly Beekman’s art portal\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nNOTE: Participants will be expected to procure some materials to use during their course. A materials list will be sent three weeks in advance of your course start date. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nPaid registrations must be received by Thursday\, July 6. \n  \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-seven-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year-4/
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 Six: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read Summer Series 2023 details here. \nTaught remotely in real-time\, this course offers you an invaluable opportunity to focus entirely on your upcoming sixth 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 sixth grader in a meaningful and lively way. With the insights of anthroposophy\, gleaned through a look at child development focusing on your class’s age group\, you will get to know the sixth grade child in depth as they enter adolescence. \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 sixth graders—and their teachers—as: \n\nThe gesture of the sixth grade\nTopics in language arts\, including poetry and research papers\nMulticultural approaches to world history and the introduction of the Asian empires\nTopics in math\, including business math and practice classes\nTopics in world history\, including Rome\, origins of Christianity and Islam\, and the Middle Ages\nTopics in geography\nIntroduction to physics\, astronomy\, and earth science / geology\nPlays\, projects\, community service\, and trips\nSixth grade quizzes and assessment\nParent work and colleagueship\n\nThese subjects will be supported by explorations in art\, music\, and movement\, giving you practical tools to take into your school year. \nIn addition to inspiration and guidance which will support your teaching throughout the year\, you’ll gain many invaluable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country\, to carry with you into your teaching. \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  \nLila Rubio is a member of the core faculty at The Waldorf School of Atlanta\, where she currently teaches grade six. A native of Puerto Rico\, Lila previously was a math tutor for Decatur (GA) High School and a calculus teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. She also spent many years in senior management in the business world before becoming a mother to two daughters\, both students at WSA. She has a Bachelor in Textile Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA with a finance concentration from Wake Forest University and received her Waldorf teaching certificate from the Rudolf Steiner Centre in Toronto. Lila loves to travel\, camp\, ride bikes\, cook \nYour course also includes sessions in art with Kelly Beekman\, music with Adam Petersen\, and movement and games with Charlie Orphanides. \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 16-21 in a synchronous online classroom. \nALL TIMES LISTED BELOW ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening: 6:15 pm-6:30 pm: Log in for technical check-in and attendance. Your first session starts promptly at 6:30 with “The Gesture of the Sixth Grade\,” and ends at 8:15. New teachers especially are encouraged to remain for a Q&A with your lead instructor from 8:30-9:00. \nMonday-Thursday: Instruction takes place between 10 am and 5 pm (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective music studio (5:15-6:15 Wednesday) and roundtable discussion with faculty (7:15-8:15 Thursday). \nFriday: Instruction and wrap-up takes place from 10-2:30 (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective art studio from 2:45-3:45. \nParticipants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \n  \nCost\n$635 includes all resource materials\, pre-recorded music and movement lessons\, yearlong access to your Grade Six Google Classroom and Kelly Beekman’s art portal\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nNOTE: Participants will be expected to procure some materials to use during their course. A materials list will be sent three weeks in advance of your course start date. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nPaid registrations must be received by Thursday\, July 13. \n  \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-six-inspiration-and-guidance-for-your-year-4/
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 Eight: Inspiration and Guidance For Your Year
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. Read Summer Series 2023 details here. \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 child development study 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\, including short story and literary analysis\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\nNEW This Year: \nThis summer\, in addition to the topics listed above which all Approaching Grade Eight participants will be engaging in together\, we are also offering elective classes designed to help you meet the needs of your particular set of students as some look ahead to stepping into their school’s high school\, while others need appropriate preparation for moving on to a public or other non-Waldorf setting for their high school years. Elective topics (some of which will be repeated\, so you’ll be able to get in all that you need) include: \n\nScience lab\nPhysics lab\nChemistry lab\nMath skills\nMain lesson music\nMain lesson book art\nChalkboard art\nGeometry 3D art projects\nRoundtable discussion for experienced teachers: Adapting Curriculum for Mainstream High School Transitions\nRoundtable discussion for experienced teachers: Next steps in the Waldorf Eighth Grade Pedagogy\nRoundtable discussion for experienced teachers: Adapting Curriculum for BIPOC and Gender Inclusion\nRoundtable discussions for all teachers: Developing ELA Skills and Choosing Class Readers\n\nIn addition to all the inspiration and guidance which will support your teaching throughout the year\, you’ll gain many invaluable opportunities for building connections among a community of parallel colleagues from across the country to carry with you into your teaching. \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. \nLead Instructor  \nRebecca Nelson is a middle school specialist at Waldorf School of New Orleans\, where she has taught since 2014. Previously\, she took a class from sixth-eighth grade at Green Meadow Waldorf School. A graduate of the College of William and Mary\, 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. \nSummer Series 2022 participants had this to say about their experience with Rebecca: \n\nRebecca’s passion for teaching is the most inspiring thing… and that’s saying a lot! because content was great\nRebecca was wonderful! So experienced\, insightful and left time for comments and questions.\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.\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 offered wonderful insights and shared her experiences in an honest and authentic way \nThe guided discussions that allowed the expertise from so many educators to be available was broader and more insightful than any one person could be. The instructor’s passion for her areas of expertise\, and also for the task of teaching were inspiring. I’m super enthused to get to putting together my curriculum content and class for the year.\n\nIn addition to Rebecca\, your instructors/facilitators are Kelly Beekman (art)\, Katey Dolezal (music)\, Rob Welcher (math and science)\, Amy Stemkowski (chemistry)\, Lesley Rubinstein and Meggan Gill (roundtable discussions)\, and Charlie Orphanides (pre-recorded movement & games). \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 16-21 in a synchronous online classroom. \nALL TIMES LISTED BELOW ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday: 4:30 pm-5:00 pm: Log in for technical check-in and attendance. Your first session starts promptly at 5:00 with “The Gesture of the Eighth Grade.” There’ll be a half hour break from 6:00-6:30 and your next session runs from 6:30-8:15\, followed by a Q&A from 8:30-9:00. \nMonday-Thursday: Instruction takes place between 10:00 am and 4:30 pm (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective music studio (5:15-6:15 Wednesday) and roundtable discussion with faculty (7:15-8:15 Thursday). \nFriday: Instruction and wrap-up takes place from 10-3:00 (excluding breaks). We also encourage you to attend our elective art studio from 3:15-4:15. \nParticipants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \n  \nCost\n$635 includes all resource materials\, pre-recorded music and movement lessons\, yearlong access to your Grade Eight Google Classroom and Kelly Beekman’s art portal\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nNOTE: Participants will be expected to procure some materials to use during their course. A materials list will be sent three weeks in advance of your course start date. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nPaid registrations must be received by Thursday\, July 13th. \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-4/
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:Collaborative Leadership: Personalized Strategies for Becoming a More Effective Member of Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for decision-makers—including administrators\, directors\, board and committee members\, and faculty chairs—working in Waldorf schools or other workplace settings. This course is taught remotely in real-time. Read Summer Series 2023 details here.  \n\nAre you consciously or unconsciously shaping your organizational and leadership culture? And do you have the skills necessary to recognize problems that might exist or arise within your workplace\, help your leadership team prioritize these issues\, and equip them (and yourself) with the tools to address them? \nIn this highly-useful course\, our focus is on the practical work of being a leader and decision-maker. Through a process imbued with the anthroposophical understanding of the human being\, and successfully applied in organizations from Waldorf schools to multi-million dollar nationals\, Collaborative Leadership will help you learn how to improve your effectiveness as a member of your leadership team. \nEach participant is asked to bring their own organizational question\, project\, or challenge. Using your real-life cases\, we will apply these four core models for collaborative leadership: \n\n\nThree main leadership tasks: Maintaining and creating identity / Creating space for healthy\, stable relationships / Assuring professional results\nDiagnostic and planning tools: How to look at an organization as a whole and understand the dynamics of intersecting segments\nHow to create processes toward healthy decision-making\nThe balance between power and trust\n\nYour course takeaway will be an individualized action plan for the question\, project\, or challenge you have brought with you\, along with an understanding of the necessary skill set with which to execute it. As always\, we encourage more than one attendee from a school so that they can work on a project together. \nBONUS: Ongoing coaching support! To support you as you implement throughout the year what you have learned and practiced during the summer\, this course includes conference calls facilitated by co-instructor Jessica Heffernan Ziegler scheduled from October through May. In these coaching conversations\, you and your classmates will continue to hone your collaborative leadership skills\, addressing and supporting one another’s progress and challenges—and so gain further insights\, understanding\, and expertise. \n  \nInstructors \n Joachim Ziegler\, PhD\, has been working in the fields of organizational development and human resources development since 1994. A partner in MIRA Companions for Development\, an international consulting group\, Joachim’s current list of American and international clients encompasses the banking\, pharmaceutical\, retail\, and manufacturing sectors\, as well as anthroposophical institutions and Waldorf schools. Joachim is a member of the College of Social Sciences Section at the Goetheanum and the international Association for Social Development and has taught at the University of Muenster and at Germany’s first private university in Herdecke. He holds an MA in adult education and a PhD in medical education. \nJessica Heffernan Ziegler has been the executive director of Sunbridge Institute since 2008. Her professional focus on leadership skills\, governance issues\, and personnel development are utilized both in her executive director role and in her work as co-instructor of Sunbridge’s Collaborative Leadership course and related workshops; she also teaches Waldorf school administration in Sunbridge’s Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Education program and previously taught in Sunbridge College’s Administration and Biography programs. Jessica is a partner in MIRA Companions for Development\, an international consulting group\, and works as an executive coach and organizational development consultant for Waldorf administrators and teachers and other professionals in diverse institutions and schools in both the US and Germany. She served as the first administrator and as a board member at a Waldorf school she co-founded in Everswinkel\, Germany\, and has sat on many other boards\, including her current role as trustee of the Otto Specht School in Chestnut Ridge\, NY. Jessica holds a BS in business management and did her biography training with Karl-Heinz Finke and her executive coach training with SECA International. \nYour course also includes sessions on DEI topics with Meggan Gill of Sunbridge Institute and sessions in eurythmy with Alexandra Spadea of NYC’s Rudolf Steiner School. \n  \nFor more than a decade\, Collaborative Leadership has helped individuals with leadership responsibilities in their school\, business\, or organization improve their planning and problem-solving processes. Here’s what recent Summer Series Collaborative Leadership participants had to say about their experience: \n\nThe quality of the course was outstanding. Jessica and Joachim really made the information come alive and explained it in a way that was easy to digest\, I really enjoyed when we had the opportunity to break out into smaller groups as it made for a more personal connection.\nJessica and Joachim just emanate warmth and knowledge in a space that is supportive\, inclusive and cares about our continued success. The charts and written materials provided in concert with the lectures and experiential work created a good depth and breadth with which to digest the information.\nI love how practical the information is. There are plenty of actionable models and steps I can take within my own school. The portion I’ve enjoyed most was the one-on-one time I had with my talking partner (which) gave me the opportunity to delve deeper into a relationship with someone I found to be so helpful with her advice and perspectives.\nThe content has been very useful. As a school leader with a background in public education and passion for personal development\, I appreciated the weaving of Waldorf values partnered with practicality. I was able to apply the teachings in a faculty meeting the Thursday of our program and it went well\, the difference was felt and experienced by all.\nVery high quality. I found the lectures to be particularly helpful and insightful\, especially when paired with colleague Q&As.\nI found the pace and timing of each session – each a bit more intensive and deeper investigation of the collaborative leadership process – to be not only comfortable for my learning but also enlightening to me. It seemed like each day a new and brighter light shone on a concept I had experienced but never really seen before. Interspersing the break-out discussions in between each lecture was particularly satisfying to me because I find it helpful to learn in community\, dialoguing is a way to construct new meanings with others.\nI was extremely impressed with the intentions set to feel like a collaborative and connected classroom\, even in a virtual world.\nWith the classes being online\, it is perfect to have the start time where it was for those on either side of the continent.\nExcellent quality\, creative facilitators\, great tools\nIt was worth the value and to have monthly calls included was just what i needed – super grateful that was included in the price.\nI have from early on been quite impressed by the Sunbridge has organized and addressed the online courses\, this is another example of excellent work\, thank you! \n\n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 23-28 in a synchronous online classroom \nALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening: 7-7:30pm technical check-in; first class starts promptly at 7:30 and ends at 9\nMonday-Thursday: Sessions run between 10 am-4:30 pm\, with times for breaks\nFriday morning: Last session runs 10 am-12 pm\nNOTE: Additional (optional) sessions/forums will take place late afternoons/evenings \n  \nCost\n$665 includes all materials\, follow-up coaching calls\, and a $60 non-refundable registration fee. \nAvailable Discounts \n\nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \n  \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/collaborative-leadership-personalized-strategies-for-becoming-a-more-effective-member-of-your-leadership-team-6/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,Leadership,Professional Development,Summer Series
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SUMMARY:Phenomenology: Teaching Science in the Middle School Grades
DESCRIPTION:Professional development for Waldorf grades 6-8 class and science teachers\, and homeschooling parents working with a Waldorf curriculum \nThis course takes place in-person on Sunbridge’s campus. Read Summer Series 2023 details here. \nThis anthroposophically-based\, hands-on course with longtime science teacher Gary Banks explores the phenomena-based approach to teaching science used in Waldorf schools. The intention of this week is to deepen the teacher’s connection with science and explore how these exciting topics can be brought to the students in a way that develops joy and enthusiasm.   \nThrough looking at common natural phenomena and learning to think about them in a living way\, we can develop capacities as teachers that will deepen our approach to teaching science main lessons and lessons in other subject areas as well. Over the course of your week\, we will observe some of the key phenomena from grades 6-8 and practice observation\, letting go of our preconceptions\, and bringing conversations to students with language that is true to what we experience. \nYour course includes: \n\nAn overview of the main science topics in middle school science\, grades 6-8\nPerforming and observing a few key experiments from the many exciting topics in grades 6-8\, giving you a sense of how to create demonstrations and hands-on experiences that will serve the middle school student and to have a sense for how a topic develops over three years\nSharing ideas about how students may record the experiences they observe in class\nReviewing the experiences we observe together in the way a teacher would do with students\, deepening the participant’s relationship to these topics and gaining confidence in how to conduct lessons in a two-day rhythm of observation and concept development\nDiscussions around  the middle school student and how they are served by this method\n\n\nInstructor \nGary Banks is a founding core faculty member of Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program\, and high school faculty chair and high school math and science teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor\, where he has been on the faculty since 2007 and where he is a member of the School’s College of Teachers and a Board trustee. He is also a presenter in the Teaching Sensible Science course and has taught in a number of teacher training programs and foundation studies courses. From 1993-2001\, Gary took a class from first to eighth grade at the Denver Waldorf School\, and then worked as a high school science teacher at High Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to Michigan. Gary earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering and worked as a research engineer on the NASA Space Station project before entering teaching. He completed his MEd at Antioch New England Graduate School and is an enthusiastic hiker\, gardener\, and musician. \nYour course also includes eurythmy with Alexandra Spadea of NYC’s Rudolf Steiner School. \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 30-August 4 on the Sunbridge campus. \nSunday evening: 6-6:30 check-in; 6:30-7 optional campus tour; first session starts promptly at 7:15 and ends at 9\nMonday-Thursday: Classes begin by 8:30am and end by 6pm\nFriday morning: Classes begin by 8:30am and end by 1pm \n  \nCost\n$945 includes all materials and a $60 non-refundable registration fee \nAvailable Discounts \nVolume: $60 off each registration for schools sending 2 or more participants\nAlumni/CAD: 25% off for Sunbridge teacher education program graduates OR for payments made in Canadian dollars\nCurrent Students: 50% off for current Sunbridge teacher education students \nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff. \n  \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/phenomenology-teaching-science-in-the-middle-school-grades/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute\, 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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