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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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