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SUMMARY:Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education: An Immersion in the World of the Waldorf Nursery / Kindergarten
DESCRIPTION:This week’s course is being taught in-person at Sunbridge. For those who would prefer attending online\, this course is also being offered virtually on June 16-21 and again on July 28-August 2. Read all about Summer Series 2024. \nOpen to everyone\, including current and prospective early childhood educators\, parents\, grandparents\, and caregivers. \nJoin us for a wondrous journey! In this comprehensive course\, you’ll explore the essential elements of Waldorf early childhood education. Through the guidance of highly experienced Waldorf early childhood educators you’ll delve into child development; learn about rhythms\, transitions\, and the cycle of the year; explore the importance of play; examine the inner development of the teacher; experience circle time activities\, lessons in handwork\, art\, and movement\, and the essentials of a morning in a Waldorf early childhood setting; and develop a true practical understanding of Waldorf early childhood education. A perennial Sunbridge summer favorite\, this rich and extensive course has launched many early childhood careers. \nWatch Lisa talk about this course.  \nInstructors \nLisa Miccio\, lead\, is founder\, director\, and parent & child playgroup teacher at The Berry Basket Playgroups and Family Programs in Warwick\, NY; she also sits on the Sunbridge Board of Trustees and provides professional development training and mentoring of teachers new to nature-based early childhood education. From 2022-23 Lisa served Acorn Waldorf School as the Neighboring Tree Project Specialist\, overseeing a grant-funded AWS initiative that aimed to create community partnerships with local early childhood educators\, schools\, and centers. She taught kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City\, where she chaired the DEIJ committee\, from 2017-2022\, and for a dozen years prior was on the faculty of Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she taught in and served as a co-chair of the early childhood section\, directed the early childhood admissions and family programs\, and was a member of the Collegium\, the Collegium Committee\, and the Board of Trustees. Lisa’s teaching experience also includes teaching and mentoring in the Kathmandu (Nepal) Waldorf Kindergarten. She holds a BA in English from the College of Charleston\, an MS in Elementary Education from CW Post\, Long Island University\, and an MS in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College. She is the mother of two Waldorf-educated sons. \n \nMotria Shuhan is the founder/director of Acorn Waldorf School in Accord\, NY\, where she serves as lead teacher in the Oaks Mixed Age Kindergarten. Prior to Founding AWS\, she spent nine formative years at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School\, working in the nursery and kindergarten and serving as pedagogical chair for three years. Motria also serves as a mentor and educator in Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program. With a special interest in the art of puppetry\, Motria has staged shows for conferences\, festivals\, and other community events. She completed a three-year Advanced Therapeutic Course for Early Childhood Educators in Denver and her Waldorf Early Childhood training at Sunbridge College. \n \nRie Seo teaches kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City.  Before joining the WSGC faculty\, Rie served as the aftercare lead teacher at New Amsterdam School. She also led nursery and parent/child programs at a Waldorf-inspired Japanese Saturday Program in Brooklyn and was the founder and lead teacher for outdoor Waldorf-inspired parent/child classes in Queens. Rie earned her BA in drama from Tamagawa University in Tokyo\, Japan; her MFA in theater design from NYU Tisch School of the Arts; a certificate in early childhood education from LifeWays; and a diploma in Waldorf early childhood teacher education from Sunbridge. \n \nMeggan Gill became Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture in 2021 and is also a member of the Sunbridge teacher education faculty. A member of Alma Partners and a specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also an active committee member and workshop presenter for AWSNA and WECAN. Meggan’s teaching experience includes most recently serving as lead toddler teacher at City of Lakes Waldorf School and\, from 2009-2020\, serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School\, where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, she taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan\, who originally hails from the Pacific Northwest and is a certified yoga teacher\, earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \nCarol Grieder teaches kindergarten at Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she has been on the early childhood faculty since 2006 and where she also sits on the Collegium and the Advisory Board. Before joining Green Meadow\, she taught art classes and Parent & Child classes in a Waldorf-inspired nursery school in New Jersey. A native of Switzerland\, Carol has worked with women\, infants\, and children as a maternal-child health nurse and lactation consultant over many years\, and has also contributed stories and essays to WECAN publications. She earned her MS in Nursing\, Women’s Health from Rutgers University\, and her MSEd in Waldorf education from Sunbridge College. \n  \nParticipants who took this course previously had this to say: \n\nThe Intro to EC course exceeded my expectations.\nAn amazing mix of hands-on experience\, interactive group work\, and lecture content.\nIt was well structured\, the faculty was exceptional and held each class with knowledge\, joy and humor.\nAmazing. This is one of the best courses I’ve taken in my life.\nI am beyond grateful.\nNot only am I walking away with tools in my pocket\, but with a growth and awareness in myself that I was not expecting.\nLisa is wonderful. I have never met a teacher who in five days would be able to change a group of strangers in such a profound way.\nI loved Rie’s art demos and her ability to bring you into the work. She is clearly passionate and I enjoyed her lessons.\nI really enjoyed Motria’s way of sharing information\, her patience and fluid way of moving through topics. It is clear that she is very passionate about her work and enjoys sharing that with others.\nThe class was a fun mix of lecture and experiential learning.\nI found the topics engaging\, loved the puppetry and am thankful for the library of music!\nI really enjoyed attending lectures and the articles that were provided for homework. It was great to dive right in and begin learning more about Waldorf EC. I found everyone to be very passionate and present in the program. I found that I got something out of every class.\nOverall it was an incredibly insightful and grounding experience that left me thirsty for more.\nThe entire course was so nourishing and fulfilling. It gave me more than I ever expected. I would suggest this course to all teachers and parents interested in deepening their knowledge in Waldorf EC education. It was truly eye-opening.\n\n\n  \nThis course takes place June 23-28 at Sunbridge Institute on the campus of the Threefold Educational Foundation. \nSchedule\n\nSunday evening\n6:00 pm-6:30 pm: Check-in registration\n6:30 pm-7:00 pm: Optional campus tour\n7:15 pm-9:00 pm: First session\n\nMonday-Thursday\nClasses begin at 8:00 am and end at 5:30 pm\n\nFriday morning\nClasses begin at 8:30 am and end at 12:30 pm \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). \nRead about housing and meals while studying at Sunbridge. \n  \nCost\n$945 includes all materials\, yearlong access to your Google Classroom\, and a $80 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  \nREGISTER HERE \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/introduction-to-waldorf-early-childhood-education-an-immersion-in-the-world-of-the-waldorf-nursery-kindergarten-13/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
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SUMMARY:Collaborative Leadership: Personalized Strategies for Becoming a More Effective Member of Your Leadership Team
DESCRIPTION:This course is now filled and is no longer accepting registration. Cancellations do occur\, so feel free to sign up on our waiting list if you wish to be in line for an opening.\nProfessional 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 about Summer Series 2024.  \n\nAre you shaping your organizational and leadership culture consciously or unconsciously? Do you have the skills necessary to recognize problems that might exist or arise within your workplace? And are you able to help your leadership team prioritize these issues and equip your fellow team members (and yourself) with the tools required to address them? \nFor over a decade\, Sunbridge’s Collaborative Leadership Summer Series course has helped individuals with leadership responsibilities in their school\, business\, or organization improve their planning and problem-solving processes. In 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. \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 for AWSNA\, for which she is also an active committee member and workshop presenter. 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 eurythmy with Alexandra Spadea of the Rudolf Steiner School. \n  \nHere’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.\nMeggan brought a wealth of experience and created a safe space for validation of feelings around this important work. She is exceptionally skilled.\nI felt that Meggan covered a lot of material in an organized way. The subject is so vast and she has a great way of distilling it and allowing people a way in to examining our own relationship to it as a path to working with others.\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\nThis course is the best one I have taken. It is balanced\, succinct\, realistic\, human and brings warmth to otherwise very cold and rigid themes. It went beyond my expectations!\nThe main highlight to me was how even though we all knew anthroposophy is underlying\, Steiner was mentioned a couple of times and that the mentions about anthroposophical institutions was from a human\, critical\, realistic standpoint.\nIt was worth the value and to have monthly calls included was just what I needed – super grateful that was included in the price.\n\n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 21-26 in a synchronous online classroom \nALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening\, July 21\n7:15 pm-7:25 pm: Log in for tech check and attendance\n7:30 pm-9:00 pm: First session \nMonday-Thursday\, July 22-25\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log in for tech check and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am-4:30 pm\, with times for breaks and lunch\n\nFriday\, July 26\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log in for tech check and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am-1:00 pm\, with mid-morning break \nNOTE: Participants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). A complete schedule will be sent two weeks before your course start date\, \n  \nCost\n$665 includes all materials\, follow-up coaching calls\, and a $55 non-refundable registration fee \nAvailable Discounts \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  \nThis course is now filled and is no longer accepting registration. Cancellations do occur\, so feel free to sign up on our waiting list if you wish to be in line for an opening.\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-7/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,In Process,Leadership,Professional Development,Summer Series
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education: An Immersion in the World of the Waldorf Nursery / Kindergarten
DESCRIPTION:This course is now filled and is no longer accepting registration. Cancellations do occur\, so feel free to sign up on our waiting list if you wish to be in line for an opening.\nThis week’s course will be taught remotely in real-time. Read all about Summer Series 2024. \nOpen to everyone\, including current and prospective early childhood educators\, parents\, grandparents\, and caregivers. \nJoin us for a wondrous journey! In this comprehensive course\, you’ll explore the essential elements of Waldorf early childhood education. Through the guidance of highly experienced Waldorf early childhood educators you’ll delve into child development; learn about rhythms\, transitions\, and the cycle of the year; explore the importance of play; examine the inner development of the teacher; experience circle time activities\, lessons in handwork\, art\, and movement\, and the essentials of a morning in a Waldorf early childhood setting; and develop a true practical understanding of Waldorf early childhood education. A perennial Sunbridge summer favorite\, this rich and extensive course has launched many early childhood careers. \n  \nInstructors \n \nMeggan Gill became Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture in 2021 and is also a member of the Sunbridge teacher education faculty. A member of Alma Partners and a specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also an active committee member and workshop presenter for AWSNA and WECAN. Meggan’s teaching experience includes most recently serving as lead toddler teacher at City of Lakes Waldorf School and\, from 2009-2020\, serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School\, where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, she taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan\, who originally hails from the Pacific Northwest and is a certified yoga teacher\, earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \nAliya Birdoff teaches nursery at her alma mater\, the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. Before joining the RSS faculty\, Aliya worked in the nursery and kindergarten at the Brooklyn Waldorf School and served as pre-kindergarten teacher at the Cedarwood Waldorf School in Portland\, Oregon\, where her legacy is in advancing the school’s work in Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Justice. A graduate of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts\, Aliya holds a BA in Sociology from SUNY Purchase and a diploma in Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Education from Sunbridge. \n \nClair Boswell is a teacher—along with her mother\, noted Waldorf early childhood educator\, Laurie Clark—at Songbirds Playgroup\, a Denver-based\, Waldorf-inspired in-home program for 2-4-year-olds. She also leads parent-caregiver classes at The Denver Waldorf School. Clair\, who attended the Denver WS from kindergarten through 8th grade\, began her Waldorf career as a volunteer at a Waldorf initiative in Nepal. She then joined the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School\, where\, as a kindergarten teacher\, she helped form the school leadership and shape its early childhood program. Clair did her Waldorf training at Antioch University New England\, from which she earned her master’s degree in education. \n \nGun Lee Blue is an early childhood educator teaching in the nursery at the Brooklyn Waldorf School. She is the author of Toy Making: Simple Playthings to Make for Children\, a WECAN publication born from her final project while a student in Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program\, from which she earned her Waldorf teaching certificate. \n  \nParticipants who took this course previously had this to say: \n\nAmazing. This is one of the best courses I’ve taken in my life.\nI am beyond grateful.\nThe class was a fun mix of lecture\, break-out groups and experiential learning.\nIt was well structured\, the faculty was exceptional and held each class with knowledge\, joy and humor. I appreciated the opportunity we were given to be broken into groups\, discuss topics and get to know more about the participants.\nI found the topics engaging\, loved the puppetry and am thankful for the library of music!\nMeggan’s class was so helpful and insightful. There were so many things about circle time that I didn’t fully understand and this course really helped me learn. I really appreciate the openness\, humor and warmth that she brings to the class.\nI really enjoyed attending lectures and the articles that were provided for homework. It was great to dive right in and begin learning more about Waldorf EC. I found everyone to be very passionate and present in the program. I found that I got something out of every class.\nIt was an incredibly insightful and grounding experience.\nNot only am I walking away with tools in my pocket\, but with a growth and awareness in myself that I was not expecting.\nThe entire course was so nourishing and fulfilling. It gave me more than I ever expected.\nI would suggest this course to all teachers and parents interested in deepening their knowledge in Waldorf EC education. It was truly eye-opening.\n\n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 28-August 2 in a synchronous online classroom. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE \nSunday evening\n7:15 pm-7:25 pm: Log in for technical check and attendance\n7:30 pm to 9:00 pm: First session \nMonday-Thursday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log in for technical check and attendance\nSessions take place between 10:00 am and 4:30 pm (including breaks and lunch)\n\nFriday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log in for technical check and attendance\nFinal session takes place from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm \nNote: Participants should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of their 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 your handwork classes. \n\nCost \n$615 includes all resource materials\, yearlong access to your 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.   \nThis course is now filled and is no longer accepting registration. Cancellations do occur\, so feel free to sign up on our waiting list if you wish to be in line for an opening.\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/introduction-to-waldorf-early-childhood-education-an-immersion-in-the-world-of-the-waldorf-nursery-kindergarten-12/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Introductory,Professional Development,Summer Series
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SUMMARY:EC Insights
DESCRIPTION:This workshop series is now full and no longer accepting registration.\nA series of online\, topic-focused workshops for new and experienced Waldorf early childhood educators  \nSunbridge’s EC Insights workshop series creates opportunities for Waldorf early childhood teachers of all experience levels to gain new insights in a supportive circle of early childhood colleagues. Designed as a response to requests from early childhood educators who wish to continue conversations that begin in introductory courses or to deepen their understanding of Waldorf early childhood pedagogical themes\, each EC Insights lesson is supported with reading material and small assignments to further your practical work\, recognizing that there are many beginning teachers starting their school year with little professional support as they carry a full teaching load as well as veteran teachers with solid pedagogical experience who long for inspiration and revitalization. \nPresented virtually in six two-hour Saturday morning workshops taking place from October through May\, the series consists of the following sessions: \n\nSession 1 / October 19:  Reflections on Waldorf early childhood education and the present educational landscape\, including relationships\, partnerships\, and conversations with Waldorf-inspired and other early childhood movements\nSession 2 / November 2:  The interrelated dynamic between discipline\, relationships\, and developing one’s therapeutic eye\nSession 3 / January 4:  Developmental transitions during the first seven years and school readiness  \nSession 4 / March 1:  Balancing the inner and outer work in the art of teaching\nSession 5 / April 5: Exploring the growing nature-based early childhood educational movement \nSession 6 / May 3:  The science behind how and why children really learn through play    \n\nPraise from last year participants: \n“I thought the content and the way in which everything was presented was outstanding. The topics were relevant and thoughtful. I appreciated the thoughtfulness that was put into preparing for each topic and the amount of time for listening and break out rooms. I really thought it was stellar.” \n“The content… was highly relevant and applicable to my current teaching experience. I appreciated the research and anecdotes\, time for reflection and time for sharing. All of it filled the well from which I can draw!” \n“I wish it would continue!” \nFacilitators \nOur experienced and accomplished EC Insights faculty are committed lifelong learners who value the time and community required to continue learning\, updating\, enhancing and reflecting on their current knowledge and skills. Through active listening\, our faculty create opportunities for professional transformation and strengthening as they tune in to the questions and challenges that both new and veteran teachers face\, thereby supporting a respectful and collaborative community of learners interested in deep conversation and inquiry.  \nLisa Miccio (sessions 1-6) provides mentoring and professional development to early childhood educators\, including as a lead instructor of Sunbridge’s “Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education” Summer Series course. In 2023 she founded The Berry Basket playgroups and family programs in Warwick\, NY\, where she serves as director and parent & child playgroup teacher. From 2022-23 Lisa served Acorn Waldorf School as the Neighboring Tree Project Specialist\, overseeing a grant-funded AWS initiative that aimed to create community partnerships with local early childhood educators\, schools\, and centers. She taught kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City\, where she chaired the DEIJ committee\, from 2017-2022\, and for a dozen years prior was on the faculty of Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she taught in and served as a co-chair of the early childhood section\, directed the early childhood admissions and family programs\, and was a member of the Collegium\, the Collegium Committee\, and the Board of Trustees. Lisa’s teaching experience also includes teaching and mentoring in the Kathmandu (Nepal) Waldorf Kindergarten. A member of the Sunbridge Board from 2013-2024\, she holds a BA in English from the College of Charleston\, an MS in Elementary Education from CW Post\, Long Island University\, and an MS in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College. She is the mother of two Waldorf-educated sons. \n \nMotria Shuhan (sessions 1 & 5) is the founder/director of Acorn Waldorf School\, a full WECAN member in Accord\, NY\, where she serves as lead teacher in the Oaks Mixed Age Kindergarten. Prior to Founding AWS\, she spent nine formative years at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School\, working in the nursery and kindergarten and serving as pedagogical chair for three years. Motria also serves as a mentor and educator in Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program. With a special interest in the art of puppetry\, Motria has staged shows for conferences\, festivals\, and other community events. She completed a three-year Advanced Therapeutic Course for Early Childhood Educators in Denver and her Waldorf Early Childhood training at Sunbridge College.  \n \nMeggan Gill (sessions 2 & 4) became Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture in 2021 and is also a member of the Sunbridge teacher education faculty. A specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also a trained Waldorf early childhood educator and is active in WECAN and AWSNA. Meggan’s teaching experience includes most recently serving as lead toddler teacher at City of Lakes Waldorf School and\, from 2009 to 2020\, serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, Meggan taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \nRie Seo (sessions 3 & 6)  is a lead kindergarten teacher at The Waldorf School of Garden City. Before joining the WSGC faculty\, Rie served as the aftercare lead teacher at New Amsterdam School. She also led nursery and parent/child programs at a Waldorf-inspired Japanese Saturday Program in Brooklyn and was the founder and lead teacher for outdoor Waldorf-inspired parent/child classes in Queens. Rie earned her BA in drama from Tamagawa University in Tokyo\, Japan\, her MFA in theater design from NYU Tisch School of the Arts\, a certificate in early childhood education from LifeWays\, and her early childhood teacher education diploma from Sunbridge. \nPrerequisite\nEC Insights participants must have completed\, at minimum\, a 5-day introductory level foundational course in Waldorf early childhood pedagogy such as Sunbridge’s Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education Summer Series course\, or its equivalent. \nSchedule\nZoom sessions take place 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (Eastern/NY Time) on the following Saturdays:\nOctober 19 / November 2 / January 4 / March 1 / April 5 / May 3 \nCost  \nEarly Bird pricing (register by October 11 and save $25!): $440 \nRegular pricing (register after October 11): $465\nCost includes all resource materials\, yearlong access to your Sunbridge Google Classroom\, and a $25 non-refundable registration fee.\n\nNOTE: EC Insights is presented as a whole series; individual sessions may not be signed up for separately. Refunds will not be issued for sessions not attended. See registration form for full refund policy. \nRegistrants who sign up for both EC Insights as well as for Deepening the Picture of the Whole Child: Integrating Waldorf Wisdom with Current Sensory Integration Research\, our workshop series held later in the day on many of the same Saturday dates\, will receive a discounted price ($700 Early Bird or $725 regular pricing) for both. Participants choosing this option may not apply any other discount\, with the exception of CAD payments. \nAvailable Discounts \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending 2 or more participants\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee) \nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nThis workshop series is now full and no longer accepting registration.\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at summer@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/ec-insights-2/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:High School Teacher Education Weekend: October 25-26
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, Sunbridge’s High School Teacher Education program is opening its online weekend classes to (non-matriculated) high school teachers looking for professional development. \nTo kick off this opportunity\, interested individuals are invited to join our High School Teacher Education students at their October 25-26 weekend for the following Zoom classes: \n\n200 A Principles and Methods\nFoundations of Human Experience\, Lecture 11. Rudolf Steiner\nInstructor: Gary Banks\nProgram students began a study of Steiner’s first course for teachers last summer\, and will continue through online workshops in the 2024-2025 school year. Participants may want to review lectures 1-10 prior to joining\, although presentations will summarize and extend material in a way that should be accessible to all. (Will continue in 2025 with lectures 12\, 13\, and 14) \n230 C Contemplative Practice\nHistory\, Guilt & Habit\, by Owen Barfield\nInstructor: Stephen Sagarin\nBarfield’s History\, Guilt & Habit is an introduction to his thinking about history\, evolution\, and human consciousness\, including those ingrained\, largely unconscious habits of mind that we may change to healthfully improve our relationships with the world and others. (Will continue in 2025) \n210 C Practical Work in a High School\nInstructor: Heather Scott\nUsing Carlee Adamson’s (founder of Trauma Literacy) “fishbowl protocol\,” participants will identify and address issues relevant to teaching\, colleagueship\, administration\, parent relations\, and similar topics. Past discussions have addressed such issues as curriculum changes to address DEIJAB concerns; the challenges and opportunities of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence; and increasing high school enrollment. \n220 SM-A / 220 HA Curriculum courses (choose either Humanities or Math/Science): \nHumanities: Drama teaching in a Waldorf high school: Balancing classics and contemporary curricula\nInstructor: Beth Robbins\nSenior play or school play? Competitive auditions or an inclusive cast? Choice of play\, rehearsal\, coaching\, performance–we will examine the myriad decisions and considerations that go into high school drama production\, and we will also talk about drama in high school literature curricula–history through drama\, Shakespeare\, and lots more. Beth Robbins brings the wisdom and skill of 20 years experience in Waldorf high school literature and drama teaching. \nMath/Science: Waldorf high school science teaching: Why the World around You Isn’t as It Appears by Albert Linderman\nInstructor: Noelle Frerichs\nAlbert Linderman’s book is an introduction into Owen Barfield’s insightful\, philosophical\, and rigorous look at what could be called “phenomenological” science (recognizing that the word “phenomenological” means many things to many persons). We will begin with the first two chapters and continue in future workshops. Conversations will connect Barfield’s thought and Linderman’s text with the practice of teaching science and math in Waldorf high schools. (Will continue in 2025.) \n\nZoom Class Schedule (ALL TIMES ARE NY / EASTERN) \nFriday\, October 25\n7:00pm-7:50pm: Practical Work in a High School\n7:55pm-9:10pm: Contemplative Practice \nSaturday\, October 26\n10:30 am-11:20 pm: Principles and Methods\n11:25am-12:15pm: Principles and Methods\n12:15pm-1:00pm: Lunch\n1:00pm-1:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n1:55pm-2:45pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n2:45pm-3:00pm: Break\n3:00pm-3:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n3:55pm-4:45pm: Practical Work in a High School \n  \nCost \nThe cost of the weekend is $450. There is no refund for partial attendance. \nDiscounts \nA 10% discount will be applied to: \n\nAny school sending two or more participants (regardless of which curriculum track/s are selected)\nPayments made in CAD\n\nIf you would like to sign up\, please fill out this Interest Form. This will enable our program director\, Stephen Sagarin\, to reach out for a brief phone call to discuss this opportunity before inviting you to register. Because there is reading to complete in preparation for the weekend’s classes\, to allow time for that reading and for the registration process to be completed\, you must submit this form no later than October 15. A registration form will be sent to you after your conversation with Steve. \n  \nMatriculation in Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education (WHSTE) Program \nYou may choose to simply participate in this weekend or to apply your experience toward future matriculation in our high school program. In order to apply credit for these classes toward a WHSTE diploma in the future\, you must: \n\nAttend the entire weekend and complete all assignments\nApply to our High School program within three years of the last weekend you attended \n\nShould you eventually enroll\, the cost of your weekend attendance will be credited to your WHSTE tuition. \n  \nComplete an Interest Form. \n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/high-school-teacher-education-weekend-october-25-26-2024/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,High School,In Process,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Deepening the Picture of the Whole Child: Integrating Waldorf Wisdom with Current Sensory Integration Research
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This workshop is now full and registration is no longer being accepted. You are welcome to put your name on our waiting list in case of cancellation. \nAn online workshop series consisting of five two-hour Saturday sessions occurring from November through May for Waldorf early childhood and early grades teachers  \nBackground\nAt the 2023 Waldorf World Teachers’ conference held in Dornach\, Switzerland\, Dr. Karin Michael\, pediatrician and co-director of the section for anthroposophical medicine at the Goetheanum\, participated in a panel discussion of children’s developmental needs in our times. Questions were asked about children’s overall health in general and particularly what children need from educators in our post-pandemic world. Dr. Michael stated that children need intensified\, active physical movement to develop sensory health not only in the kindergarten years but up through grades 1\, 2\, and 3. The pandemic deprived children of many social\, sensory\, and movement experiences that they cannot “make up” without our help. \nWorkshop Description\nWaldorf education works with a picture of 12 senses. Mainstream research validates 9. Both streams include senses that tell us about our internal state\, senses that tell us about the external world\, and senses that we use in social interactions. The goal is that the senses will work together\, which is described as “sensory integration.” When there is disruption\, children will show their distress through perplexing and often challenging physical and social behaviors. In this 5-part workshop series\, designed for early childhood educators\, grades 1-3 teachers\, and others interested in deepening their understanding of how children grow into the world\, Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program co-director Nancy Blanning will serve as guide for an exploration into sensory development\, focusing on how the two streams of Waldorf education and mainstream research complement and confirm each other\, and how we can use this knowledge to better help the children in our care.  \nThe content of our sessions will concentrate on the body senses of touch\, self-movement\, and balance as foundation for physical\, academic\, emotional and social development to come. We will consider the gifts each sense brings to the child as well as what can be seen when the senses are not serving the child well. Our main focus will be in how to encourage typical development in general and to respond in supportive action to distressed sensing\, with the final session opening up a very introductory consideration of neurodiversity. We will look at how understanding of the senses can inform how we respond to and support children whose sensing systems and neurology are different. \nSession Topics \nNovember 2: The Landscape of the Senses—How does each sense help us live in the body\, in the external world\, and in the social world with other people? We will look at how we support the Life Sense/Interoception to assure comfort and a sense of security in the body. \nJanuary 4: Tactile/Touch Sense—Exploring hyper (extra reactive) and hypo (under reactive) responses as extreme edges of sensing touch. How do we recognize these and respond to these extremes? \nFebruary 1: Proprioceptive/Self-movement (Limbs\, muscles\, nerves\, and body-geography)—Exploring the balanced and extreme edges as shown in behavior. How can we offer invitation to strengthening this sense?  \nMarch 1: Vestibular/Balance—Orientation and security of the body in the three planes of space. How can we offer enriched opportunities to grow more secure balance? \nMay 3: Neurodiversity—A very beginning look at this increasing phenomenon in our children. How can what we learn about the senses help us in responding to these children with differences? \n  \nFacilitator \nNancy Blanning has co-directed Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program since 2015 and has served on its faculty since 1994. Now retired from a nearly forty-year career at The Denver Waldorf School\, where she served as a kindergarten teacher and member of the educational support staff\, Nancy’s main focus is therapeutic education with a special emphasis on developmental movement as supporting young children’s physical incarnation and sensory development.\n \nA frequent keynote speaker and presenter at national and international early childhood conferences and workshops\, including serving as a faculty member at Denver’s Nurturing the Roots Therapeutic Course\, Nancy’s writing credits include serving as contributor and editor of Gateways (the publication of WECAN); regular columnist for Lilipoh magazine; contributor to “You’re Not the Boss of Me” (WECAN publication)\, editor of WECAN’s First Grade Readiness; and co-author\, with Laurie Clark\, of Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures\, a collection of original movement imaginations for the classroom. Nancy holds a BA in English from the University of Colorado\, with teaching credentials. She also earned a certificate as Extra Lesson provider and therapeutic educator from Gradalis Seminars\, where she attended the four-year anthroposophical therapeutic/remedial training in Extra Lesson and supplementary therapies and academic support strategies. \n\nPrerequisite\nThis workshop is taught with the understanding that participants have a basic familiarity with the 12 senses as described in Waldorf education. Required reading preparation is the WECAN publication\, Nurturing the Senses: The Importance of Authentic Sensory Experiences in Early Childhood\, which can be purchased for $9.00.  \nAdditional recommended reading includes: \n\nWilli Aeppli’s Care and Development of the Human Senses\n\n\nSharifa Oppenheimer’s With Stars in Their Eyes\n\n\nSally Goddard Blythe\, The Well-Balanced Child\n\nTitles are available from online booksellers. The first two are carried by Steinerbooks.com \n  \nSchedule\nSessions take place over Zoom from 1:30 pm–3:30 pm (Eastern/NY Time) on the following Saturdays:\nNovember 2 / January 4 / February 1/ March 1 / May 3 \nSessions will not be recorded. \nCost \nEarly Bird pricing (register by October 25 and save $25!): $370\nRegular pricing (register after October 25): $395\nPrices includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee \nNote: This workshop is presented as a series; individual sessions may not be signed up for separately. Refunds will not be issued for sessions not attended. See registration form for full refund policy.  \nRegistrants who sign up for both Deepening the Picture of the Whole Child as well as EC Insights\, our workshop series held earlier in the day on many of the same Saturday dates\, will receive a discounted price ($700 Early Bird\, $725 regular) for both. Participants choosing this option may not apply any other discount\, with the exception of CAD payments. \n\nAvailable Discounts\n25% off for: \n\nSchools sending 2 or more participants\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nIf you are a Sunbridge Early Childhood program student and wish to attend this workshop\, please contact Nancy for information before registering.  \n  \nNOTE: This workshop is now full and registration is no longer being accepted. You are welcome to put your name on our waiting list as in case of cancellation. \n  \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/deepening-the-picture-of-the-whole-child-integrating-waldorf-wisdom-with-current-sensory-integration-research/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Grades
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SUMMARY:Calling It Like It Is: Uncovering and Dismantling Racism in the Waldorf Movement
DESCRIPTION:A workshop for educators\, administrators\, Board members\, and staff \n  \nBackground \nIn spring 2020\, following the murder of George Floyd\, American society underwent a racial awakening. During this time\, the Waldorf movement was also awakening to the undeniable fact that racism exists within Waldorf education. Conceived of against this backdrop\, Calling It Like It Is: Uncovering and Dismantling Racism in the Waldorf Movement was presented that September in the goal of taking on the work of recognizing and eradicating racism from our classrooms in order to truly educate our children (and ourselves) toward freedom. \nThe response to that groundbreaking 2020 event proved to be so widespread\, the workshop has been repeated several times since to new audiences of Waldorf professionals. We are pleased to present an encore presentation of that original–and essential–DEI workshop. \n  \nDescription  \nOver the course of three one-and-a-half-hour sessions taking place virtually in real-time on Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon\, this workshop: \n\nDefines and articulates the ways many Waldorf school curricula center whiteness and set it up as an ideal\, to the detriment of all;\nUses the frameworks of racial identity formation and biography work to better understand how we become who we are in a racialized society and how that impacts our engagement with the children in our care;\nShares practical tools\, resources\, and success stories with the goal of dismantling racism in Waldorf schools and communities.\n\nRegistrants will be sent advanced reading material. \nFacilitators \nKeelah Helwig is currently an early childhood educator and chair of the Early Childhood program at The Waldorf School of Garden City (her alma mater). Keelah has served as chair of WSGS’s College of Teachers and is a founding member and chair of its Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee. She is proud to be a founding member of the Sunbridge Diversity Fund Scholarship Committee and is also a Board trustee of Sunbridge\, AWSNA\, and WECAN. A skilled facilitator\, mentor\, evaluator\, and shepherd\, Keelah is passionate about motivating school communities and inspiring lasting and meaningful change. Following her WSGS graduation\, Keelah earned a BA in theatre from Spelman College and her masters in early childhood education from Sunbridge College. \nVicki Larson served as director of communications and marketing at Green Meadow Waldorf School from 2011-2021 and is a founding member of Sunbridge’s Diversity Fund Scholarship Committee. Vicki\, who has been involved in anti-racism initiatives and community organizing for social justice for more than 20 years\, has been a consultant to Waldorf schools across the US since 2014; she has also held positions in publishing\, resource development\, translation and interpretation (English/Spanish)\, international women’s human rights\, and diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. She graduated with honors from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a major in English and minors in religion and women’s studies. \nHeather Scott is currently a core faculty member of Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program and until recently was pedagogical director of the Waldorf School of Lexington. Prior to moving east to join the Lexington faculty in 2023\, Heather worked at The Waldorf School of San Diego for 17 years\, where she taught high school humanities and graduated two eighth grade classes. She also spent time teaching at The Community School for Creative Education\, a public\, Waldorf-inspired charter in Oakland\, CA. Heather’s interests are in diversifying Waldorf middle- and high-school curricula. She is passionate about supporting anti-racism through a grounding in history and biography and has a decades’ long interest in African-American culture and literature\, especially attuned to Black women writers. Heather earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA from The University of New Hampshire\, Durham. \nAll three presenters are members of Alma Partners. \n  \nSchedule \nThis workshop takes place in live Zoom sessions. Sessions will not be recorded. \nSessions\nFriday evening\, November 15: 7:00pm-8:30pm Eastern (NY) Time\nSaturday\, November 16: 10:30am-12:00pm and 1:00-2:30pm Eastern (NY) Time \nNOTE ON ATTENDANCE: Due to the sensitive nature of these discussions and because each builds on the next\, we strongly encourage registrants be able to attend all three Zoom sessions. In order to receive a Certificate of Completion\, you must attend all three sessions.  \nCost \n$210 includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee and your reading material \nDiscount options  \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending more than one participant. NOTE: In order to equitably serve as many schools as possible\, this event is limited to ten (10) attendees from the same school. Should you wish to exceed this cap\, please contact Admissions Coordinator Barbara Vitale (info below)\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined \n\nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee)\n\nREGISTER\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \n  \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/calling-it-like-it-is-uncovering-and-dismantling-racism-in-the-waldorf-movement-4/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Grades,High School,In Process,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:Four Core Elements of Successful Leadership
DESCRIPTION:A two-part\, online workshop for decision-makers—including administrators\, directors\, board and committee members\, and faculty and section chairs—working in Waldorf schools or other workplace settings \n  \nInspiring\, Guiding\, Coaching\, and Intervening:  \nThese four core skills and tasks—what we need to become proficient in as leaders—are the focus of our latest Collaborative Leadership workshop. Over two weekends and through presentation\, large and small group discussion\, sharing\, and journaling\, under the direction of facilitators Jessica Heffernan Ziegler and Joachim Ziegler\, PhD\, in this workshop we will: \n\nDefine these leadership elements\, both as skill sets and tasks\, and illuminate their importance and the role each plays as we carry out our roles as leaders\nExplore our own level of comfort with each element\nGain an initial understanding of what types of situations call for which skill\, and the necessity to adapt our approach to most effectively meet that person or situation\nImprove our own competencies and capacities in all four skills and tasks\n\nWhile all four leadership elements will be explored over the course of the workshop\, the element of intervening—often the most difficult task for us and other leaders in our schools—will be the primary focus of our second weekend. Intervening depends just as much on our organization’s governance structure (both formal and\, especially\, informal) and clarity of roles and responsibilities (methods of accountability) as it does on our understanding of our mandated roles and responsibilities. We will be examining this understanding\, as well as our ability to imbue our individual roles and responsibilities with our own authentic leadership posture. \nWe invite you to join us for another eye-opening\, informative\, and highly practical Collaborative Leadership experience. \n  \nFacilitators \nJoachim 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 for AWSNA\, for which she is also an active committee member and workshop presenter. Jessica holds a BS in business management and did her biography training with Karl-Heinz Finke and her executive coach training with SECA International. \n  \nSchedule \nThis workshop takes place in Zoom sessions on the following dates/times: \nFriday\, January 10: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Eastern (NY) Time\nSaturday\, January 11: 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Eastern (NY) Time \nFriday\, February 7: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Eastern (NY) Time \nSaturday\, February 8: 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Eastern (NY) Time  \nCost  \nEarly Bird (Register by January 4 and save $25!): $350\nRegular (Register after January 4): $375\nCost includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee\nNOTE: This workshop is presented in its entirety over the course of two weekends; individual dates/sessions may not be signed up for separately. Sessions will not be recorded\, and refunds will not be issued for sessions not attended. See registration form for full refund policy. \nAvailable Discounts \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending 2 or more participants\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee) \nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \n  \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/four-core-elements-of-successful-leadership/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Grades,High School,In Process,Leadership,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:Waldorf Weekend: Foundations and Fundamentals of Waldorf Education from Early Childhood through High School
DESCRIPTION:Open to students of education and especially relevant for new and prospective Waldorf community members (teachers\, parents and grandparents\, staffers\, and board members) \nOur lively and informative Waldorf Weekend workshop is designed to provide an experiential survey of the basis and basics of Waldorf education. In addition to exploring the Waldorf curriculum across the grades\, your workshop includes a discussion of Rudolf Steiner’s insights in human development and a look into the anthroposophical underpinnings of the Waldorf impulse. You’ll enjoy hands-on artistic activities and there’ll be plenty of time for questions and answers. Our Waldorf Weekends are a most memorable—and fun!—learning experience. \nThis workshop takes place in person.  \n  \nPresenters \nMeggan Gill ’10 became Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture in 2021 and is also a member of the Sunbridge teacher education faculty. A trained Waldorf early childhood educator and a specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, Meggan is also a member of Alma Partners and is active in WECAN and AWSNA. Her teaching experience includes serving as lead toddler teacher at City of Lakes Waldorf School from 2020-21 and\, from 2009 to 2020\, serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, Meggan taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College\, her MEd in curriculum and instruction from SUNY Empire State\, and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \n\n\n \nElizabeth Hall is a class teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School where she has been on the faculty since 2006 and is a member of the school’s Collegium and the Teacher Development Committee. Prior to joining the Green Meadow faculty\, she was a class teacher and lower school chair at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. Liz is a longtime member of the Sunbridge Elementary faculty and also teaches anthroposophical studies in our Early Childhood program. She holds a BA from Earlham College\, where she double-majored in English and Spanish and minored in Art History; an MA in Education and Waldorf Certificate 1-8 from Antioch New England Graduate School; NH certification 1-6; and a Certificate of Curative Education from Camphill Special Schools\, Inc. \n\nPrevious Waldorf Weekend participants had this to say: \n~ The weekend has been wonderful. The information was communicated in a clear way\, and I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of what it means to look at the world through the Waldorf lens.\n~ It was excellent. The instructors were extremely knowledgeable.\n~ The weekend was outstanding! I was deeply inspired\, both as a teacher and as a human being.\n~ Highly informed\, warm-hearted facilitators with a deep concern for the group’s understanding and experience.\n~ This was one of the single most wonderful weekends in my life. I came with the intention of learning more about Waldorf education. I am leaving with a feeling of a shifting of my soul.\n~ This was a wonderful workshop\, and I highly recommend that everyone from teachers to parents take interest and reap the benefits. \n\n\n  \nSchedule \nFriday\, January 24: Check-in registration takes place from 6:30pm-6:50pm. Please arrive with enough time to check in and get settled. The workshop begins promptly at 7:00pm and runs until 8:30pm. \nSaturday\, January 25: The workshop runs 9:00am-5:00pm\, with times for breaks and lunch \n\nHousing/Meals \nCampus housing is reserved directly through Threefold Educational Center. \nDinner will be available for purchase at Threefold Cafe on Friday evening. Saturday breakfast\, lunch\, and snacks are included in your workshop cost. \nRead more about local housing and dining options while visiting Sunbridge. \n  \n\nCost  \n$285 \nCost includes Saturday breakfast\, lunch\, and mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks\, and a $45 non-refundable registration fee \nCurrent Sunbridge program students may attend for free\, plus the $45 non-refundable registration fee. \nDiscount options  \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending two or more registrants\nSunbridge program alumni\nPayment made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined.  \n\n\n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/waldorf-weekend-foundations-and-fundamentals-of-waldorf-education-from-early-childhood-through-high-school/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Grades,High School,In Process,Introductory,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:High School Teacher Education Weekend: February 7-8\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:New pricing and registration process!\nSunbridge’s High School Teacher Education program has opened its online weekend classes to (non-matriculated) high school teachers looking for professional development. \nInterested individuals are invited to join our High School Teacher Education students at their February 7-8 weekend for the following Zoom classes: \n\n200 A Principles and Methods\nFoundations of Human Experience\, Lecture 12. Rudolf Steiner\nInstructor: Gary Banks\nProgram students began a study of Steiner’s first course for teachers last summer and are continuing this study in their online weekends during the 2024-2025 school year. Participants may want to review lectures 1-11 prior to joining\, although presentations will summarize and extend material in a way that should be accessible to all. \n230 C Contemplative Practice\nHistory\, Guilt & Habit\, by Owen Barfield\nInstructor: Stephen Sagarin\nBarfield’s History\, Guilt & Habit is an introduction to his thinking about history\, evolution\, and human consciousness\, including those ingrained\, largely unconscious habits of mind that we may change to healthfully improve our relationships with the world and others. \n210 C Practical Work in a High School\nInstructor: Heather Scott\nUsing Carlee Adamson’s (founder of Trauma Literacy) “fishbowl protocol\,” participants will identify and address issues relevant to teaching\, colleagueship\, administration\, parent relations\, and similar topics. Past discussions have addressed such issues as curriculum changes to address DEIJAB concerns; the challenges and opportunities of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence; and increasing high school enrollment. \n220 SM-A / 220 HA Curriculum courses (choose either Humanities or Math/Science): \nHumanities: Drama Teaching in a Waldorf High School: Balancing Classics and Contemporary Curricula\nInstructor: Beth Robbins\nSenior play or school play? Competitive auditions or an inclusive cast? Choice of play\, rehearsal\, coaching\, performance–we will examine the myriad decisions and considerations that go into high school drama production\, and we will also talk about drama in high school literature curricula\, history through drama\, Shakespeare\, and lots more. Beth Robbins brings the wisdom and skill of 20 years experience in Waldorf high school literature and drama teaching. \nMath/Science: Waldorf High School Science Teaching: Why the World Around You Isn’t as It Appears by Albert Linderman\nInstructor: Noelle Frerichs\nAlbert Linderman’s book is an introduction into Owen Barfield’s insightful\, philosophical\, and rigorous look at what could be called “phenomenological” science (recognizing that the word “phenomenological” means many things to many persons). Conversations\, which began with the first two chapters in the October weekend\, will connect Barfield’s thought and Linderman’s text with the practice of teaching science and math in Waldorf high schools. \nSee our High School page for faculty bios. \n\nZoom Class Schedule (ALL TIMES ARE NY / EASTERN) \nFriday\, February 7\n7:00pm-7:50pm: Practical Work in a High School\n7:55pm-9:10pm: Contemplative Practice \nSaturday\, February 8\n10:30 am-11:20 pm: Principles and Methods\n11:25am-12:15pm: Principles and Methods\n12:15pm-1:00pm: Lunch\n1:00pm-1:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n1:55pm-2:45pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n2:45pm-3:00pm: Break\n3:00pm-3:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)\n3:55pm-4:45pm: Practical Work in a High School \n  \nMatriculation in Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education (WHSTE) Program \nYou may choose to simply participate in this weekend or to apply your experience toward future matriculation in our high school program. In order to apply credit for these classes toward a WHSTE diploma in the future\, you must: \n\nAttend the entire weekend and complete all assignments\nApply to our High School program within three years of the last weekend you attended\n\nShould you eventually enroll\, the cost of your weekend attendance will be credited to your WHSTE tuition. \n  \nCost \nThe cost of the weekend is $250\, including a $25 non-refundable registration fee. There is no refund for partial attendance. \nDiscounts \nA 10% discount will be applied to payments made in CAD \nFor information on volume discounts when sending more than one teacher from your school\, please contact Chris Costa in our finance office: finance@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x17 \n  \nNOTE: We have eliminated the previous interest form required for this event. However\, we do encourage you to register early enough in order to receive and complete the assigned reading in order to fully participate in the classes and be eligible for credit toward full program tuition in the future. \n  \n\n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/high-school-teacher-education-weekend-february-7-8-2025/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,High School,In Process,Weekend Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T200000
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: High School Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an informal online conversation with Steve Sagarin\, director of Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program\, and core faculty including Gary Banks and Heather Scott\, to get to know us and our program which next enrolls summer 2025 (intensive dates: July 14-25). \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Tuesday\, February 11\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-high-school-teacher-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,High School,In Process,Info Session,Introductory,Meet & Greet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T201500
DTSTAMP:20260405T223804
CREATED:20240729T224735Z
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Early Childhood Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join us for an online conversation with representatives from our Early Childhood Teacher Education program\, next enrolling summer 2025\, to get to know us and discover what Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge is all about. \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, February 12\n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-early-childhood-teacher-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Info Session,Open Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T201500
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Elementary & Elementary Music Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online conversation with representatives from our Elementary and Elementary Music teacher education programs\, both enrolling summer 2025\, to get to know us and discover what Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge is all about. \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Monday\, February 24\n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-elementary-teacher-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Grades,In Process,Info Session,Introductory,Meet & Greet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T164500
DTSTAMP:20260405T223804
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T203820Z
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SUMMARY:High School Teacher Education Weekend: March 21-22
DESCRIPTION:Sunbridge’s High School Teacher Education program has opened its online weekend classes to non-matriculated high school teachers looking for professional development\, and others interested in “sampling” our high school program. \nInterested individuals are invited to join our High School Teacher Education students for the following March 21-22 classes: \nPrinciples of Education\nPolarities in Human Organization–Head and Limbs\nRudolf Steiner\, Foundations of Human Experience\, Lecture 13\nProgram students began a study of Steiner’s first course for teachers last summer and are continuing this study in their online weekends during the 2024-2025 school year. Participants may want to review lectures 1-12 prior to joining\, although presentations will summarize and extend material in a way that should be accessible to all.\nInstructor: Gary Banks \nContemplative Practice\nEvolution of Consciousness and Active Thinking\nOwen Barfield\, History\, Guilt & Habit\, Chapter 3\nBarfield’s History\, Guilt & Habit is an introduction to his thinking about history\, evolution\, and human consciousness\, including those ingrained\, largely unconscious habits of mind that we may change to healthfully improve our relationships with the world and others.\nInstructor: Stephen Sagarin \nPractical Work in a High School\nNeutrality\, Empathy\, and What Comes Next for DEI\nLily Zheng\, What Comes After DEI?\nInstructor: Faculty \nCurriculum courses (choose either Humanities or Math & Science): \nHumanities\nWaldorf High School Literature Curriculum\, Part I\nHow do we balance the Western canon and what’s new? How do we think about changing the curriculum? How can we use foundational literature (from the Western canon) and also be critical of those foundations? Discussion will include literary examples such as Romeo and Juliet paired with old/new Tristan and Isolde\, Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God\, and Loving vs. Virginia; authors such as Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte; and films such as “The Brutalist” and “Megalopolis.” Readings TBA\nInstructors: Heather Scott and Hans Staats \nMath & Science\nThe Activity of Thinking\nAlbert Linderman\, Why the World Around You Isn’t as It Appears\, Chapter 4\nAlbert Linderman’s book is an introduction into Owen Barfield’s insightful\, philosophical\, and rigorous look at what could be called “phenomenological” science (recognizing that the word “phenomenological” means many things to many persons). Conversations\, which began with the first three chapters in the October and February weekends\, will connect Barfield’s thought and Linderman’s text with the practice of teaching science and math in Waldorf high schools.\nInstructor: Noelle Frerichs \nSee our High School page for faculty bios. \nZoom Class Schedule (ALL TIMES ARE NY / EASTERN) \nFriday\, March 21\n7:00 pm-9:10 pm: Classes \nSaturday\, March 22\n10:30 am-12:15 pm: Classes\n12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch\n1:00 pm-2:45 pm: Classes\n2:45 pm-3:00 pm: Break\n3:00 pm-4:45 pm: Classes \nMatriculation in Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education (WHSTE) Program \nYou may choose to simply participate in this weekend or to apply your experience toward future matriculation in our high school program. In order to apply credit for these classes toward a WHSTE diploma in the future\, you must: \n\nAttend the entire weekend and complete all assignments\nApply to our High School program within three years of the last weekend you attended\n\nShould you eventually enroll\, the cost of your weekend attendance will be credited to your WHSTE tuition. \nCost \nThe cost of the weekend is $250\, including a $25 non-refundable registration fee. There is no refund for partial attendance. \nDiscounts \nA 10% discount will be applied to payments made in CAD. \nSign up for two weekends and receive $50 off the total price. \nFor information on volume discounts if sending more than one teacher from your school\, please contact Chris Costa in our finance office: finance@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x17 \n  \nNOTE: If you wish to be eligible for credit toward full program tuition in the future\, you must register early enough to receive and complete the assigned reading in order to fully participate in the classes. \n\n\nFor further information\, please contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/high-school-teacher-education-weekend-march-21-22-2025/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,High School,In Process,Weekend Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T140000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Storytelling: Using the Language of the Archetypes for a Just and Healing Education
DESCRIPTION:An online workshop for teachers of all grade levels \nDescription \nStories are our unique human inheritance. Our collective memories have been stored in the world’s fairy tales\, folk tales\, myths\, and histories shared down the generations. Through stories\, we have a line of communication into our unconscious depths and to the spiritual world. \nIn this workshop\, we will use theories of the archetypes from analytic psychology to shine a new light on Steiner’s indications for a story-based developmental curriculum. We will take a courageous look at the historical and social contexts for those philosophical underpinnings\, and challenge ourselves to uncover how stories can be used either to reinforce or to challenge racism\, sexism\, and other unjust systems of power. \nThrough presentation\, small group discussion\, individual reflection and research\, participants will: \n\nReflect on the arc of storytelling in Waldorf schools from early childhood through adolescence\, following the unfolding consciousness of the developing child\, from fairy tale to myth to history.\nDevelop plans for renewing their program’s story content toward the ideal of a just and liberatory education that supports the development of every child as a whole human being.\nRefine teaching strategies for story-based\, age-appropriate approaches to supporting student inquiry with a social justice lens.\nConsider how storytelling can be used in the service of generational healing and historical meaning-making\, for our students and ourselves.\n\nFacilitator \n \nIrene Richardson is the gardening teacher and assistant pedagogical chair at the River Valley Waldorf School. Previously\, she served as class teacher to three groups of Waldorf students\, in Princeton\, Tucson\, and Philadelphia. A love of mythology and folklore\, the natural world\, and growing things were common threads that ran through Irene’s undergraduate degree in comparative religion at Bard College\, her master’s in education at Sunbridge College\, and her certificate in biodynamics at the Pfeiffer Center. When she is not teaching\, Irene is supporting collaborative leadership and self-development in Waldorf schools through her work as an AWSNA delegate. She is enthusiastic about the work of carrying Waldorf education forward into its second century and toward liberation for all\, and balances her work life with time exploring forests and museums with her child and collecting stacks of books she hopes to read eventually. \nSchedule \nThis workshop takes place in live Zoom sessions on the following dates/times: \nFriday evening\, April 4: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Eastern (NY) Time\nSaturday\, April 5: 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Eastern (NY) Time \nNOTE ON ATTENDANCE: In order to receive a Certificate of Completion\, you must attend all three sessions. \nSessions will not be recorded. \nCost \nEarly Bird (Register by March 28 and save $25!): $185  \nRegular (Register after March 28): $210\nCost includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee \nDiscount options  \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending more than one participant\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined \n\nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee)\n\n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \n  \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/the-art-of-storytelling-using-the-language-of-the-archetypes-for-a-just-and-healing-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,Grades,In Process,Weekend Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T200000
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: High School Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an informal online conversation with Steve Sagarin\, director of Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program\, and other core faculty to get to know us and our program which next enrolls this summer (session dates: July 14-25\, 2025). \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Tuesday\, April 8\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/high-school-program-meet-greet/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,High School,In Process,Info Session,Open Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T201500
DTSTAMP:20260405T223804
CREATED:20250305T195558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T212941Z
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Elementary & Elementary Music Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online conversation with representatives from our Elementary Teacher Education and Elementary Music Teacher Education programs\, both enrolling summer 2025 (session dates: July 7-25). \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the Elementary Teacher Education section or Elementary Music Teacher Education page of our website\, along with our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our programs. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, April 9\n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-elementary-elementary-music-teacher-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Grades,In Process,Info Session,Open Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T164500
DTSTAMP:20260405T223804
CREATED:20250214T231745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T190621Z
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SUMMARY:High School Teacher Education Weekend\, April 25-26
DESCRIPTION:Sunbridge’s High School Teacher Education program has opened its online weekend classes to non-matriculated high school teachers looking for professional development\, and others interested in “sampling” our high school program. \nInterested individuals are invited to join our High School Teacher Education students for the following April 25-26 classes: \nPrinciples of Education\nPolarities in Human Organization–Head and Limbs\nRudolf Steiner\, Foundations of Human Experience\, Lecture 14\nProgram students began a study of Steiner’s first course for teachers last summer and are continuing this study in their online weekends during the 2024-2025 school year. Participants may want to review lectures 1-13 prior to joining\, although presentations will summarize and extend material in a way that should be accessible to all.\nInstructor: Gary Banks \nContemplative Practice\nEvolution of Consciousness and Active Thinking\nOwen Barfield\, History\, Guilt & Habit\, Chapter 4\nBarfield’s History\, Guilt & Habit is an introduction to his thinking about history\, evolution\, and human consciousness\, including those ingrained\, largely unconscious habits of mind that we may change to healthfully improve our relationships with the world and others.\nInstructor: Stephen Sagarin \nPractical Work in a High School\nWhat Constitutes a Waldorf High School?\nReadings TBA\nInstructor: Faculty \nCurriculum courses (choose either Humanities or Math & Science): \nHumanities\nWaldorf High School Literature Curriculum\, Part 2\nReadings TBA\nInstructor: Heather Scott \nMath & Science\nThe Activity of Thinking\nAlbert Linderman\, Why the World Around You Isn’t as It Appears\, Chapters 5-6\nAlbert Linderman’s book is an introduction into Owen Barfield’s insightful\, philosophical\, and rigorous look at what could be called “phenomenological” science (recognizing that the word “phenomenological” means many things to many persons). Conversations\, which began with the first three chapters in the October and February weekends\, will connect Barfield’s thought and Linderman’s text with the practice of teaching science and math in Waldorf high schools.\nInstructor: Noelle Frerichs \nSee our High School page for faculty bios. \nZoom Class Schedule (ALL TIMES ARE NY / EASTERN) \nFriday\, April 25\n7:00 pm-9:10 pm: Classes \nSaturday\, April 26\n10:30 am-12:15 pm: Classes\n12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch\n1:00 pm-2:45 pm: Classes\n2:45 pm-3:00 pm: Break\n3:00 pm-4:45 pm: Classes \nMatriculation in Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education (WHSTE) Program \nYou may choose to simply participate in this weekend or to apply your experience toward future matriculation in our high school program. In order to apply credit for these classes toward a WHSTE diploma in the future\, you must: \n\nAttend the entire weekend and complete all assignments\nApply to our High School program within three years of the last weekend you attended\n\nShould you eventually enroll\, the cost of your weekend attendance will be credited to your WHSTE tuition. \nCost \nThe cost of the weekend is $250\, including a $25 non-refundable registration fee. There is no refund for partial attendance. \nDiscounts \nA 10% discount will be applied to payments made in CAD. \nSign up for two weekends and receive $50 off the total price. \nFor information on volume discounts if sending more than one teacher from your school\, please contact Chris Costa in our finance office: finance@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x17 \n  \nNOTE: If you wish to be eligible for credit toward full program tuition in the future\, you must register early enough to receive and complete the assigned reading in order to fully participate in the classes. \n\n\nFor further information\, please contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/high-school-teacher-education-weekend-april-25-26/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,High School,Program Intensives
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Early Childhood Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online Meet & Greet with representatives from our Early Childhood Teacher Education program\, now enrolling for summer 2025 (session dates: June 15-July 4). \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the Early Childhood Teacher Education section of our website and our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our program. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, April 30 \n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-early-childhood-teacher-education-2/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Info Session,Meet & Greet,Open Day
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education: An Immersion in the World of the Waldorf Nursery / Kindergarten
DESCRIPTION:This week’s course is being taught in-person at Sunbridge. For those who would prefer attending online\, this course is also being offered virtually in July. Read all about Summer Series 2025. \nOpen to everyone\, including current and prospective early childhood educators\, parents\, grandparents\, and caregivers. \nJoin us for a wondrous journey! In this comprehensive course\, you’ll explore the essential elements of Waldorf early childhood education. Through the guidance of highly experienced Waldorf early childhood educators you’ll delve into child development; learn about rhythms\, transitions\, and the cycle of the year; explore the importance of play; examine the inner development of the teacher; experience circle time activities\, lessons in handwork\, art\, and movement\, and the essentials of a morning in a Waldorf early childhood setting; and develop a true practical understanding of Waldorf early childhood education. A perennial Sunbridge summer favorite\, this rich and extensive course has launched many early childhood careers. \nInstructors \nLisa Miccio\, lead\, is founder\, director\, and parent & child playgroup teacher at The Berry Basket Playgroups and Family Programs in Warwick\, NY; she also provides professional development training and mentoring of early childhood educators and was a longtime member of the Sunbridge Board of Trustees. From 2022-23\, Lisa served Acorn Waldorf School as the Neighboring Tree Project Specialist\, overseeing a grant-funded AWS initiative that aimed to create community partnerships with local early childhood educators\, schools\, and centers. She taught kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City\, where she chaired the DEIJ committee\, from 2017-2022\, and for a dozen years prior was on the faculty of Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she taught in and served as a co-chair of the early childhood section\, directed the early childhood admissions and family programs\, and was a member of the Collegium\, the Collegium Committee\, and the Board of Trustees. Lisa’s teaching experience also includes teaching and mentoring in the Kathmandu (Nepal) Waldorf Kindergarten. She holds a BA in English from the College of Charleston\, an MS in Elementary Education from CW Post\, Long Island University\, and an MS in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College. She is the mother of two Waldorf-educated sons. \n \nMotria Shuhan is the founder/director of Acorn Waldorf School in Accord\, NY\, where she serves as lead teacher in the Oaks Mixed Age Kindergarten. Prior to Founding AWS\, she spent nine formative years at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School\, working in the nursery and kindergarten and serving as pedagogical chair for three years. Motria also serves as a mentor and educator in Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program. With a special interest in the art of puppetry\, Motria has staged shows for conferences\, festivals\, and other community events. She completed a three-year Advanced Therapeutic Course for Early Childhood Educators in Denver and her Waldorf Early Childhood training at Sunbridge College. \n \nRie Seo teaches kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City. Before joining the WSGC faculty\, Rie served as the aftercare lead teacher at New Amsterdam School. She also led nursery and parent/child programs at a Waldorf-inspired Japanese Saturday Program in Brooklyn and was the founder and lead teacher for outdoor Waldorf-inspired parent/child classes in Queens. Rie earned her BA in drama from Tamagawa University in Tokyo\, Japan; her MFA in theater design from NYU Tisch School of the Arts; a certificate in early childhood education from LifeWays; and a diploma in Waldorf early childhood teacher education from Sunbridge. \nMeggan Gill is Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture\, a member of the Sunbridge program faculty\, and the incoming WECAN co-director. A specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also a member of Alma Partners and an active committee member and workshop presenter for AWSNA and WECAN. Meggan’s teaching experience includes serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School from 2009-2020\, where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, she taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College\, her MEd in curriculum and instruction from SUNY Empire State\, and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \nParticipants who took this course previously had this to say: \n\nThe Intro to EC course exceeded my expectations.\nAn amazing mix of hands-on experience\, interactive group work\, and lecture content.\nIt was well structured\, the faculty was exceptional and held each class with knowledge\, joy and humor.\nAmazing. This is one of the best courses I’ve taken in my life.\nI am beyond grateful.\nNot only am I walking away with tools in my pocket\, but with a growth and awareness in myself that I was not expecting.\nLisa is wonderful. I have never met a teacher who in five days would be able to change a group of strangers in such a profound way.\nI loved Rie’s art demos and her ability to bring you into the work. She is clearly passionate and I enjoyed her lessons.\nI really enjoyed Motria’s way of sharing information\, her patience and fluid way of moving through topics. It is clear that she is very passionate about her work and enjoys sharing that with others.\nThe class was a fun mix of lecture and experiential learning.\nI found the topics engaging\, loved the puppetry and am thankful for the library of music!\nI really enjoyed attending lectures and the articles that were provided for homework. It was great to dive right in and begin learning more about Waldorf EC. I found everyone to be very passionate and present in the program. I found that I got something out of every class.\nOverall it was an incredibly insightful and grounding experience that left me thirsty for more.\nThe entire course was so nourishing and fulfilling. It gave me more than I ever expected. I would suggest this course to all teachers and parents interested in deepening their knowledge in Waldorf EC education. It was truly eye-opening.\n\n\n  \nThis course takes place June 22-27 at Sunbridge Institute on the campus of the Threefold Educational Foundation. \nSchedule\n\nSunday evening\n6:15 pm-6:30 pm: Check-in registration\n6:45 pm-7:15 pm: Optional campus tour\n7:15 pm-9:00 pm: First session\n\nMonday-Thursday\nClasses begin at 8:00 am and end at 5:30 pm\n\nFriday morning\nClasses begin at 8:30 am and end at 12:30 pm \nYou should be prepared to work on course-related assignments outside of your regularly scheduled instructional sessions (including some that may be assigned in advance). \nRead about housing and meals while studying at Sunbridge. \n  \nCost\n$990 includes all materials\, yearlong access to your Google Classroom\, and a $80 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.   \nREGISTER\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/introduction-to-waldorf-early-childhood-education-an-immersion-in-the-world-of-the-waldorf-nursery-kindergarten/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Introductory,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 all about Summer Series 2025. \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 discussion of 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 writing fluency and comfort\, writing mechanics\, creative and expository writing\, and increasing reading fluency\nTopics in math\, including geometric drawing\, business math\, and practice classes\nTopics in world history\, including Roman\, African\, Arab\, and Islamic empires and the global Middle Ages\nTopics in geography\nIntroduction to physics\, astronomy\, and earth science / geology\nSixth 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. In 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  \nAshley Mullen Umlauf leads a seventh grade class at Seattle Waldorf School. Born and raised on a homestead in Alaska\, Ashley grew up playing in the woods and commercial fishing with her family. She taught public high school for several years in Bellevue\, Washington\, before becoming a mother to her three children. While searching for an alternative form of education for her young children\, Ashley stumbled upon Waldorf education at Whidbey Island Waldorf School and taught there for eight years in the early childhood section and as class teacher\, ultimately graduating her eighth grade class. She has been at Seattle Waldorf School since joining the faculty in 2018 as the first grade teacher. Ashley\, who especially enjoys creating class plays with her students\, watching them grow and develop over the years\, teaching a wide variety of ages\, and creating strong connections with families\, attended the University of Washington\, earning a BA in English (with writing emphasis) and a master’s in Teaching in Grades 6-12. \n \nPrevious Summer Series Grade Six participants had this to say about their experience: \n\nVery knowledgeable\, inspiring\, organized and well-prepared presenter.\nThis course exceeded my expectations. I found the lesson planning resources particularly helpful. \nHighlights were the plethora of resources\, getting to connect with other Waldorf teachers\, and talking about where the 6th graders are at as human beings.\nI thought it was wonderful that each course also came with folders of resources. \nThe educators that were guiding us through the course are all very kind and helpful.\nAs a new teacher\, I found this course super insightful. It more than met my expectations!\n\nYour course also includes sessions in art with Adrienne Patrick\, music with Katey Dolezal\, and eurythmy with Alexandra Spadea. \n  \nSchedule \nThis course takes place July 6-11 in a synchronous online classroom. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN (NY) TIME ZONE. \nSunday evening (note new times)\n6:45 pm-6:55 pm: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\n7:00 pm-8:45 pm: First session \nMonday – Thursday\n9:45 am-9:55 am: Log-in for technical check-in and attendance\nSessions run from 10:00 am through 4:45-5:00 pm\, with time for breaks and lunch \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 \n  \nNote: Most sessions are required in order to receive a certificate of attendance. Others\, such as Q&A sessions with your lead instructor and studio time with your art and music 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 Six 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.   \nREGISTER\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/
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:Uplifting Each Other: Strengthening Our Professional Relationships Within and Across Early Childhood Settings
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is now full. Please sign up on our waiting list to be contacted in case of cancellation.  \nA three-part\, Thursday afternoon online workshop series for early childhood department chairs\, leads\, and co-leads looking to more deeply connect their roles and promote their collegial relationships \nThere is a harmonious flow between colleagues who recognize that how we are with one another is a sacred part of our Waldorf early childhood curriculum. The quality of our relationships is integral to our approach to early childhood education and is at the heart of our curriculum. Uplifting each other means truly valuing and comprehending our colleagues’ viewpoints and contributions. This approach nurtures mutual respect\, encourages open communication\, and strengthens the bond between partners. It involves actively listening without judgment\, honoring differences\, and recognizing each other’s strengths. \nIn Uplifting Each Other\, Strengthening Our Professional Relationships Within and Across Early Childhood Settings\, Sunbridge’s new online\, skill-building workshop series\, we will seek innovative approaches to connect our roles and strengthen our teamwork. Together\, in three 90-minute sessions\, we will explore the elements of \n\nAligned values\nEffective communication\nMutual support: respecting differences: commitment to the partnership\n\nand offer the opportunity to promote good partnerships in our collegial relationships by \n\nStrengthening communication skills through reflective practices\nGaining practical tools for empathetic communication and boundary-setting\nDeveloping capacities for supporting “hard moments” when emotions run high\n\nFacilitators \nLisa Miccio is lead instructor for Sunbridge’s “Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education” long-running Summer Series course. She also provides professional development training and mentoring of early childhood educators; is founder\, director\, and parent & child playgroup teacher at The Berry Basket Playgroups and Family Programs in Warwick\, NY;  and was a longtime member of the Sunbridge Board of Trustees. From 2022-23\, Lisa served Acorn Waldorf School as the Neighboring Tree Project Specialist\, overseeing a grant-funded AWS initiative that aimed to create community partnerships with local early childhood educators\, schools\, and centers. She taught kindergarten at The Waldorf School of Garden City\, where she chaired the DEIJ committee\, from 2017-2022\, and for a dozen years prior was on the faculty of Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she taught in and served as a co-chair of the early childhood section\, directed the early childhood admissions and family programs\, and was a member of the Collegium\, the Collegium Committee\, and the Board of Trustees. Lisa’s teaching experience also includes teaching and mentoring in the Kathmandu (Nepal) Waldorf Kindergarten. She holds a BA in English from the College of Charleston\, an MSEd in Elementary Education from CW Post\, Long Island University\, and an MSEd in Waldorf education from Sunbridge College. She is the mother of two Waldorf-educated sons. \nMeggan Gill is Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture\, a member of the Sunbridge program faculty\, co-lead instructor of Sunbridge’s “Waldorf Weekend” workshop\, and the co-director of WECAN. A specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also a member of Alma Partners and an active AWSNA and WECAN workshop presenter. Meggan’s teaching experience includes serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School from 2009-2020\, where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, she taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College\, her MEd in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in Waldorf education from SUNY Empire State\, and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge. \nZoom Schedule \n4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Eastern Time\nThursday\, August 28\nThursday\, November 20\nThursday\, March 26 \nSessions are not recorded and may not be registered for separately. \nSeries cost \n$195 (includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee) \n25% discount for: \n\nSchools sending more than one teacher or\nSunbridge early childhood teacher education program graduates or\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \n\nFree for current Sunbridge early childhood teacher education program students (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee; accounts must be in good standing)\n\n  \nThis workshop is now full. Please sign up on our waiting list to be contacted in case of cancellation.  \n  \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \n  \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/uplifting-each-other-strengthening-our-professional-relationships-within-and-across-early-childhood-settings/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Early Childhood Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online Meet & Greet with representatives from our Early Childhood Teacher Education program\, next enrolling summer 2026. \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the Early Childhood Teacher Education section of our website and our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our program. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, October 8\n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n  \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-early-childhood-teacher-education-3/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Info Session,Introductory
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SUMMARY:Deepening the Picture of the Whole Child: Integrating Waldorf Wisdom with Current Sensory Integration Research and Relationship to Neurodiversity
DESCRIPTION:An online workshop series for Waldorf early childhood and early grades teachers consisting of six two-hour Saturday sessions occurring from October through April  \nBackground \nWaldorf education works with a picture of twelve senses. Mainstream research validates nine. Both streams include senses that tell us about our internal state\, senses that tell us about the external world\, and senses that we use in social interactions. The goal is that the senses will work together\, which is described as “sensory integration.” When there is disruption\, children will show their distress through perplexing and often challenging physical and social behaviors. \nIn this 6-part workshop series\, Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program co-director Nancy Blanning serves as guide for an exploration into sensory development\, focusing on how the two streams of Waldorf education and mainstream research complement and confirm each other\, and how we can use this knowledge to better help the children in our care.  \nWorkshop Description \nThe content of our sessions will concentrate on the body’s senses of touch\, life/well-being\, self-movement\, and balance as foundation for physical\, academic\, emotional and social development to come. We will consider the gifts each sense brings to the child as well as what can be seen when the sense are not serving the child well. Our main focus will be in how to encourage typical development in general and to respond in supportive action to distressed sensing. We will look at how understanding of the senses can guide how we respond to and support children whose sensing systems and neurology are different. We will also bring consideration of neurodiversity in studying each of these basic senses. We want to become conversant and comfortable with mainstream vocabulary and picturing of the senses. Doing so will give us mainstream recognition when we interact with caregivers and mainstream therapeutic support professionals. \nWho Will Benefit From This Workshop \nDesigned for early childhood educators\, grades 1-3 teachers\, and others interested in deepening their understanding of how children grow into the world\, this series is both open to new participants and will serve as a review\, deepening\, and extension of last year’s series for returning attendees. In addition to studying each of the four foundational senses in depth\, we will also consider in each session how various expressions of neurodiversity have accompanying extreme responses to the world surrounding them. We will consider the support already inherent in the Waldorf early childhood classroom that we can more consciously and deliberately engage to all children’s benefit.  \nOur goals professionally will be to: \n\nObjectively observe and describe what we see\nUnderstand what we see\nRespond–what can we do both proactively and in the moment?\nTalk about it to caregivers\, colleagues and mainstream support professionals in ways that build connection\n\nOur goals personally will be to open up an objective understanding and appreciation to these children’s unique experiences in life. This study does not offer quick and easy answers. Our collective interest and desire to assist—not “fix”—the child will open up possibilities for new inspiration. \nSession Topics \nEach two-hour session will include Waldorf and mainstream description and vocabulary for each sense. Neurodiverse situations and the sense will be considered. Appropriate vocabulary will be presented and ideas offered for communicating observations and questions to build connection of trust with the child’s parents / caregivers. \nOctober 18: The Landscape of the Senses—How does each sense help us live in the body\, in the external world\, and in the social world with other people? We will look at how we support the Life Sense/Interoception to assure comfort and a sense of security in the body. Here we will recognize the strength of the Waldorf early childhood “curriculum” of rhythm\, routine\, movement\, practical work\, and artistic activities in helping to regulate sensory functioning. \nNovember 22: Tactile/Touch Sense—Exploring hyper (extra reactive) and hypo (under reactive) responses as extreme edges of sensing touch. How do we recognize these and respond to these extremes? We will also consider some movement and touching games that invite reluctant children to participate. \n January 10: Proprioceptive/Self-movement (Limbs\, muscles\, nerves\, and body-geography)—Exploring the balanced and extreme edges as shown in behavior. How can we offer invitation to strengthening this sense? In-door and out-door possibilities will be suggested. In this session we will also give a brief overview of retained immature movement patterns (infantile reflexes) that often interfere with proprioception.  \nFebruary 28: Vestibular/Balance—Orientation and security of the body in the three planes of space. How can we offer enriched opportunities to strengthen balance? Balance and proprioception are partners in supporting each other\, so we will look at the two together. Continued consideration of retained movement patterns will continue. \nMarch 7: Communicating with Others—What do we wish to communicate to parents and caregivers? How can we do this in ways that build trust and connection? \nApril 18: Review and Festival of Movement Idea—We will consider a particular scenario of a child in sensory distress and together apply the ideas our study has suggested–and create new ones as well. \n  \nFacilitator \nNancy Blanning has co-directed Sunbridge’s Early Childhood Teacher Education program since 2015 and has served on its faculty since 1994. Now retired from a nearly forty-year career at The Denver Waldorf School\, where she served as a kindergarten teacher and member of the educational support staff\, Nancy’s main focus is therapeutic education with a special emphasis on developmental movement as supporting young children’s physical incarnation and sensory development. \nNancy is a frequent keynote speaker and presenter at national and international early childhood conferences and workshops and is a faculty member for Denver’s Nurturing the Roots Therapeutic Course. Her writing credits include serving as contributor and editor of Gateways (the publication of WECAN)\, contributor to You’re Not the Boss of Me (a WECAN publication)\, editor of WECAN’s First Grade Readiness; and co-author\, with Laurie Clark\, of Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures\, a collection of original movement imaginations for the classroom. Nancy holds a BA in English from the University of Colorado\, with teaching credentials. She also earned a certificate as Extra Lesson provider and therapeutic educator from Gradalis Seminars\, where she attended the four-year anthroposophical therapeutic/remedial training in Extra Lesson and supplementary therapies and academic support strategies. \n  \nPraise From Past Participants \n“Nancy is SO extremely knowledgeable and shared with us thought-provoking quotations to deepen my connection of sensory integration work to Waldorf and Steiner pedagogy and Anthroposophical understanding.”\n\n“She is more than prepared and knows her subject matter well. She also pivots well when questions are asked that she wasn’t prepared for.”\n\n“Nancy is so special and wonderful – I learnt so much! Thank you!”\n\n“This course inspired a great deal of hope for me in my first year working full-time in a very challenging Waldorf preschool class.”\n\n“As someone who is just learning or being introduced to this area of study\, its wonderful to be in the presence of someone who knows so much about this area.”\n\n“Blown away. Wish I could talk with Nancy forever and ask her all the questions! A fount of knowledge. Invokes inspiration and aspiration!”\n\n“Helped me to better understand how to help the children that come to me.”\n\n\n“I have never felt a strong connection to a speaker/group that wasn’t in person. Thank you all for the connection.”\n\n\nPrerequisite \nThis workshop series is taught with the understanding that participants have a basic familiarity with the twelve senses as described in Waldorf education. Required reading preparation is the WECAN publication\, Nurturing the Senses: The Importance of Authentic Sensory Experiences in Early Childhood\, which can be purchased for $10.00 from WECAN’s online store. \nAdditional recommended reading includes: \n\nWilli Aeppli’s Care and Development of the Human Senses\n\n\nSharifa Oppenheimer’s With Stars in Their Eyes\n\n\nSally Goddard Blythe\, The Well-Balanced Child\n\nTitles are available from online booksellers. The first two are carried by Steinerbooks.com \n  \nSchedule \nSessions take place over Zoom from 1:30 pm–3:30 pm Eastern Time on the following Saturdays:\nOctober 18 / November 22 / January 10 / February 28 / March 7 / April 18 \nSessions will not be recorded. \nCost \n$460 includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee \nNote: This workshop is presented as a series; individual sessions may not be signed up for separately. Refunds will not be issued for sessions not attended. See registration form for full refund policy.  \nAvailable Discounts \n25% off for: \n\nSchools sending 2 or more participants\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee) \nRegistrants who sign up for both Deepening the Picture of the Whole Child as well as EC Insights\, our workshop series held earlier in the day on the same Saturday dates\, will receive a discounted price of $690 for both. Participants choosing this option may not apply any other discount. \nIf you are a Sunbridge Early Childhood program student and wish to attend this workshop\, please contact Nancy for information before registering.  \n  \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/deepening-the-picture-of-the-whole-child-integrating-waldorf-wisdom-with-current-sensory-integration-research-and-relationship-to-neurodiversity/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Professional Development,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Elementary and World Languages & Cultures Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online conversation with representatives from our Elementary Teacher Education and World Languages & Cultures Teacher Education programs\, both enrolling summer 2026. \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the relevant program sections on our website\, as well as our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our program. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, October 22\n7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\n  \nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-elementary-teacher-education-2/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Grades,In Process,Info Session,Introductory,Meet & Greet,World Languages & Cultures
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: High School Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an informal online conversation with Steve Sagarin\, director of Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program\, and other core faculty to get to know us and our program which next enrolls July 2026. \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, October 29\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n\nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-high-school-teacher-education-2/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,High School,In Process,Info Session,Introductory,Open Day
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SUMMARY:Waldorf Weekend: Foundations and Fundamentals of Waldorf Education from Early Childhood through High School
DESCRIPTION:Open to students of education and especially relevant for new and prospective Waldorf community members (teachers\, parents and grandparents\, staffers\, and board members) \nOur lively and informative Waldorf Weekend workshop is designed to provide an experiential survey of the basis and basics of Waldorf education. In addition to exploring the Waldorf curriculum across the grades\, your workshop includes a discussion of Rudolf Steiner’s insights in human development and a look into the anthroposophical underpinnings of the Waldorf impulse. You’ll enjoy hands-on artistic activities and there’ll be plenty of time for questions and answers. Our Waldorf Weekends are a most memorable—and fun!—learning experience. \nThis workshop takes place in person.  \n  \nPresenters \nMeggan Gill ’10 is Sunbridge’s director of education and organizational culture\, a member of the Sunbridge program faculty\, and the co-director of WECAN. A specialist in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, she is also a member of Alma Partners and an active committee member and workshop presenter for AWSNA and WECAN. Meggan’s teaching experience includes serving on the faculty of the Brooklyn Waldorf School from 2009-2020\, where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council. Prior to joining BWS\, she taught kindergarten at the Olympia Waldorf School and parent-and-child and nursery classes at the New Amsterdam School. Meggan earned her undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College\, her MEd in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in Waldorf education from SUNY Empire State\, and her certificate in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge.\n \n\n\n \nElizabeth Hall is a longtime member of the Sunbridge Elementary Teacher Education program faculty and also teaches anthroposophical studies in our Early Childhood program. Since 2006 she has also been a class teacher at Green Meadow Waldorf School\, where she has served on the Collegium and the Teacher Development Committee. Prior to joining the Green Meadow faculty\, Liz was a class teacher and lower school chair at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. She holds a BA from Earlham College\, where she double-majored in English and Spanish and minored in Art History; an MA in Education and Waldorf Certificate 1-8 from Antioch New England Graduate School; NH certification 1-6; and a Certificate of Curative Education from Camphill Special Schools\, Inc. \n\nPrevious Waldorf Weekend participants had this to say: \n~ The weekend has been wonderful. The information was communicated in a clear way\, and I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of what it means to look at the world through the Waldorf lens.\n~ It was excellent. The instructors were extremely knowledgeable.\n~ The weekend was outstanding! I was deeply inspired\, both as a teacher and as a human being.\n~ Highly informed\, warm-hearted facilitators with a deep concern for the group’s understanding and experience.\n~ This was one of the single most wonderful weekends in my life. I came with the intention of learning more about Waldorf education. I am leaving with a feeling of a shifting of my soul.\n~ This was a wonderful workshop\, and I highly recommend that everyone from teachers to parents take interest and reap the benefits. \n\n\n  \nSchedule \nFriday\, January 23: Check-in registration takes place from 6:30pm-6:50pm. Please arrive with enough time to check in and get settled. The workshop begins promptly at 7:00pm and runs until 8:30pm. \nSaturday\, January 24: The workshop runs 9:00am-5:00pm\, with times for breaks and lunch \n\nHousing/Meals \nCampus housing is reserved directly through Threefold Educational Center. \nDinner will be available for purchase at Threefold Cafe on Friday evening. Saturday breakfast\, lunch\, and snacks are included in your workshop cost. \nRead more about local housing and dining options while visiting Sunbridge. NOTE: You will need a code to make Holder House dorm room reservations. That code will be in your workshop registration confirmation email. \n\nCost  \n$295 \nCost includes Saturday breakfast\, lunch\, and mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks\, and a $50 non-refundable registration fee \nDiscount options  \nSpecial BOGO free! \n\nSchools pay only one registration for each two participants they send\n\n25% off for \n\nSunbridge program alumni\nPayment made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined.  \n\n  \n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/waldorf-weekend-foundations-and-fundamentals-of-waldorf-education-from-early-childhood-through-high-school-2/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Early Childhood,Featured,Grades,High School,In Process,Introductory,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Elementary and World Languages & Cultures Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online conversation with representatives from our Elementary Teacher Education and World Languages & Cultures Teacher Education programs\, both enrolling summer 2026. \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the relevant program sections on our website\, as well as our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our program. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, January 28\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME \n\n  \nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-elementary-and-world-languages-cultures-teacher-education/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Grades,In Process,Info Session,Meet & Greet,Online,World Languages & Cultures
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SUMMARY:Creating\, Implementing\, and Sustaining a Feedback Culture: Bringing Your Leadership Team to the Next Level of Collaboration and Performance
DESCRIPTION:A two-part\, online workshop for decision-makers—including administrators\, directors\, board and committee members\, and faculty and section chairs—working in Waldorf schools or other workplace settings \n  \n“Human development is significantly impacted by and often flourishes within the context of relationships. Relationships\, especially those characterized by empathy\, acceptance and mutual support\, provide the necessary conditions for individuals to explore their potential and become fully functioning.” – Carl Rogers \nThe skill of giving and receiving feedback\, which is essential for individual development\, robust relationships\, and organizational success\, is the focus of our latest Collaborative Leadership workshop. Through presentation\, large and small group discussion\, sharing\, and journaling across two weekends\, in this workshop we will: \n\nDefine feedback and examine its importance and relevance in the workplace;\nExplore how to introduce and apply the principles of feedback in your organization;\nPresent methods and practical tools for offering and responding to feedback  on behavior and leadership skills;\nCreate space for clarifying questions and share recommendations\, examples\, and experiences.\n\nWe encourage you to work with the principles and tools conveyed in the first weekend when you return to your workplace. Then come back to the second weekend to share your experiences\, ask clarifying questions\, and receive support and recommendations for next steps. \nWe invite you to join us for another eye-opening\, informative\, and highly practical Collaborative Leadership experience! \n\n\n  \nFacilitators \nJoachim 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 at AWSNA\, for which she is an active committee member and workshop presenter. Jessica holds a BS in business management and did her biography training with Karl-Heinz Finke and her executive coach training with SECA International. \n  \nSchedule \nThis workshop takes place in Zoom sessions on the following dates/times: \nFriday\, February 6: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Eastern (NY) Time\nSaturday\, February 7: 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Eastern (NY) Time \nFriday\, March 13: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Eastern (NY) Time \nSaturday\, March 14: 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Eastern (NY) Time \n  \nCost  \n$365  includes a $25 non-refundable registration fee\nNOTE: This workshop is presented in its entirety over the course of two weekends; individual dates/sessions may not be signed up for separately. Sessions will not be recorded\, and refunds will not be issued for sessions not attended. See registration form for full refund policy. \nAvailable Discounts \n25% off for \n\nSchools sending 2 or more participants or\nSunbridge teacher education program graduates or\nPayments made in Canadian dollars\n\nDiscounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff.  \nFree for current Sunbridge program students in good standing (plus a $25 non-refundable registration fee) \n\n  \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Barbara Vitale\, admissions and summer coordinator\, at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20 \nWe reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy. \nSunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE)\, enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/creating-implementing-and-sustaining-a-feedback-culture/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Courses and Workshops,Featured,In Process,Leadership,Weekend Workshop
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet: Early Childhood Teacher Education
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an online Meet & Greet with representatives from our Early Childhood Teacher Education program\, next enrolling summer 2026. \nThrough presentation\, conversation\, and Q&A\, Sunbridge Meet & Greets are designed for you to get to know us and get a real sense of what it’s like to study here. To prep for the event\, we encourage you to read through the Early Childhood Teacher Education section of our website and our Teacher Education Overview page; then\, bring any questions you may still have so we can further expand upon and help clarify details about our program. (Note: For questions specific to your circumstances\, please reach out to us to arrange an appointment with either the program director or director of education.) \nSchedule \nZoom Session: Wednesday\, February 11\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME (NY) \n  \n\n  \nFor further information\, contact Admissions and Summer Coordinator Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu / 845-425-0055 x20
URL:https://www.sunbridge.edu/event/meet-greet-early-childhood-teacher-education-4/
LOCATION:Sunbridge Institute Remotely\, 285 Hungry Hollow Road\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Early Childhood,Featured,In Process,Info Session,Meet & Greet
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