Summer Series Overview
Sunbridge’s Summer Series is a longstanding tradition within the Waldorf community. Our weeklong professional development courses help teachers prepare for their upcoming year, while our introductory courses help newcomers learn more about Waldorf education and perhaps prepare for a Waldorf career of their own.
All Summer Series courses are online this summer AND we have kept tuition at last year’s levels!
Scroll down to see our Summer Series 2026 line-up; registration opens January 15.
What You Can Expect
All Sunbridge Summer Series courses feature highly experienced lead instructor(s) and special subject teachers, with each session of your day individually tailored to the specific topic you have signed up to study. You will have ample opportunity for community-building with your peers during your instructional sessions, in your open Zoom classroom space (all our Summer Series courses are online this year), and in your Google Classroom, which contains abundant amounts of relevant resource materials you can access across the following school year.
Approaching the Grades 1-6 participants receive sessions in art, music, and movement, while Grades 7 & 8 participants enjoy sessions with math, science, and movement specialists. Every Grades course features an anthroposophical study specific to your grade to help you fully understand the age group you will be teaching in the fall, and Sunbridge director of education and organizational culture Meggan Gill will be back to co-facilitate DEI sessions.
Please note that while we welcome educators from all backgrounds to enroll in our summer courses, our Grades 1-8 curriculum is tailored to individuals who have completed a Waldorf training. If you have not yet benefitted from our Waldorf teacher education program, we strongly encourage you to explore this highly enriching course of study, which delves far more deeply into Waldorf education and teacher preparation than is possible in a one-week summer course and culminates in an AWSNA-recognized diploma.
Tuition
Tuition for all courses is $645, which includes a non-refundable $55 registration fee and yearlong access to Google Classroom resource materials.
Available Discounts
- 25% off for students currently enrolled in a Sunbridge teacher education program; Sunbridge program graduates; or for payments made in Canadian dollars. Accounts must be in good standing, and discounts may not be combined. Qualification for discounts will be verified by Sunbridge staff. Â
Please note that Sunbridge 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.
Registration
To make the learning experience enjoyable and meaningful for both participants and instructors, each Summer Series course has both a maximum and a minimum number of spaces available. Every summer, we hear from teachers who are disappointed to learn they have waited too long to register and are closed out of the course they were hoping (or planning!) to attend. Â
Once registration is available, we strongly encourage you to sign up early to guarantee your spot. Schools that don’t yet have a teacher assigned to a grade for next fall are welcome to register with a place-holder until your teacher’s name is known (if so, please leave a comment in the Leave a Message field that this a placeholder registration).
Note: Summer Series participants wishing to receive a Completion Certificate must attend a minimum 85% of required course content (with video ON).
2026 Course Listings
Early Childhood
June 28-July 3
Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education
An Immersion in the World of the Waldorf Nursery/Kindergarten
Meggan Gill, Motria Shuhan, and Rie Seo, co-leads
July 19-24
Introduction to Waldorf Early Childhood Education
An Immersion in the World of the Waldorf Nursery/Kindergarten
Meggan Gill, Motria Shuhan, and Rie Seo, co-leads
Grades 1-8
July 5-10
Approaching Grade One
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Suchi Swift, lead instructor
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade Two
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Suchi Swift, lead instructor
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade Three
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Joshua Gartland, lead instructor
July 19-24
Approaching Grade Four
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Joshua Gartland, lead instructor
July 5-10Â
Approaching Grade Five
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Lisa Hitch, lead instructor
Dates TBA shortly
Approaching Grade Six
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Lead instructor TBA shortly
June 21-26
Approaching Grade Seven
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Laura Purdom, lead instructor
June 21-26
Approaching Grade Eight
Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
Rebecca Nelson, lead instructor
Praise From Recent Summer Series Participants
- (I chose Sunbridge because) I was looking for a rejuvenation/training that was more diverse and progressive.
- I chose it because I know many people who have just loved their experiences at Sunbridge and I am now one of them!Â
- I feel like Sunbridge always navigates the remote learning world so nicely!
- This was absolutely fantastic, all around. I must admit I was nervous about the Zoom format, but the teachers did a fantastic job balancing the technology with a real, human feeling, with plenty of opportunity for our own voices. Also, the Google Classroom is a huge repository for such good stuff. It’s actually easier to access than the method of the past.Â
- I’m so pleased Sunbridge was able to make this experience so welcoming, very well set up and easy to work with!
- I commend the staff for how well prepared the online portals all were!
- I found this course to be of particularly high quality, especially since it was delivered completely over Zoom.
- I actually loved the online format. I learned a ton. I did not have to travel. I felt that I got to know the other participants. I love the collaboration, and all of shared documents.
- The Zoom week was (surprisingly) wonderful and practical.
- Is there really such a thing as too many resources? 🙂 I suppose it can get overwhelming, but I’m overjoyed at the amount of resources provided!
- Keep up the good work! So impressed with Sunbridge and all of the instructors (and participants!)
- Thank you for going the extra mile to make this a great and useful experience.
- I especially appreciate the abundance of resources I walked away with in the Google Classroom, as well as the connections with the cohort.
- This was my first Waldorf specific experience, but I’ve attended many professional development courses over the years and was genuinely so impressed with how this one was run. So organized, timely, tons of resources at our fingertips, really fantastic.
- Thank you so very much to everyone for their hard work to bring such a beautiful course to life. It will live in me all year.
For Assistance
Please contact Barbara Vitale, admissions and summer coordinator
[email protected]
845-425-0055 x20
Note: Barbara’s work hours are 10:00 am-2:00 pm (ET) Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday; calls received after 2:00 or on Wednesday will be returned the next business day.
