Summer Series Overview
We’d like to thank everyone who took part in our special offering — Summer Series 2020: Live From Home — Sunbridge’s answer to keeping our Waldorf community members safe and sound in summer 2020 while providing valuable learning experiences teachers and administrators need to prepare for their next school year. Live From Home consisted of ten courses — Approaching Grades 1-8, Further Explorations into Waldorf High School Education, and Collaborative Leadership, plus a free webinar on the Foundations of Waldorf Education — delivered in real-time virtual classrooms. Each course provided ample opportunities for community-building, copious resource materials, and bonus follow-up calls with instructors and classmates in the next school year.
Summer Series 2021 will be posted here on or before January 1. Meanwhile, here’s a look back at this past summer.
Summer Series 2020: Live From Home
For School Decision-Makers and Other Leaders
July 26-31
Collaborative Leadership: Personalized Strategies for Becoming a More Effective Member of Your Leadership Team
With Joachim Ziegler, organizational development consultant, and Jessica Heffernan Ziegler of Sunbridge Institute
For Grades 1-8 Educators
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade One: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Calisa Tucker of the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade Two: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Karen Atkinson of the Waldorf School of Princeton (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
July 12-17
Approaching Grade Three: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Laura Cox of the Washington Waldorf School (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
June 21-26
Approaching Grade Four: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Leslie Lew of Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
July 12-17
Approaching Grade Five: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Karen Crandall of the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
June 21-26
Approaching Grade Six: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Karen Crandall of the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs (lead), Patti Regan of Berkshire Waldorf School (music), and Kelly Beekman (art)
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade Seven: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Karen Crandall of the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs (lead), Gary Banks of the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor (science), and Kevin Kilb of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School (math)
June 28-July 3
Approaching Grade Eight: Inspiration and Guidance for Your Year
With Elizabeth Hall of Green Meadow Waldorf School (lead), Gary Banks of the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor (science), and Kevin Kilb of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School (math)
For High School Educators
June 28-July 3
NEW! Further Explorations into Waldorf High School Education: A Deeper Dive into Principles and Practices for Teaching Today’s Teens
With Stephen Sagarin of Berkshire Waldorf High School and Sunbridge Institute
Of Interest to All
June 19 (2-hour webinar)
Foundations of Waldorf Education
With Linda Ogden-Wolgemuth of Sunbridge Institute
Praise From Previous Summer Series Attendees
~ My school recommended Sunbridge to me, and I’m glad they did.
~ Staff is well-prepared and organized.
~ Great people. Great program.
~ Sunbridge draws from all over and offers all the diverse styles needed.
~ My (Approaching the Grades) course provided me with a lot of tools that I will be able to bring to my class. The more philosophical questions were very inspiring.
~ This was my first Sunbridge course. I learned so much from my instructor and all the students. I feel I am leaving with much to enrich my teaching this year.
~ Well-organized course. Excellent, well-chosen faculty. Participants in this class were exceptionally fine people and first-rate teachers.
~ This (Leadership) course was on many levels deeply satisfying, combining content info, plenty of case work, group work, reflection time, and opportunities to use all parts of our brain (with eurythmy and music and nature all around).
~ I enjoyed widening my perspective of other Waldorf Schools/teachers who face completely different challenges than my school and I do.
~ I feel super informed and satisfied that I have the info I need to have a great year.
~ Thank you for a lovely experience. I learned so much and have found a new network and community.
For Assistance
For help with registration:
Contact Cara O’Regan, registrar and outreach assistant, [email protected] / 845-425-0055 x11
For help with refunds:
Contact Pam Starr, advancement and finance assistant, [email protected] / 845-425-0055 x17
For help with course content and all other summer matters
Contact Barbara Vitale, admissions and summer coordinator, [email protected] / 845-425-0055 x20
Please note that our staffers are currently working from home. We check voice messages and emails daily and make every attempt to respond to you within 24 hours. Thank you for your patience.
