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Experienced Waldorf Educators Program - Education Department: Antioch New England

Waldorf Experienced Educators MEd Program

We will enter a new group for this program in Summer 2009. The dates for the summer intensive are June 28th-July 10th.

This option is for teachers with a minimum of seven years of Waldorf experience. This two-summer (13-month), research-based program includes advanced-level courses in focus areas. It also involves practicum work, supervised independent study, and a master’s project during the academic year.

Program Highlights

One-year MEd program
Low-residency - Two summer residencies at Pine Hill School in Wilton NH and independent work at your home school in the intervening Fall and Spring

This program is designed for Waldorf educators who...

have seven or more years of experience
want to take advanced work in specialized focus areas
need a deeper, more tailored approach to their advanced Waldorf education
might have completed unaccredited teacher training in the past and now want to earn a fully accredited university master's degree

Specialized focus areas:

All courses will be taught on an advanced level. For example, rather than taking an introduction to color or curriculum painting, students will do veil painting and consider therapeutic aspects of color exercises. Likewise, the Anthroposophy courses will work with advanced texts usually not covered in Waldorf teacher training programs. The overall aim is to move beyond the study of content to the active engagement possible through spiritual scientific research.

Course Sequence

First Summer (2 weeks in Wilton, NH)
Anthroposophy as a Method of Inquiry
Supervised Independent Study
Elective in Focus Areas:
     - Waldorf Social Arts with Kim John Payne
     - Special Education with Hanneke van Riel
     - Visual and Healing Arts with Karine Munk Finser
     - Adolescent Studies and High School Research with Douglas Gerwin
     - Curriculum Development with Arthur Auer
     - Organizational Dynamics with Torin Finser

Fall
Supervised Independent Studies
Practicum

Spring
Master's Project

Second Summer (3 weeks in Wilton, NH)
Foundations of Human Experience
Projective Geometry and Sense-Free Thinking
Advanced Curriculum Seminars
Advanced Painting
Understanding the Adolescent
Advanced Eurythmy
Advanced Speech
Elective in Focus Area

Total Master’s Concentration 32–credit minimum

If you would like to receive more information, please complete the Inquiry Form or contact admissions at 800.552.8380 or by email.

Last Updated: 10/9/08