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Waldorf MEd with Public School Certification

Master of Education with Waldorf Elementary Education Specialization with NH Certification

class activity The Waldorf Concentration is structured to enable a student to pursue training as a Waldorf teacher as well as to qualify for New Hampshire elementary teaching certification. This is a summer entry program.

Minimum number of required semesters: 5

The degree requirements are:

First Summer (Classes are held for three weeks in July in Wilton, NH)

Anthroposophy: Projective Geometry
Human Development and the Waldorf Curriculum
Evolving Consciousness I
Eurythmy I, Speech I, Modeling
Singing

First Fall (Classes are Thursday and Friday with occasional weekends in Keene, NH)

Waldorf Curriculum I: Grades 1-4
Evolving Consciousness II
Number, Rhyme, and Handcrafts
Movement Education in the Waldorf Classroom
Painting I (Geothean Color Study)
Classroom Drawing
Drama
Integrated Learning: Theory into Practice
Math Methods: Approached to Curriculum or Methods of Teaching Reading

First Spring (Internship in a public school Monday-Wednesday. Classes on Thursday and Friday with occasional weekends in Keene, NH)

Waldorf Curriculum II: Grades 5-8
Waldorf Methods in Math and Language Arts
Internship and Professional Seminar (Waldorf School)
Waldorf School Administration and Leadership
Painting II
Conceptual Development and Learning Theory
School Law
Children with Special Needs
Math Methods: Approaches to Curriculum or Methods of Teaching Reading

Second Summer (Classes are held for three weeks in July in Wilton, NH)

Foundations of Human Experience
Arts to accompany Foundations of Human Experience
Science Curriculum
Speech II
Bothmer Gymnastics/Games
The Adolescent (Elective)
Music Curriculum (Elective)
Optional one-week institutes on specialized themes

Second Fall (Internship in a Waldorf school Monday-Friday for 15 weeks. This internship can be in any Waldorf School in the country.)

Internship and Professional Seminar/Practicum (Waldorf or public school)

MEd courses in italics are in addition to the core Waldorf Certificate courses.

Total Master’s Concentration 40-credit minimum

Last Updated: 4/21/08