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Waldorf MEd with Public School Certification

Master of Education with Waldorf Elementary Education Specialization with NH Certification

class activityThe 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


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