MEd with Waldorf Elementary Education Specialization

with Elementary Public School 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

First Summer
(Classes are held for three weeks in July in Wilton, NH)
Anthroposophy: Projective Geometry
Human Development
Evolving Consciousness I
Eurythmy I, Speech I, Modeling
Singing

First Fall
(Classes are Thursday and Friday with occasional weekends in Keene, NH)
Waldorf Curriculum Preparation I: Grades 1–4
Movement and Storytelling Pre-K Classroom
Waldorf Methods in Math and Language Arts
Evolving Consciousness II
Painting I (Goethean Color Study)
Painting II (Curriculum)
Classroom Drawing
Drama
Integrated Learning: Theory into Practice
Math Methods or Methods of Teaching Reading

First Spring
Waldorf Curriculum Preparation II: Grades 5–8
Internship and Professional Seminar - (Internship in a public school Monday-Wednesday. Classes on Thursday and Friday with occasional weekends in Keene, NH)
Waldorf School Administration
Supervised Independent Study (Early Childhood)
Sculptural Modeling
Handwork in the Waldorf School
Conceptual Development and Learning Theory
School Law
Children with Special Needs
Math Methods 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
Eurythmy
Speech II
Bothmer Gymnastics/Games
The Adolescent (elective)
Music Curriculum (elective)
Optional one-week institutes on specialized themes

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

Total Master’s Concentration 40–credit minimum

Last Updated: 5/11/09