Professional Development Courses
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Professional Development Courses
Summer 2025 In-Person Courses
Summer 2025 Online Courses
The Art of Teaching Spanish
An Online workshop for Spanish Teachers
Cost: $450
Instructors: with Clara Vélez and Ornella Betancourt
July 24 - 28, 2025
8:00am to 12:00pm PT
This course is intended for new and experienced teachers of Spanish who are seeking to expand their understanding of Waldorf education and enhance their repertoire in the areas of music, poetry and role playing.
Music and the human being
Looking beyond rote learning
Conversation and singing in grades 1 - 8
Pedagogical principles of second language teaching
This Course will be taught in Spanish.
Embracing Cultural Consciousness
An online course exploring personal biases, increasing racial literacy and acquiring new insights and resources
Cost: $250
Instructor: Kenya Strong
July 14 - 18, 2025
10:00 - 12:00 PT/1:00 - 3:00 ET
The goal of this course is to help participants embrace inner freedom through illuminating cultural awareness.
Explore your personal biases
Increase your racial literacy
Acquire new insights and resources
Promote community awareness
Moving, Imagining, Understanding
An online course for building a rich foundation for literacy in the first seven years.
Cost: $200
Instructors: Holly Koteen-Soule and Somer Serpe
July 18 & 19, 2025
9:00 - 12:00 PT/12:00 - 3:00 ET
The Art of Drawing
Humans, Animals, Nature & Architecture
This two-part workshop introduces the Waldorf approach to drawing, focusing on four key subjects: humans, animals, nature, and buildings. Student teachers will build foundational skills using beeswax block crayons and chalk for blackboard drawings, exploring form, gesture, and composition through guided exercises
Cost: $175
Instructor: Narsingh Khalsa
July 26 & 27, 2025
10:30 - 12:00 PT/1:30 - 3:00 ET
Format: Crayon and chalk lesson with guided drawing exercises and step-by-step demonstrations using Steiner’s indications for color and form.
Session 1: Humans & Animals
Part 1: Drawing Humans
Understanding proportions: the human figure at different ages
Basic shapes to construct figures and gestures
Simplified anatomy: head, hands, and feet
Expression and movement
Part 2: Drawing Animals
Breaking down animals into simple forms
Capturing movement and personality
Understanding fur, feathers, and texture
Drawing animals in relation to humans (scale & interaction)
Session 2: Nature & Architecture
Part 3: Drawing Nature
Trees, plants, and landscapes
Light, shadow, layering colors
Drawing different types of leaves and flowers
Rocks, water, clouds
Part 4: Drawing Houses & Buildings
Simplified structures: cottages to castles
Adding texture and details (wood, brick, stone)
How to integrate buildings into landscapes
Creating Cultural Consciousness
in Early Childhood
Inviting a sense of belonging through stories, puppetry and circles.
Cost: $250
Instructors: Holly Koteen-Soule, Somer Serpe
& Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton
July 26 - 28, 2025
9:00 - 12:00 PT/12:00 -3:00 ET
Creating a Circle of Warmth and Love
An online introductory course for Waldorf Early Childhood Assistant Teachers.
Cost: $300
Instructors: Somer Serpe & Leslie Wetzonis Woolverton
Monday, August 11 - Wednesday, August 13, 2025
9:00 -12:00 PT/12:00-3:00ET
and Saturday, September 20 & Saturday, October 18, 2025
9:00 – 11:00 PT/12:00 – 1:00 ET
This program is offered in two parts. The first part is in August and is a 3 day live online course, where participants will be introduced to the principles of Waldorf early childhood development and the essential qualities of the Waldorf early childhood environment.
The second part, in September and October, is a follow-up to support teachers after they have entered the classroom, with additional content and the opportunity to ask questions.
This course is designed to familiarize and support teachers in the beginning of their Waldorf Early Childhood journey.
Day I: Waldorf Early Childhood Development
Day 2: Meeting the Young Child
Day 3: Caring Relationships
Please see below for our past offerings!
Stepping Into The Classroom
A short-course for Waldorf Substitute Teachers
Instructor: Betsy Weill and Marlis Sandwith
Dates - Wednesdays, March 5th and 12th
Times - 10:30am to 12:00pm PST
Cost: $100
Session 1:
Introduction to Waldorf Pedagogy and the structure of the lesson.
How to approach the role of Substitute Teacher.
Exploration of class observations.
Session 2:
Strategies for Classroom Management
Age-appropriate activities through the Grades.
Suggestions based on Session 1’s observations.
Participants will need to arrange 2-3 classroom observations during morning or main lessons before meeting on March 5th.
We will send registered participants a list of guided observations to make notes on during your visit to a local classroom. These observations will support your work as a substitute and will provide a basis for discussion and further learning in the course.
Stepping Into The Classroom
A short-course for Waldorf Substitute Teachers
Instructor: Betsy Weill
Dates - Wednesdays, February 5th and 12th
Times - 10:30am to 12:00pm PST
Cost: $100
Session 1:
Introduction to Waldorf Pedagogy and the structure of the lesson.
How to approach the role of Substitute Teacher.
Exploration of class observations.
Session 2:
Strategies for Classroom Management
Age-appropriate activities through the Grades.
Suggestions based on Session 1’s observations.
Participants will need to arrange 2-3 classroom observations during morning or main lessons before meeting on February 5th.
We will send registered participants a list of guided observations to make notes on during your visit to a local classroom. These observations will support your work as a substitute and will provide a basis for discussion and further learning in the course.