Learning to make needle-felted figures is part of the part-time early childhood program If your destiny has led you to first get involved in working at a Waldorf school before completing a Waldorf training, then a part-time Waldorf teacher education program like those offered at RSCC may be for you. The Part-Time Early Childhood Teacher Program Students in the early childhood part-time program learning how to dye silkGraduates of the Professional Development for Waldorf Early Childhood Teachers Part-Time program, class of 2024. • Starts this June 16th • 2 year, Birth-to-Seven • 1 year, Birth-t ..read more

Starting this weekend there are workshops in both Ottawa and BC. Robert McKay will be leading a Saturday workshop in Ottawa on Fundamental Anthroposophical Work. In BC, David Newbatt will be leading events all week long, under the title Explorations in Art, beginning on Friday April 5th and continuing though April 12. See posters below for details. The post Workshops: with Robert McKay in Ottawa April 6 and David Newbatt in BC April 5-12 appeared first on Rudolf Steiner College Canada ..read more

Continuing in our series of free talks with Kenneth McAlister around the major festivals of the year, RSCC is happy once again to present Kenneth’s upcoming talk on the festival of Easter, titled “The Interweaving Natural and Spiritual Processes of Easter“. This talk will take place at 9 am on Easter Saturday March 30th. Kenneth describes it as follows: We will try to develop an understanding of the Easter Mystery in the context of  inner and outer seasonal changes. In the second session (after the mid-morning break) we will use the centre/periphery meditation to deepen our experiences o ..read more

Graduates, with Vadim and Karen, showing off the “Together Class of 2024” sweatshirts they had made as a memento. Last Friday March 15th the TWS music room was filled with a capacity crowd for the part time Early Childhood graduation. The invited audience of friends and family gathered to support and honour the 17 graduates from RSCC’s Professional Development for Waldorf Early Childhood Teachers Part-Time program, a record number. In her introductory comments program director Karen Weyler wondered if the unusually large size of this class was due at least in part to people having responded pe ..read more

What is the HEART Program Over the past decades, teachers have met increasing numbers of children who are struggling to meet their developmental stages due to sensory, emotional, and educational challenges both at home and at school. With remedial support, these students often progress quickly once their underlying needs are met. Without this help, students can carry long standing difficulties into their adult lives. The goal of the HEART program is to strengthen, support, and train educators dedicated to helping students work through their challenges. HEART is a graduate level, professional d ..read more

Seth Jordan is in town this week to teach at the Seminary of the Christian Community in North America. On Thursday March 7th, his last day here, he will be giving a talk at 7:30 pm at Hesperus Village, sponsored by the Polaris Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada. Everyone is welcome. Details on the poster below: Seth will also be part of a four-day workshop on Practical Threefolding in Viroqua Wisconsin March 14-17. Click here for more on that. Anthroposophy in Toronto Events Anthroposophy in Toronto is pleased to announce that during the last Thursday of the following months: M ..read more

RSCC offers two part-time programs and one full-time program for becoming a Waldorf early childhood educator. While you can start the full-time program any year in September, the part-time programs accept new students only every other year. The last cohort of the two-year Birth-to-Seven part-time program started in June of 2022, and will graduate in March of 2024. The next cohort of part-time EC students begins June 16, 2024. That will be for both the two-year Birth-to-Seven and the one-year Birth-to-Three programs. The full name for these part-time programs is Professional Development for Wa ..read more

This year RSCC is featuring three early childhood related courses in weeks 2 and 3 of the Summer Festival. That’s in addition to ten other courses on anthroposophy, Waldorf education and the arts. And then there’s the first week for grades teachers which is devoted to grade intensives for grades 1-8. The full range of courses is outlined in our 32-page Summer Festival brochure which can be read or downloaded here. But you can read the course descriptions and presenter bios for the early childhood Summer Festival courses below: Working with Silk Marionettes – Mornings Rudolf Steiner referred t ..read more

This year RSCC is offering a total of 27 different courses in Waldorf education, anthroposophy and the arts as part of our annual Summer Festival of Arts and Education. Dates for the Festival this year are July 8 – 26. Grade Intensives for Grades 1 through 8 The first week will be devoted to grade intensives for Waldorf teachers preparing for September, once again featuring five days of grade-specific programs running from 9 am to 3 pm, followed by an hour of movement classes in two groups for grades 1-4 and 5-8. General-Interest Courses Weeks two and three offer a wide range of Waldorf, arts ..read more

Dear Students, Colleagues, Community Members and Friends, It is with pleasure that I would like to inform you that we have a new Executive Director. Marta Bak, who has been our Student Support and Outreach Manager for the past 17 months, has been hired by the RSCC Board of Directors effective February 1, 2024. At this time, we say farewell to James Brian, who has fulfilled this role for the last six years. James, with his many talents, commitment and love for the anthroposophical and Waldorf movements, has led the college on its path to foster cultural renewal. He has guided us through the co ..read more