VIDEOS ARE NOW UP FROM THE WALDORF EXPERIENCE COLLOQUIUM – and all the other four presentations in our recent series on Becoming a Waldorf Teacher. Photo is from the last session which was the panel discussion with six different people sharing their Waldorf experiences: Here’s the video from James’ Brian’s talk on “Why is the Sky Blue?”. April 20th. This is an edited version with preamble removed: Kathryn Humphrey talking about “The Rewards of Being a Waldorf Teacher”, April 13th: Karen Weyler’s talk on “A Deed of Love – Teaching the Early Years”, April 6th: Robert McKay’s talk on “Waldor ..read more

RSCC’s Professional Development for Waldorf Teachers Part-Time Grades program is designed for those already teaching in a Waldorf school who want to deepen their knowledge of Waldorf pedagogy while completing Waldorf certification. Course Schedule Year 1 • Summer: 3 weeks beginning Sunday July 9th, 2023 • Autumn and Spring: 11 Individual Mentoring Sessions • Assignments Year 2 • Summer: 3 weeks beginning on Sunday in July • Autumn and Spring: 11 Individual Mentoring Sessions  • 2 onsite classroom observations  • Assignments • Research Project Year 3 • Summer: 3 weeks beginning on Sun ..read more

James Brian’s talk April 20th at 7 pm will be the fourth in our series of five Thursday evenings for people who are interested in becoming Waldorf teachers. In this talk James will be exploring the Waldorf grade-school science curriculum. Like the other evenings in the series, James’ talk will be accessible either in-person or over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found here. James has worked in the educational field for more than 30 years with both children and adults. He spent 12 years in Germany studying anthroposophy and Waldorf pedagogy and has diplomas in Waldorf teaching and remedial educati ..read more

Initiative is the fire through which transformation and renewal come into the world. That Good May Become is a festival of initiative in a rural setting an hour north of Winnipeg, near Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Near the centre of our North American continent is a place that has been sacred for those who have dwelt here for millennia. Here, under the sky’s great expanse, at the heart of the continent, at “the Forks” in Winnipeg, the north-flowing Red River merges with the Assiniboine River from the West. Indigenous peoples have gathered here for thousands of years, trading and holding ceremonies ..read more

Over the next few weeks, Toronto Waldorf School is planning three upcoming events that they asked us to share with readers of the RSCC blog. These include a food drive April 12-14, a children’s clothing swap April 15, and an Indigenous History and Cultural Workshop May 6th. See posters with details on these events below: . The post Indigenous Workshop, Food Drive and Clothing Swap at Toronto Waldorf School appeared first on Rudolf Steiner College Canada ..read more

Kathryn Humphrey started her Waldorf journey by taking the full-time Waldorf Teacher Education program at RSCT (now RSCC). Since graduating in 1988, she has gone on to take three classes through from grade 1 to grade 8 at Toronto Waldorf School. Currently she is the Lower School faculty chair at TWS. Kathryn has also taken time during sabbaticals to help train Waldorf teachers in Thailand and Peru. She has furthered her own understanding of Waldorf through completing RSCT’s Healing Education and Remedial Training (HEART), a program specializing in remedial work. In addition to her Waldorf teac ..read more

A New Way to Learn About Anthroposophy This initial offering from RSCC of a fully-online course, Anthroposophy: An Introduction, is like a pilot episode, which, if successful, can pave the way for many more online courses. In fact, the board has already approved outlines for four more. Before we go ahead with building these courses we want to see the response to this first one. We need to test the market to find out if this is really something that people want. This first course has been in development for the better part of a year. It features original video interviews, interactive graphics ..read more

Karen Weyler is Director of Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Education at RSCC. Karen is a Registered Early Childhood Educator with 25 years of experience as a Waldorf early childhood teacher, including kindergarten, nursery, parent-and-child classes, home childcare operator, and licensed childcare centre supervisor. She was a founder of the Trillium Waldorf School and Star Seedlings Family and Childcare Centre in Guelph. As a teacher educator, she has taught in Canada as well as in China, Nepal and Vietnam. As a true thought leader in the field, she brings deep knowledge of child development a ..read more

Once again, Coco Verspoor is offering a series of seven eurythmy classes for adults, on Wednesdays from 5:15 to 6:00 pm at the Christian Community church, 901 Rutherford Rd., Thornhill. Coco’s class will feature eurythmy movement with music and poetry to strengthen soul forces and bring harmony. She writes: New Series! April 19 – May 31 (7 weeks), Wednesdays 5:15pm – 6:00pm  The Christian Community, 901 Rutherford Road Join us for 7 weekly group classes of soul breathing!  Relieve stress, enhance creativity flow, create a peaceful mind and a calm center. “To purify ourselves from all ..read more

At RSCC we always like to help out our friends and neighbours by spreading the work about lectures and artistic offerings that we think our readers would like to know about. After a dearth of such events over the Covid years, it’s encouraging to see that there are now lots of things going on locally. These next few weeks are shaping up to be a particularly busy time for concerts, lectures and artistic speech at Hesperus Village, which is located on the same campus as Rudolf Steiner College, though it’s best accessed via the Hesperus Rd entrance because the gate to the TWS drive will not be ope ..read more