Teaching in Public Waldorf Education

Posted: May 20th, 2011 | Author: Jennifer Patton | Filed under: Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Uncategorized | No Comments »

What if L.A. children had more PLAY and less PRESSURE?

Posted: August 1st, 2010 | Author: Joan Jaeckel | Filed under: Child mental health, Parenting, play, Teacher Training | No Comments »

PRESSURE TO PERFORM, SUCCEED, WIN, COMPETE, PLEASE

NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO PLAY: FREE, SELF-INITIATED PLAY WITH “LOOSE PARTS”.

Imagine a kindergarten where PLAY is the main subject. Where play is the pre-requisite for acquiring proficiency in the three R’s? Where free, experimental, child-initiated play is the pre-requisite for critical & creative thinking, getting along & collaborative networking, and taking individual initiative in life?

What if free play becomes the new way to keep students’ brains active?

Is there anything about the idea of non-prescriptive, self-directed, no-rules, no winners/losers play as children’s essential ‘work’ that worries you?

What are the obstacles you think stand in the way of giving L.A. children and students the play they need for a satisfying childhood and meaningful life?

How would your own life change if you adopted more of a no-right-or-wrong-way-to-play approach to your world-view, your relationships, your activities?

“Building a Better Playground” TIME [video: http://bit.ly/bYfrIs] [story: http://bit.ly/bAMpXD]

“State of Play” The New Yorker [article: http://bit.ly/aGkb95]
Monique’s Magical Waldorf Kindergarten Class 2010 San Francisco: [video http://bit.ly/cRF27q]

CHILD-INITIATED PLAY GROUND: Who would we be if this was our daily experience as children?

TRY IT OUT FOR YOURSELF THIS SUMMER

“Play Every Day” ideas and fact sheet from the Alliance for Childhood

el Rio Scholarship for Waldorf Education Professional Development for Public School Teachers in Southern California

Posted: June 23rd, 2010 | Author: Julia Posey | Filed under: Teacher Training | 1 Comment »

Boost your effectiveness as a teacher with a lively dose of Waldorf professional development this summer at Ocean Charter School!

In honor of the first introduction to Waldorf Education for Public School Teachers in Southern California, el Rio is offering a scholarship. The scholarship is open to participants with a CA teaching credential who reside in northeast LA (zipcodes: 90041, 90042, 90065, 90031).

The Waldorf Education for Public School Teachers is a one-week immersion into the Waldorf teaching experience being held July 19-23, 2010, at Ocean Charter School. Take the plunge!

You will learn:

* Singing and making music with children

*The art of teaching English language writing and reading skills

*Storytelling for effective response and comprehension

*Movement and math, beanbags, songs and more!

*Waldorf approaches in support of brain-based learning

*Meaning-making of subject-based content using painting, drawing, movement, sculpture, and more!

You will come away with:

*Ideas and materials to apply to your classroom

*Ideas and ways to create a professional learning community in your school

*Ways to support different learners through Waldorf-based differentiation practices

If you have enrolled or are plan to enroll, email elriocharter@gmail.com to enter your name in a lottery drawing.

Read Joan’s blog post for more information about the teacher training and how to enroll.

RE-DISCOVER YOUR CALLING AS A TEACHER. This summer, K-8 Waldorf education experience for public school teachers in Los Angeles

Posted: May 11th, 2010 | Author: Joan Jaeckel | Filed under: Education Policy, events, K-12 curriculum, LAUSD, Public Meetings, Teacher Training | 2 Comments »

Teaching at Ocean Charter School: public Waldorf education in L.A.

For five days this summer Los Angeles public school educators will have a chance to experience public Waldorf education in practice, not just hear about it in theory.

Begins July 19th at Ocean Charter School. ***PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD*** [Flyer, contacts, registration below]

Educators will EXPERIENCE:

Experience the comprehension-inducing effects of storytelling.
Experience the focus and learning effect of song, movement, drawing, painting, sculpture and more on the mind.
Experience the mind-opening effect of hands-on science.

Educators will TAKE HOME:

A KIT with ideas and materials for their grade.
Collaborative strategies to form a professional in-house learning community.
The ability to make a difference with different learners through Waldorf-based ‘different-learner’ methods.

ONLINE REGISTRATION [*Click on button that says "Waldorf Education for Public School Educators of Southern California"]

Some people have found the online registration process a bit trying, so if that’s you, Debbie Brown in the RSC Registration Office will help you: 916-864-4864 and her email is conferenceregistration@steinercollege.edu.

Waldorf Education for Public School Teachers
of Southern California [flyer]

JULY 19-23 2010

OCEAN CHARTER SCHOOL
12606 Culver Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Workshop fee: $350

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the course itself or other info on Waldorf teacher professional development, including an MA in Waldorf Education, please contact bonnie.river@steinercollege.edu

In joy, the el Rio Charter School development team together with Ocean Charter School teacher Tamar Kern ANNOUNCE a collaborative project of el Rio, Ocean and Steiner College to boost teacher effectiveness in Los Angeles through a one-week professional development immersion into the K-8 Waldorf classroom experience …

We would love to meet you and invite you to take the plunge this summer!

“I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma”

Posted: April 24th, 2010 | Author: Joan Jaeckel | Filed under: Child mental health, Inventing markers for public schools inspired by Waldorf education, Teacher Training | No Comments »

The young son of Chilean biologist, Humberto Maturana, became unhappy at school because he felt his teachers were making it impossible for him to learn. “I only want to enjoy my childhood, ma.” So his father wrote, for him and all students:

The Student’s Prayer

Don’t impose on me what you know,

I want to explore the unknown

And be the source of my own discoveries.

Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery.

The world of your truth can be my limitation;

Your wisdom my negation.

Don’t instruct me; let’s walk together.

Let my richness begin where yours ends.

Show me so that I can stand

On your shoulders.

Reveal yourself so that I can be

Something different.

You believe that every human being

Can love and create.

I understand, then, your fear

When I ask you to live according to your wisdom.

You will not know who I am

By listening to yourself.

Don’t instruct me; let me be.

Your failure is that I be identical to you.”