Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Teaching from the Inside Out

with Debbie Laurin, Ph.D

November 21, 2020 8:30a-1:30p || Cost: $40

We will cultivate self-awareness about cultural development. What norms and values were given to you by your own national and ethnic culture? Increasing cultural competency requires developing self-awareness of the cultural lens through which you make meaning when you encounter diversity. Also developing awareness of the different perspective of the diverse other. We will focus on the child and seek to understand anti-bias education in the early childhood setting. Johanna Laurelin will lead Eurythmy.

Debbie Laurin

Dr. Debbie Laurin, Ph.D. is faculty at the West Coast Institute Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Training and serves on the Scientific committee for Pikler® USA. Debbie is a former Waldorf Kindergarten and Parent/Child teacher and is involved with the WECAN Birth-to-Three advisory group.  She is a former Professor of Early Childhood Education at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Debbie is a researcher, writer, and international presenter and teaches courses exploring Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality. She has extensive research on this, her biography has led her in directions to bring practical tools in anti-bias education for teachers working with children.

Information and Registration: https://tinyurl.com/DEI-DebbieLaurin

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || wiscSDmarketing@gmail.com || 916.524.1828

Extra Lesson for the Whole Class

with Lynn Aaberg

November 14, 2020 8:30a-3:30p || Cost: $65

The Extra Lesson was created by Waldorf teacher Audrey McAllen, who developed exercises and movement activities based on Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogical indications, which specifically address challenges that children experience in their will senses and movement body. These exercises were originally intended for work with individual students, but  more and more, class teachers are finding that these extra lesson exercises benefit all children, and are finding ways to integrate them into their daily work. 

In this workshop, we will explore these exercises in both an intellectual capacity and through practice.  We will work with body geography, spatial orientation, integration of vertical and horizontal  midlines, hand-eye coordination, and development of will senses.

Lynn Aaberg

Lynn Aaberg has been a student of Waldorf education and anthroposophy for the past 25 years.  Lynn trained at Eugene Waldorf Teacher Training and Sunbridge College. Lynn is certified in Orton Gillingham reading instruction, and is currently working on an educational support certification through Association for Healing Education.   In addition to her work with WISC, Lynn has taught at the Kula Makua Teacher Training Program in Honolulu, has been a workshop presenter and speaker at various Waldorf conferences, and is currently a consultant and mentor for Waldorf schools.

Information and Registration: https://tinyurl.com/ExtraLesson1114

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || wiscSDmarketing@gmail.com || 916.524.1828

Enkindling the Essence of Waldorf Early Education for Today’s Child

with Laurie Clark

November 7, 2020 8:45a-4:00p|| This event is on Zoom. Once you register we will send you a link.

Healthy development is dependent upon opportunities for movement with potent imaginations that invite the child to integrate into their body in order to feel the treasured sense of well-being. In this course, we will explore various ways to understand and support the young child’s four foundational senses with applications in the classroom setting.

Ideas to practically set up the classroom to give ample opportunities for the children to experience various ways to satisfy their sensory needs will be shared. Adventures for circle time and games will also be practiced.

Nutrition from an anthroposophical viewpoint will also be discussed with suggestions for snack in the early childhood that is truly nourishing the children in our care. Johanna Müller Laurelin will lead Eurythmy.

Laurie Clark leads a summer intensive at WISC San Diego

Laurie Clark has had the privilege of being a Waldorf early educator since 1978. She incorporates her therapeutic training into all aspects of the classroom and is in continual research through observation and constant engagement with the young child. The deep question of how to meet the child of today and exploring their needs in practical applications lies at the heart of her work. Laurie mentors teachers, is a frequent conference presenter and has co-authored two books with Nancy Blanning on therapeutic movement for young children.

Cost: $80

To register: https://tinyurl.com/ECLaurieClark

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || outreachsd@waldorfteaching.org || 916.524.1828

Developmental Movement and Imaginative Circle

Journeys for the Nursery and Kindergarten Child

with Peggy Waterhouse, MA

March 28,2020 8:30 AM-1:00 PM located at The Waldorf School San Diego, Altadena Campus

A child’s entire school experience is influenced by the development of healthy early movement patterns. Our busy culture interferes with the natural flow of this development. In this workshop we will explore the fundamentals of this process, and create dynamic, imagination-rich activities to support healthy growth in our children.

Peggy Waterhouse, MA spent 20 years as an early childhood teacher and administrator at the Pine Hill Waldorf School in New Hampshire, before returning to her native California to Direct the early childhood program at the East Bay Waldorf school in 2015. We are fortunate that Peggy has moved into the San Diego area to teach kindergarten at the Sanderling Waldorf school in Carlsbad.

Cost: $65 || To register:   https://tinyurl.com/Waterhouse2020

SNACK provided.

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || outreachsd@waldorfteaching.org || 916.524.1828

Healing in Raphael’s Madonna Paintings

with Joan Treadaway, Remedial Therapist

February 22, 2020 || 8:30 AM-5:15 PM || located at The Waldorf School San Diego, Altadena Campus

WISC San Diego and the Michael Branch of the Anthroposophical Society of North America is privileged to offer a unique double workshop with Remedial therapist Joan Treadaway. Based on years of research, Joan will guide us to experience the healing qualities of Raphael’s Madonna paintings.  Joan will spend time working with us on Child Study, examining our own perceptions and guiding us towards new capacities of understanding.The day will begin with Eurythmy lead by Johanna Laurelin

Joan Treadaway’s extensive background in education of the last 42 years includes teaching in Waldorf and public schools, helping to found three Waldorf schools, forming administrative boards, and consulting and lecturing widely on the needs of children today. Her private practice, Childhood Consulting Services, works with children and parent consulting, with a focus on the healing needs of child and family.

Cost: $95 || To register: https://tinyurl.com/Treadaway2020

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || parvatiscatena@gmail.com || 916.524.1828

The Challenges of Middle School: How do parents and teachers prepare?

A special half-day workshop with Betty Staley

February 15, 2020 || 8:30 AM-1:30 PM || located at The Waldorf School San Diego, Altadena Campus

WISC San Diego invites you to a mini-workshop by Betty Staley on the challenges of the middle school years: Tending the spark, Lighting the future for middle school students.

8:30-11:10 am: Middle School, an Anthroposophical perspective

In her workshop Betty will address Rudolf Steiner’s powerful insights into this phase of development. Her goal is to inspire teachers and parents to dig deeply into the thinking, feeling and willing of today’s middle school student and to respond appropriately.

With the dawning of puberty, the astral body becomes free, releasing new forces which penetrate right down into the sexual organs, and at the same time, open them to the riddles of the world outside. This period from 11/12 years on is a critical time in which the instinctual forces can dominate or the forces of idealism and hope can be birthed. The astral body reflects star wisdom as well as lower forces living in the sense world. Rudolf Steiner brought powerful insights into this time of children’s lives as a preparation for adolescence. With puberty happening earlier than it was in the early part of the 20th century, it is important for teachers and parents to dig deeply into the thinking, feeling, and willing of the contemporary middle school child and respond appropriately.

11:45 am – 1:45 pm Middle School, an approach to pedagogy

Building on this anthroposophical framework we will explore how the curriculum can support healthy spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical growth during this critical phase of preparation for adolescence.

By understanding the developmental changes in middle school children, teachers can deepen their pedagogical practice to meet the current needs of our students. We will explore the world of middle school children as they change from sixth through eighth grade in curricular areas such as in the humanities and technology. We will examine how the curriculum itself can support the changes they are experiencing and prepare for healthy spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical growth.

Betty Staley, Waldorf teacher and adult educator for over fifty years and co- founder of Rudolf Steiner College, is the author of eight books, including two on adolescence.
In her latest book, Tending the Spark, Meeting the Middle School Student, her wisdom shines through, offering help to parents and teachers of youngsters in Middle school.

Cost: $65 || To register: https://tinyurl.com/Staley2020

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || parvatiscatena@gmail.com || 916.524.1828

Festivals around the year in a Waldorf Kindergarten

All day workshop with WISC San Diego

October 19, 2019 8:30 AM-5:30 PM located at The Waldorf School San Diego, Altadena Campus

Seasonal festivals are integral to the rhythm of life in a Waldorf kindergarten to connect the child with the rhythms of nature around the cycle of the year. In the classroom we create a seasonal mood to celebrate the changes in mother earth, in morning circle, story, arts and simple crafts. There is joy in the anticipation, the preparation, and the celebration itself. Festivals build community through parent participation and create fond memories for years to come.

Patricia Rubano will guide us through the cycle of seasonal festivals around the year. Peggy Waterhouse and Anna Masters will bring classroom activities for circle,  story, and seasonal crafts, and share her experience in weaving parent work into the  joyful life of festivals in the kindergarten. 

Peggy Waterhouse, MA spent 20 years as an early childhood teacher and administrator at the Pine Hill Waldorf School in New Hampshire, before returning to her native California to Direct the early childhood program at the East Bay Waldorf school in 2015. We are fortunate that Peggy has moved into the San Diego area to teach kindergarten at the Sanderling Waldorf school in Carlsbad.

Patricia Rubano taught kindergarten for many years at the Green Meadow Waldorf school in N.Y., and at the Sanderling Waldorf School in Carlsbad, as well as mentoring for WECAN and Lifeways across the Southern California region.  She was a founder of both WSSD helped establish the Sanderling school. She currently directs the Anthroposophical Center for Biography and Social Arts.

Anna Master is a graduate of WISC San Diego. She taught a Mixed -age Kindergarten at the Sanderling Waldorf School, and currently teaches Kindergarten at WSSD. She is trained in Therapeutic work in early childhood.  

Cost: $95 || To register:   https://tinyurl.com/OCT19Festivals

SNACK provided. SHARED meal – Please bring a dish to share or pay $10.00

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email:  

Parvati Scatena || outreachsd@waldorfteaching.org || 916.524.1828

Understanding Children and Nurturing Brain Development Through Care

Please note the location has changed for this event. It will be held at the High School Campus which is located at 4135 54th Place, San Diego, CA 92105

 

We will explore child development through the lens of brain development and the need to connect and express creatively.

We will learn about the language of children’s drawings and create an enlivened classroom, by addressing support for Behavioral difficulties, transitions as a bridge, positive guidance, self-care and communication through art.

Rosario Villasana, M.A. is director of the LifeWays en Español training, and is an Instructor at City College of San Francisco. Rosario advocates for play-based programs and natural environments that nurture the imagination and sensory experiences. Rosario has presented workshops in Mexico, Russia, China and Greece

 

Cost: $95|| To register:  https://tinyurl.com/ECMAR30

SNACK provided. SHARED meal – Please bring a dish to share or pay $10.00

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email:  Parvati Scatena || outreachsd@waldorfteaching.org || 916.524.1828

March Fundraising Dinner

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Foundations of Early Childhood and the Inner Work of Teaching

Saturday, November 3, 2018 || 8:30 AM-5:15 PM  || Waldorf School of San Diego

In this workshop you will be introduced to the varieties of verses, meditations and inner work exercises that can weave into your life in a comfortable and natural way as you work with the young child.

In this workshop we will explore the four foundational senses through movement and what can evolve out of well-integrated senses. We will also discuss what hindrances may evolve when the child needs more attention in these areas.  

The afternoon will include learning about yearly rhythms and festivals which we will put into our hands by making Martinmas lanterns.

Megumi Caverly came to the United States from Japan in 1995 to study Anthroposophy and Waldorf Education, graduating from Rudolf Steiner College in 1999. She has been teaching Kindergarten at Sanderling Waldorf School for many years and is the mother of a son enrolled at the Waldorf High School in San Diego.

Anna Masters is a WISC graduate.  Following her graduation she ran a home program called Eartheart School and then began teaching kindergarten at Sanderling Waldorf School. Anna is now lead kindergarten teacher at The Waldorf School of San Diego,

Elizabeth Heald first trained as a public school teacher before discovering Waldorf education and graduating from WISC. She has been successfully teaching kindergarten at the Waldorf School of San Diego for several years.

Cost: $95|| To register:   https://tinyurl.com/ECFound

SNACK provided. SHARED meal – Please bring a dish to share or pay $10.00

Discounts for three or more from one school site and WISC alumni available–please inquire.

Questions, call/text/email: 

Parvati Scatena || outreachsd@waldorfteaching.org || 916.524.1828