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Waldorf Education is an education for our time which is based on a spiritual understanding of human beings and their place in the universe. It makes profound demands on the intellectual, artistic and moral capacities of the teacher. Waldorf Teacher Education is an education towards responsibility, freedom and human dignity. Through the understanding of the stages of child and adult development, studies in evolution of consciousness, artistic practices, and through self-examination and critique, the prospective teacher begins to develop the capacities necessary to work within the classroom.

The Waldorf Institute of Southeastern Michigan, formerly the Waldorf Institute of the Great Lakes (WIGL), founded in 1991, offers courses in anthroposophical studies, artistic work and Waldorf education courses for prospective elementary and early childhood teachers. We also offer general Adult Education courses for those interested in deepening their study of the arts and Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner's philosophy of creative idealism.

We hope that this web site will give you an introduction to the programs and courses that the Waldorf Institute of Southeastern Michigan has to offer you. We encourage you to follow up by contacting us to start a conversation about whether Waldorf Education is for you.

Summer Workshops offered by the Institute

THE ART OF SCIENCE

A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP

EXPLORING THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH

TO TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE WALDORF CLASSROOM

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,

AUGUST 16th, 17th and 18th, 2010

From 9-12 and 2-5 each day

Phenomenological teaching methods for 6th-8th grade science, using examples from the human biology, chemistry, and astronomy from the Waldorf curriculum will be the focus of this workshop. Each day will consist of three 90-minute sessions, one session focusing on the phenomenological method, and two sessions focusing on experiments. Practical suggestions for reviewing experiments and designing assignments will be discussed.

The workshop presenter, Gary Banks, holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. He worked for Boeing Aerospace before becoming a Waldorf class teacher and Waldorf High School Science teacher. He currently teaches chemistry, biology, earth science, mathematics, and chorus at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor. He is also a faculty member of the Teaching Sensible Science program sponsored by SENSRI and the Waldorf Education Research Project. A new session of Teaching Sensible Science at the Chicago Waldorf School will be offered in October 2010. This WISM workshop is a perfect introduction to the Sensible Science program.

WORKSHOP LOCATION
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL OF ANN ARBOR,HIGH SCHOOL,
2230 PONTIAC TRAIL, ANN ARBOR, MI 48105

WORKSHOP COST
$150 for the three-day workshop,
NO CHARGE FOR WISM CONTRACT SCHOOL FACULTY

R.S.V.P. AND INFORMATION: info@waldorfsemi.org or 734 635-4143

THE ART OF WRITING

A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP

Monday and Tuesday, AUGUST 23rd and 24th, 2010

From 10-12 and 2-4 each day

Introduction to Chinese Pictographs
Stacey Aksman, a former Waldorf teacher and currently a teacher of Chinese language

The Greek Alphabet
Frederick Amrine, Arthur J. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan

Image to Letter
Sudee Taormina, Artist and Waldorf teacher

Sentences to Stories
Margot Amrine, Director, Waldorf Institute of Southeastern Michigan