Teacher Education

Requirements for Early Childhood Education Diploma

This program is still in development. All students interested in Early Childhood education who need to complete a foundation year should have confidence that the program will be fully implemented by the time that they have competed the foundation studies year. However, students with an existing foundation studies program who wish to immediately enter the early childhood program in the fall of 2009 should contact Margot Amrine at director@waldorfsemi.org.

Courses will include the following, and additional early childhood courses will be developed.

Course No. Course Title

WISM 225      Administration in Waldorf Schools
WISM 226      The Inner Life of the Teacher
WISM 227      Exceptional Child
WISM 231      Eurythmy
WISM 245      Storytelling
WISM 301      Humanity and Nature
WISM 401      Intuitive Thinking
WISM 455      Student Teaching Seminar
WISM 458      Student Teaching In a Waldorf Setting

Additional courses in the following are under development:

Painting in a Waldorf Early Childhood Program
Music for the Early Childhood Program
Handwork for the Early Childhood Program
Early Childhood curriculum

Students who take their courses part-time, or who wish to transfer in courses taken elsewhere need to meet with the Director of Teacher Education to discuss recognition of their courses.

Before the Early Childhood Program is implemented it will be submitted for state licensing approval.