Emerson Waldorf School Pre-K-12

"Education is not a question of what knowledge children need to acquire to enter society, but what capacities in human beings can be developed to bring new forces into society."

- Rudolf Steiner

Waldorf Education Day

Waldorf Education Day 2012
Saturday, January 14
8:30am-12:30pm

Waldorf Education Day 2012 (Flyer)

Click Here to Register to Attend and Register for Childcare On-Line

Ever wondered what it might be like to be a Waldorf student?  What are they teaching in their beautiful, art-filled classrooms; how are we different?  Now is your chance to experience walking in the shoes of a student on our campus.
The event is free and childcare is provided by our Early Childhood teachers and faculty. Register to attend (and childcare if needed).

Schedule for the morning…

8:30 Participants gather in the Brown Wing for coffee/tea and a light continental breakfast; participants select workshops and fill out name tags.

8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and orientation statement to the group.

Double Lessons, running from 9:10 – 11:20 (only one may be chosen)
Carol Kubik; handwork lesson, felting
Peter Moyers; practical arts lesson

9:10 - 10:10 class session 1 (pick one for each period)
Kathleen Stone Michael; Early Childhood circle time focusing on the twelve senses
Malina Stoychev; 2nd grade lesson, “Math”
Shannon Wiley; 5th grade lesson, “Form Drawing”
Benjamin Trueblood; 7th grade science lesson, “Chemistry of the Candle”
Angelo Sphere; 9th grade humanities lesson, “Mythology”
Rob Rich; 11th grade math lesson, “Projective Geometry”

10:20 - 11:20 class session 2
Ameli Fairman-Evans; Early Childhood lesson “Watercolor Painting”
Mary Beth Mueller; 3rd grade lesson, “Gardening”, with tour of farm
Shannon Wiley; 5th grade lesson, “Math”
Kim D’Angelo; Spanish lesson
Dan Moise; 11th grade chemistry lesson, “The Human Organism as a Key to the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements”

11:20 - 11:45 Gather back in the Brown Wing for more coffee/tea.

11:45 - 12:30 Closing Plenum; Panel of teachers answering questions read by a moderator

Teacher panel