GLENAEON TEACHER TRAINING SEMINAR

2017 Steiner Class Teacher Curriculum Intensives

15th-20th January 2017 Classes 1-7

Education and the Mysteries of the World and of the

Human Being

Rudolf Steiner

Artwork by Vanessa Snaith

Early Bird Price until November 15th is $500 for a 5 day Intensive

Enrolments can be made via the direct link https://www.trybooking.com/232449

For enrolment enquiries contact

curriculum.intensives@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au 02 9932 2313

For course content enquiries contact the Intensives Coordinator

Peggy Day 02 9412 4457 peggyd@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au Timetable

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesda

y

Thursday

Friday

Sydney Eurythmists

Singing 8.30am

9-10.30 am Peggy Day Mysteries of the 21st Century- How do our

Times Change? Which Capacities are we preparing the children for in

our Education?

Barbara

Baldwin Gaining

Clarity in

Work ing with Children with

Special

Needs.

Class

Specific Sessions

Stuart Rushton Understanding the

Literacy of Technology-

Working creatively with the World.

Lisa Devine

The Deep Challenges of Technology- Remaining Human in the Digital Age.

Sunday

Specialist Session

2-6

See below

10.30 Morning Tea

11am Class Specific Session

12.40 Lunch

1.40pm Class Specific Session

3.20 Afternoon Tea

3.50pm Class Specific Session

Lecture 7-8.30pm

Lisa Romero The Realities

of the Spiritual

World and our connection to

Them

Evening Events Astronomy, Fire Sticks Festival, Music, Beach Dinner.

SUNDAY SPECIALIST SESSIONS New Teachers Intro – 2-6 pm Alan Drysdale and Diane Tatum

Handcrafts - Sunday 2-6 pm Bothmer Gym- Sunday 2-5.30 Classes 3-6

Lectures and Presentations Sunday Evening –

The Realities of the Spiritual Worlds in the Mystery Traditions What are the spiritual worlds and how do we relate to the various realms in our meditative practices? Lisa Romero

Lisa Romero is a complementary health practitioner and adult educator who has delivered education enriched with anthroposophy since 1998. From 2006 the primary focus of her work has been teaching inner development and anthroposophical meditation. Steiner Books has published her books: “The Inner Work Path – A Foundation for Meditative Practice in the Light of Anthroposophy” and “Developing the Self – Through the Inner Work Path in the Light of Anthroposophy”. Lisa lectures and presents courses and retreats on inner work and anthroposophical meditation for professional and personal development in Australia, America and England. Essentially Lisa’s work springs from the inner work, meditation and exercises together with a dedication to the path of unfolding consciousness. She brings a depth of insight that is reflected in the experiences and challenges of the participants who share in this work.

Monday Morning-

How does our Education prepare Children for the 21 st century? How do our Times Change? Which Capacities lie ahead in Human Evolution? What are the Dawning Mysteries of the 21st Century? Peggy Day Throughout the centuries human capacities continue to develop, spiritual events unfold and human participation in the Mysteries changes. What is now possible for humanity? Which faculties can develop further?

Peggy Day was a teacher for 15 years and then the coordinator and a lecturer in the Advanced Diploma

Teacher Training Course in Sydney for 12 years. Sheis a member of the Presenting group of the 2018

Melbourne Teacher Training Conference on The Dawning Mysteries of the 21st Century. She is also

active in the School of Spiritual Science.

Tuesday Morning – Supporting Children with Special Needs to Experience a Steiner Education --Part 3 Clarity and Practice in the Classroom- Barbara Baldwin

Barbara Baldwin is a highly experienced Curative Educator and therapist who has developed and delivered Curative Courses all over the world. She is the director and main lecturer of the course that was held at Warrah School, which included modules on the Twelve Senses, Curative Diagnostics, Spiritual Physiology, Speech and Language Difficulties, Learning Styles and Classroom Difficulties, including ADD, ADHD and the Autism Spectrum. Her recent article in the Australia/NZ Pedagogical Journal was a wonderful summary of the work thus far.

Thursday Morning

The Literacy of Creative Technologies - Engagement with the World

We can broaden the world of the children’s creative engagement in technology while still keeping

sight of the traditional handcraft and woodwork curriculum. Stuart Rushton

Stuart Rushton has been a Class Teacher and High School teacher at Lorien Novalis for several decades. He is currently the Co-Principal. One focus of his great enthusiasm lies with the creative integration of Main Lessons, Afternoon Blocks of Handcrafts and Technology as well as Camps. He can be found working the forge, in the computer main frame in the student’s lab, writing the ASCF Technology Curriculum and interfacing between the school and the world.

Friday Morning-

The Deep Challenges of Digital Technology- Remaining Human in the Digital Age How is our humanity being compromised and what can we do to create a positive future. Lisa Devine

Lisa Devine is the chaplain for three Sydney Steiner schools. She has a Masters in Psychology and has counselled young people and their families over many years. She works in Australia as a speaker and facilitator in areas of Anthroposophical inner development, conflict resolution and adolescent development. She is deeply connected to the research in moral technologies and is aware of the growing effects of the cyber world on our future society.

Class – Specific Lecturers/Tutors Class 1 Main Tutor Andrew Hill B.A. (Hons), Dip. Arts, M. Ed. Andrew Hill lectured for many years in the full -time Advanced Diploma of Steiner Education- Teacher Training course in Steiner Pedagogy, English and Science. Andrew has taken three class teacher cycles from Classes 1 to 8. With a background in Anthropology and English literature as well as experience in a curative school, Andrew has been involved in many aspects of Steiner school curriculum, teaching and management.

Class 2

Main Tutor Bernadette White Dip. Cur Ed. Bernadette White trained as a curative teacher in England before working at Inala Curative School in Sydney. She was a class teacher at the Perth Waldorf School and then took a cycle through at Glenaeon School. With a love of both the oral language tradition and history she has tutored in Speech for morning circle, Anthroposophy and Steiner Pedagogy. She moved to Auckland and thankfully returns each January to contribute to the Class Teacher Intensives.

Class 3

Main Tutors Andrew Hill (Overview, Hebrew Stories and Farming) See above

Linden McCall (Morning Circle, Mathematics, Form Drawing and Building) Linden is currently working in New Zealand as a Class 3 teacher as well as mentoring teachers, supporting teacher trainings and adult self- development work. Her abiding interest in Steiner education focusses on healthy movement, breathing and transformative speech for young human beings based on an artistic- pedagogical understanding of Steiner's "music-sculpture -speech" picture. The 4 year training in Ste iner's Speech and Drama work at the Harkness Studio, Sydney Australia last century remains the definitive lode star and anchor of her life.

Class 4 Main Tutor Pauline David BA Dip Ed B.Ed. (Post Grad) Certificate in Steiner Education Pauline has taken through three Class Teacher cycles as well as having taught English, History and Media Studies in High School. She has been a lecturer at the Melbourne Teacher Training Seminar in Curriculum and Class Teaching, Storytelling, Science and Geography.

She plays in a recorder group and has an abiding interest in eurythmy, Sophiology and the Divine

Feminine.

Class 5 Co-Tutors Ann Jacobson and Alan Drysdale Alan Drysdale Alan Drysdale has degrees in Economics and Politics and a B.Ed. in Drama and Spoken Language. He has worked in the field of education in Australia, England, New Zealand and the Netherlands for the past 40 years; with 20 of these years being in Steiner Ed. Alan trained in Steiner Ed at Emerson College. He is currently doing his third cycle as a class teacher at SVSS. Recently his work has extended to lectures, workshops and teacher training in India.

Class 6 and Class 7 Ann Jacobson B.A. (Hons), M.Ed. (Hons) M. Mus., LTCL Ann Jacobson has been a class teacher for more than 27 years. She has tutored in the History module in the full-time teacher training, bringing the Cultural Epochs and Human Environment as well as having lectured in Main Lesson Theory and Child Development. Ann has just completed Class 7 in her current round of class teaching. She will be the main lecturer for Class 6 and Class 7 teachers. Science Class 6 and 7 Jeremy Board Jeremy has been a Class Teacher at Mt Barker School in the Adelaide Hills for over 25 years. Science is his specialty and his work for many years with Peter Glasby has been an enriching presence in his career. He has tutored in Teacher Training in India as well as in the Curriculum Intensives. Neil Carter B.Sc. (Hons), Dip. Teach, Dip. Waldorf Ed. (Stuttgart) Neil retired from teaching this year, having taught all ages from 6 to 18 year olds in Steiner Schools in New Zealand from 1982-2014. He has given teacher education courses in New Zealand, Asia and Austral ia and is an experienced mentor. He will bring Astronomy and also his expertise to Class 6/7 Science. Visual Arts Sue Schuster Sue has had over 25 years art teaching experience in Steiner schools both in the high school at Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School and as a Class teacher at Little Yarra Steiner School, where she took a leading role in developing the art curriculum. She has tutored Painting, Drawing and Clay at the Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar and given workshops for Steiner teachers in Australia and Malaysia. Sue was the writer of the Australian Steiner Visual Arts Curriculum K-10 for ASCF and currently co-teaches with husband Johannes Schuster, who runs courses in Australia and overseas on The Architecture of Universal Beauty.

Eurythmy, Movement and Child Study Diane Tatum, B.A., Eur Dip., M. Cur Eur, M. Ed. Diane taught at the New York School after comple5ting her Eurythmy training in Germany. She was then a member of the Eurythmeum Performing Group in Stuttgart before undertaking the Curative Eurythmy training. She has been a Eurythmy teacher at Kamaroi School in Sydney for 16 years and has tutored in Choreography, Child Observation and Inner Development as well as Eurythmy in the Advanced Diploma and the Curriculum Intensives for many years. Speech Linden McCall -- Speech and Drama Diploma- Harkness Studio See Class 3 Tutor Music and Singing Christian Lillicrap Christian trained at the Royal College of Music in London before he taught music in England. He then became the Music Teacher at Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School for 12 years, working with both Year 1-8 and High School students. During this time he studied to complete his Steiner Teaching qualification at Plymouth University. He was the writer of the Australian Steiner Music Curriculum in 2013/14 and has continued to tutor the trainee teachers in Music at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College. Once you have enrolled and paid on-line you will be sent a log in to access the teacher intensives portal on the Glenaeon website http://www.glenaeon.nsw.edu.au/ which contains further detailed information and resources.

Glenaeon Teacher Training Seminar will once again be holding intensives for class teachers. These may be valuable for schools to use as training for any teachers going through the class teacher period for the first time or for those who are more experienced but wish to share with colleagues/trainers to deepen their work.

COURSE CONTENT - Each week will involve 38 hours covering pedagogical background, child development steps for that age, practical morning circle work, story content and practical activities for creating the Main Lessons, working with the visual and movement arts, music repertoire and integration of general academic curriculum.

TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO - Review the indications, background reading and Main Lessons. Work with the arts to prepare lesson presentation. Deepen the child development background as linked to curriculum. Gather resources and view children’s Main Lesson books.

Share with other teachers at the same Class level in a discussion forum. Prepare background aspects of their program and connect with mentor teachers.

ACCOMMODATION - Participants can arrange accommodation through Glenaeon School ($10 per night – bring a mat and bedding- in classrooms- MAX 50), Collaroy Beach Youth Hostel 9981 1177 (4 person dorms/family room approximately 25 minutes away by car) or

Lane Cove River Tourist Park 9888 9133 (limited availability, family cabin double, single plus 2 bunks for 5 about 10 minutes away by car if they wish to bring family on a holiday). Morning and afternoon tea and lunch will be provided. WHAT TO BRING - please bring notepaper, crayons (Class 1-4); recorder (Class 1-6); coloured pencils (all classes); compass, scissors and ruler (Class 5, 6, 7) and a sunhat and

camera.

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS -

Airport buses: Shuttle buses can be booked door to door. They cost $35-$45 and

must be booked ahead of time.

Beachside Shuttle - 02 9982 2257

Forest and Beaches Shuttle - 02 9453 1639

Airport Shuttle North- 1300 505 100

Participants coming from the city: Catch the 207 bus from York Street (Wynyard

Station), alight at Victoria Avenue in Middle Cove and cross the street to walk

through the pathway near the bus stop into Glenroy Avenue. The school entrance

is through the large gates.

Middle Cove Campus:

For further transport information contact Glenaeon School:

Administration & Classes IV-XII 5a Glenroy Avenue, Middle Cove NSW 2068

Ph: 61 2 9417 3193 Fax: 61 2 9417 5346 reception@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au

PRE-READING FOR NEW TEACHERS

School as a Journey Torin Finser The Kingdom of Childhood Rudolf Steiner Steiner Education Clouder and Rawson Educational Tasks and Content of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum- Rawson and Richter (large reference book) Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework –SEA public website Class 1

Interpretation of the Fairy Tales - by Rudolf Meyer or the books by Norbert Glas Teaching Children to Write – Audrey McAllen Nature Spirits– Rudolf Steiner Grimms Fairy Tales -Routledge Class 2

The King of Irelands Son by P Colum Aesop’s Fables Saints Birds and Beasts -Margaret Mayo OR Stories of the Saints – Siegwart Knijpenga Class 3

Encountering the Self - Koepke Old Testament Stories And There was Light by Jacob Streit Culture and Horticulture by Wolf Storl Class 4

Dáulaire’s Norse Mythology or Myths of the Norsemen by R Lancelyn Green Norse Mythology and t+- he Modern Human Being Man and Animal – a study for children aged 10 – Roy Wilkinson Among Animals – Manfred Kyber Class 5

Ancient Mythologies India, Persia, Egypt, Greece– classical editions The Iliad – Homer The Odyssey – Homer The Aeneid – Virgil The Ramayana – Various editions Class 6

Waldorf School Approach to History by Werner Glas Ancient Rome – Charles Kovacs Waldorf Curriculum Studies – Science in Education ed Brien Masters A Phenomena Based Physics – Manfred von Mackensen Astronomy under the Southern Skies- Sun, Moon, Stars and Planets- Neil Carter Class 7

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table - retold by Roger Lancelyn Green Middle Ages by Charles Kovacs Mathematics Around Us by John Blackwood A Phenomena Based Physics – Manfred von Mackensen

Please note that the full Annotated Bibliographies for the Australian Steiner Curriculum are on the SEA Member’s Area and a log in can be obtained on this site. These are highly recommended for preparation of the Steiner curriculum.