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Events Calendar

Our calendar lists events related to Waldorf Education and other fields inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner.

Click here for AWSNA events.

To submit an event for consideration, please send a message to: the editor at Why Waldorf Works. Be sure to include the event's title, date(s), location, and a detailed description of the event. Other helpful information includes a telephone number and email address for the event's coordinator and, if applicable, a URL for the sponsoring organization.

SAVE THE DATE: June 23-29, 2012 for the 2012 AWSNA Summer Conference

hosted by the Sacramento Waldorf School in Fair Oaks, CA. More information coming soon....

Great Lakes / Ontario

February 23-25, 2012: St. Paul, MN

AWSNA Great Lakes Regional Conference

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART(land): BUILDING REGENERATIVE COMMUNITIES with Michael D'Aleo
Rudolf Steiner's inspiration for Waldorf education grew out of a need for social and cultural renewal. Today, as we face tremendous social, economic and ecological challenges, collaboration with others is imperative to building regenerative communities. On the banks of the Mississippi River, at the edge of the plains of the great bison, before one of the gateways to the west, let us come together to explore a new, more conscious connection between the spiritual and the material. Out of acknowledging the wisdom of the past and being present- what future will we co-create?
EVENT FLYER(17 page pdf)

Registration, housing and travel information will be available online at

www.mnwaldorf.org after January 3, 2012.

For further information, contact Colleen Everhart,

AWSNA Great Lakes Regional Representative, at ceverhart@awsna.org

Hosted by the Minnesota Waldorf School, St. Paul, Minnesota

July 4-21, 2012: Ann Arbor, MI

Learn -Work -Share

Rudolf Steiner Health Center in Ann Arbor

A new Youth Initiative for 16-30 year olds runs from July 4-21st 2012. Participants will take part in the will be introduced to anthroposophical medical, nursing, therapeutic, and biodynamic principles while building a community of anthroposophically oriented youth, have an opportunity for hands on work experience in an anthroposophical setting, and teach 10-14 yr old girls about healthy lifestyle, movement, nutrition and gardening. The youth program is free and is now accepting participant applications on the Youth Conference Page until the end of February. For more information contact Sara at 734-663-4365

Hawai'i / Southern California

February 18-20, 2012: East O’ahu, HI
Waldorf Regional Schools' Conference
Enhancing Creativity in Teaching with Dennis Klocek
The task of teaching requires balancing three different domains in order to keep the creative juices flowing in the classroom. This set of lectures will address working with students, parents, and colleagues by describing meditative exercises that can be used to develop creative strategies. Topics will include the pedagogical law, approaches to curriculum, developing living picture thinking, the sentient body and the maturation process, the role of discipline, sleep and dream, and the formation of leading questions.

Event Flyer (4 page pdf)
Honolulu Waldorf School 5257 Kalaniana’ole Hwy. Aina Haina, East O’ahu, Hawai’i 96821

808-735-9311info@honoluluwaldorf.org

July 2-6, 2012: San Diego, CA

2012 Association of North American Waldorf Music Educators (ANAWME) Summer Music Conferences - mark your calendars now

July 2-6 in San Diego and July 16-20 in Louisville, KY.

Christiaan Boele will be our guest teacher, sharing with us his incredible knowledge of Werbeck singing and using our singing voices as we work in the classroom.

Conference fee will be $495. Stay tuned for more information!

waldorfmusic.org

Mid-Atlantic

February 10- 12, 2012: Spring Valley, NY

2012 WECAN East Coast Conference

This year our conference speakers - Susan Weber and Philipp Reubke - will share insights from their experience as Waldorf early childhood educators in relation to these questions, which will also be the focus of the World Early Childhood Educators Conference in Dornach, Switzerland in April.

Susan Weber is the Director of Sophia's Hearth Family Center in Keene, NH. She has been a Waldorf early childhood teacher, public school teacher and administrator, Waldorf early childhood training coordinator at Antioch University New England, and adult educator. Susan completed advanced training at the Pikler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. She is the director of a 13-month training program, "The Child and Family in the First Three Years," and leads Joyful Beginnings parent-infant playgroups. Susan is also a member of the fledgling WECAN Task Force on Birth to Three.

Philipp Reubke joins us from Colmar, France, where he has taught kindergarten at the Jardin d'enfants Rudolf Steiner for many years. Philipp has been active in the international Waldorf early childhood movement for over 20 years and this year has begun working full-time as a member of the Coordinating Group of the International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWECE). Last summer, he traveled to Haiti to work with children affected by the earthquake and also represented IASWECE at an International Play Conference in Cardiff, Wales. He has a special interest in music.

This year the conference will be held in the brand new Auditorium in the renovated and expanded Arts Building on the Green Meadow Waldorf School campus. The conference will include a marionette performance on Friday evening by the Pumpkin Hollow Puppeteers, and the lectures on Saturday and Sunday morning will once again be preceded by short puppetry presentations by Suzanne Down of Juniper Tree Puppets. There will be a presentation on the activities of WECAN and IASWECE on Saturday morning, a training fair, an exciting variety of workshops, a gymnasium full of vendors, a performance by Eurythmy Spring Valley on Saturday evening in the Threefold Auditorium followed by a dessert café in the Main House Cafe, and much more. Event details

Register Online Registrations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Register early to ensure a place! Registration closes January 23rd.

If you have any questions please email us at conference@waldorfearlychildhood.org or call Susan Wallendorf at 443-562-9414

March 2, 2012: Newtown, CT

AWSNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Spring Meeting

Hosted by the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School

For more information and conference details contact Mid-Atlantic Leadership Council Representative Carol Ann Bärtges

March 17, 2012: Harlemville, NY

Mid-Atlantic WECAN Conference, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, with Nancy Blanning & Channa Seidenberg

For more information contact Andrea Gambardella agambardella@waldorfearlychildhood.org

April 20 – 22, 2012: Chestnut Ridge, NY

2012 Handwork Research Conference

Preparing the Future - How do practical, artistic activities metamorphose into soul-spiritual capacities? Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gerald Karnow

Dr. Karnow is a physician working in the Fellowship Community, a multi-generational community dedicated to the care of the elderly, an educator with The Otto Specht School and a school doctor for two Waldorf Schools.

www.fibercraftstudio.org

Conference Location: The Fiber Craft Studio Chestnut Ridge, NY 845-425-2891

Northern California

January 24th – February 14th, 2012: El Sobrante, CA

Understanding and Working with Temperaments A Parent Conversation Group with Dorit Winter

This course will introduce you to the four temperaments, and explore practical applications of this unique insight into the human being.

Tuesdays from 8:45 – 10:15am

East Bay Waldorf School

3800 Clark Road, El Sobrante, CA 94803

February 9th, 2012: San Rafael, CA

Healing Through Singing Lecture by Christiaan Boele

Thursday at 7:30-9:00 pm

Lecture held at Marin Waldorf School

755 Idylberry Road, San Rafael, CA 94903

February 19-22, 2012: Fair Oaks, CA

Western Waldorf Educators' Conference -A New Inspiration for Education
With Aonghus Gordon, Ruskin Mills Educational Trust, England. Maureen Curran, Movement as a Path of Transformation (MAPT). Isis Brook, PhD, Writtle College, Essex, England. Jonathan Code, Ruskin Mills Educational Trust, England
In this conference we will work with the Kolisko imagination of the cross-disciplinary hub of pedagogy, health, and biodynamics. A Waldorf curriculum that is braided with biodynamics offers an opportunity for a new consciousness of the human being and the earth and a re-imagining of practical learning and aesthetics.

Cost: $185 (before January 23). $215 (after January 23)

Conference details

Conference held at Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628
www.steinercollege.edu

February 23-25, 2012: Tiburon, CA

Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training A New Impulse – Third Conference

Inner Activity/Outer Demands

Waldorf schools and Waldorf teachers are greatly challenged today by the growing pressures from parents and society in general, to be more main stream: performance benchmarks, more conventional organizational and leadership forms, a strong focus on academics, etc. Waldorf education is gaining credibility in some circles for the values that it has sustained for almost 100 years. Now is not the time for us to lose our orientation. This conference with Claus-Peter Röh will address the profound sources which can help us keep our bearings as we deal with the 21st century pressures that affect us and our schools. Cost: $35.00 per person

Thursday, February 23rd 9:00 – 3:30

Friday, February 24th 9:00-3:30

Saturday, February 25th 9:00 – 12:30

Held at Bel Aire Elementary School

277 Karen Way, Tiburon, CA 94920

June 18 - July 14, 2012: El Sobrante, CA

Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training Summer Intensive

Curriculum support for Waldorf Teachers and classes for parents and the public.

4 – 1 week sessions from 8:00am – 4:00pm

East Bay Waldorf School

3800 Clark Road, El Sobrante, CA 94803

SAVE THE DATE for the 2012 AWSNA Summer Conference: June 23-29

Working With Young People Answering the Call of the Future

Keynote Speaker: Florian Osswald

June 24-June 27 Main Conference

June 23-24 Pedagogical Section meeting

June 28, 29 Delegates meeting

Hosted by the Sacramento Waldorf School in Fair Oaks, CA

Details coming soon!

Northeast / Québec

March 16 -18, 2012: Lexington, MA

Interest, Insight and Initiative AWSNA Northeast/Québec Regional Conference

A workshop offered for developing Pedagogical Leadership

You are invited to attend a weekend workshop March 16th, 17th and 18th, 2012. This workshop will continue the work we began last March on pedagogical leadership; we will focus on strengthening our ability to navigate the tension (and sometimes conflict) between the perceived needs of teachers and staff, and the perceived needs of the school, creating bridges of deeper understanding. You are welcome to come even if you did not attend last year. Jon McAlice will join us again to guide us through the weekend, hosted by our colleagues at the Lexington Waldorf School. This workshop will be geared toward faculty leadership positions, yet all interested colleagues are encouraged to attend.

Event Flyer w/ registration information included

Study Material (13 page pdf)

Hosted by The Lexington Waldorf School, Lexington, MA

For more information please contact Michele Starr Leadership Council Representative for the Northeast/Québec region

Northwest

July 21-29, 2012: Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Gold – Its Spiritual Origins, Fallen History, Future Redemption
A Conference of The Christian Community Movement for Religious Renewal for North and South America
Event website
Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Southeast

March 16 -17, 2012: Decatur, GA

Atlantic Southeast Region of AWSNA 2012 Annual Conference
Intuition and Innovation in Waldorf Schools: Exploring New Impulses

with Keynote Presenter Michael D'Aleo
Intuition is the source for all truly new innovations. How do we begin to cultivate the quality of new thinking in ourselves as teachers and also in our students? Although the foundation of Waldorf Education upholds theses ideals, how do we activate our own inner activity to bring these qualities to life? Keynote speaker Michael D’Aleo explores ways in which Waldorf teachers can apply a phenomenological approach to their own teaching. Developing this approach in teaching helps teachers stay tuned into the needs of the children and avoid an automatic, routine approach that may not be truly connected to the children’s needs. Michael encourages teachers to push themselves into new areas of the Waldorf curriculum, and he will explore some personal tools that are helpful in that process.
Participants will also choose two workshops, presented by teachers who are plumbing the depths of the Waldorf curriculum and discovering gems in the shape of new blocks, new approaches to integrate in the classroom, or new ways of understanding how Waldorf education meets the growing child.
Contact jchild@awsna.org for registration information

Event Flyer

Online Registration

Hosted by Academe of the Oaks Waldorf High School, Decatur, GA

July 16-20, 2012: Louisville, KY

2012 Association of North American Waldorf Music Educators (ANAWME) Summer Music Conferences - mark your calendars now

July 2-6 in San Diego and July 16-20 in Louisville, KY.

Christiaan Boele will be our guest teacher, sharing with us his incredible knowledge of Werbeck singing and using our singing voices as we work in the classroom.

Conference fee will be $495.

This conferene is hosted by Foxhollow Farm, a thriving biodynamic farm

Stay tuned for more information! waldorfmusic.org

Texas / Mexico / Canada / Southwest / Rockies

February 18-22, 2012: Denver, CO

2012 AWSNA Texas/Mexico/Canada/Southwest/Rockies Regional Conference

Hosted by The Denver Waldorf School, the key note speaker will be Michael Howard who will be presenting on ‘Educating the Will’.

The Denver Waldorf School requests that participants will read ‘Educating the Will’ by Michael Howard prior to attending the conference. The delegates meeting will begin on Saturday, February 18 in the evening, continue on Sunday and the conference will begin after dinner on Sunday night. Closing remarks will be midday on Wednesday.

All schools in the TMCSR region have offered their support and gratitude to The Denver Waldorf School.

Contact AWSNA Regional Leadership Council Representative Uil Stuerznickel for more information.

March 15 - 19, 2012: Austin, TX (Spring Session)

Spacial Dynamics Inservice Training Program

The course includes Spacial Dynamics exercises, Bothmer Gymnastic exercises, sports, indoor and outdoor games, track and field, exercises for the classroom, tumbling and acrobatics, archery, fencing, circus arts, juggling, group building exercises and dance. Also included are posture exercises, movement observation and analysis, teaching methods, therapeutic hands-on techniques, and remedial applications. The course will draw upon the ideas and practical applications of such thinkers as George Adams, Albert Einstein, M.C. Escher, Edward T Hall, August Nitschke, Jean Piaget, Johannes Rohen, Theodor Schwenk, Viktor Schauberger, Jaap van der Wal, and Rudolf Steiner. It is not necessary to be an outstanding athlete to join the program. Former and present trainees vary widely in their experience, abilities, and ages. They are united in their desire to pursue a study of spatially oriented movement. Each member of the group moves individually toward his/her own goals.

Website

Location: Austin Waldorf School
8700 South View Rd., Austin, Texas 78737

April 19-22, 2012: Kyle, SD
AWSNA Service Weekend on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota at the Lakota Waldorf School (LWS) and the Oglala Lakota College (OLC)
Save the dates and join us there! All alums are welcome to join us: parents, teachers, board members, administrators, former AND current students, and grandparents.

For more inofrmation please contact:

Anamyn Turowski aturowski@awsna.org or Tel: (518) 672-7878

Outreach & Development Office
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) 65-2 Fern Hill Rd, Ghent, NY 12075

GLOBAL EVENTS

8-12 July 2012

Anthroposophical Society and Steiner Education Australia Conference
Alice Springs, OLSH Sadadeen Campus Australia website

PAST EVENTS

June 7, 2010: Chapel Hill, NC

AWSNA's Winning with Waldorf V hosted by the Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill, NC.

Event Brochure with details (pdf)

Winning With Waldorf IV

October 26: Costa Mesa, CA
Come join our champion, PGA Touring Golf Professional, Duffy Waldorf Monday October 26th for AWSNA's Winning with Waldorf IV, hosted by the Waldorf School of Orange County in Costa Mesa, CA. For sponsorship opportunities or for more information email: sdinan@awsna.org or go to:

www.waldorfschool.com/golf/

Winning With Waldorf III

June 9, 2008

Winning With Waldorf III is set for June 9, 2008, in Birmingham, Alabama, hosted by the Redmont School taking place at the beautiful Farm Links Golf Course. Our PGA champion, Duffy Waldorf, will be there to tee off to success again. More information will follow, but save the date and plan to join us for a great day of celebrity golf.