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Upcoming Events Sponsored by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
SAVE THE DATE: June 23-29, 2012 for the 2012 AWSNA Summer Conference
Working With Young People Answering the Call of the Future Keynote Speaker: Florian Osswald
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
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
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
Northern California
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
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
Hosted by Academe of the Oaks Waldorf High School, Decatur, GA
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.
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
Outreach & Development
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) 65-2 Fern Hill Rd, Ghent, NY 12075
Tel: (518) 672-7878
Past AWSNA Events
June 13, 2011: Copake Lake, NY
Winning With Waldorf VI, featuring our champion, PGA touring golf pro, Duffy Waldorf, will move to the Northeast this year, where the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School is celebrating its 40th birthday with events including this one on June 13.
Come and golf along with the pros for the worthy cause of Waldorf Education.
Play is the important component in both of these noble endeavors!
Monday, June 13 . 9:00am - 7:30pm
Hosted by the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School
Held at the Copake Country Club, Copake Lake, NY
June 7, 2010: Chapel Hill, NC
AWSNA's Winning with Waldorf V hosted by the Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill, NC.
Brochure with event 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:
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 FarmLinks 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.
For More information please contact:
Patrice Maynard at pmaynard@awsna.org or Randy Brothers at rbrothers@theredomontschool.org.
Visit The Redmont School and the FarmLinks Golf
Thank You to the Sponsors of Winning with Waldorf III - Birmingham, Alabama
Article in the Birmingham News about upcoming golf benefit with Duffy Waldorf
at The Redmont School in the Waldorf Tradition
For details on other events related to Waldorf Education and other fields inspired by the work of Rudolf
Steiner, please visit our general Calendar of Events:
Calendar of Events
