CURRICULUM of the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training

Curriculum and Schedules

2006 - 2007
Summer session: June 25, 2007 - July 20, 2007
2007 - 2008
Weekend classes: September, 2007 - May, 2008
Summer session: June 23, 2008 - July 19, 2008

Weekend Classes schedule
Friday evenings: 7:15 pm - 10:00 pm
Saturday mornings: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Plus:	Third Year only: Saturdays 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
	First Year Waldorf Observation: 3 days in the spring
	Second Year practicum: 3 weeks in the spring
	Third Year practicum: 3 weeks in the fall

Summer Session schedule
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Waldorf appropriate childcare program available.

First Year Classes
Introduction to the philosophical foundations of Waldorf education
Introduction to pedagogical principles of Waldorf education
Overview and introduction to the Waldorf curriculum
Evolution of consciousness through History of Art
Artistic activities:

choir, recorder, painting, speech, eurythmy, sculpture, form drawing

Study of books and lecture cycles by Rudolf Steiner:

	Self-Consciousness: the Spiritual Human Being
	The Younger Generation
	The Spiritual Guidance of Humanity and the Individual
	Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path
	Anthroposophy in Everyday Life
	The Kingdom of Childhood

First Year ~ Painting Class

Painting Instructor, Dorit Winter (left),
with First Year Student

First Year ~ Summer Record Class Performance

First Year ~ Summer Sculpture Class

First Year ~ Eurythmy Class

First Year ~ Curriculum Class,
student project presentation

First Year ~ Painting Class

First Year ~ Painting Class

First Year ~ Summer Sculpture Class

Second Year Classes:
Continuation and deepening of studies in anthroposophy and curriculum
Evolution of Consciousness through History of English Language
and Creative Writing
Three week practice teaching
Kindergarten Track
Artistic activities:

choir, recorder, painting, speech, eurythmy, form drawing

Study of books and lecture cycles by Rudolf Steiner:

	A Western Approach to Reincarnation and Karma
	The Threshhold of the Spiritual World
	The Road to Self-Knowledge
	Man as Symphony of the Creative Word

Second Year ~ Music Class

Second Year ~ Eurythmy Class

Second Year ~ Writing Class;
outdoor observation

Second Year ~ Summer Painting Class

Second Year ~ Writing Class; consultation

Second Year ~ Writing Class;
outdoor observation

Second Year - student presentation of biography project

Second Year - Painting Class

Third Year Classes:
Emphasis on curriculum studies and curriculum presentations.
Three week practice teaching
Independent Curriculum Project
Kindergarten Track
High School Tutorial
Artistic activities:

choir, recorder, painting, speech, eurythmy, sculpture

Study of books and lectures by Rudolf Steiner: