October 23rd, 2023
The Alliance warmly congratulates its newest Full Member School, Wasatch Charter School, located in Holladay, Utah. Wasatch successfully completed its school-wide self-study last year, examining its alignment with our Alliance Core Principles, then hosted a site visit in May. The site visit is an important part of the membership process, providing peer observation and feedback to a school. The members of the visiting team were warmly welcomed and were able to experience the school in action. They were very impressed by many aspects, including the overall mood, the commitment to our Alliance principles, strength in student support, a community-wide approach to social-emotional learning, and a specialized mixed-age class for students with exceptional needs.
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Wasatch is the largest Alliance Member school, with around 700 students. It is inspiring to see how much innovation they bring to their educational model and the work they have put in to align with the Core Principles of Public Waldorf Education. We applaud them for their continued dedication to supporting children through an integrated developmental model that meets the needs of their students and the school community. Congratulations on your work and achievement, Wasatch Charter School!!!!
Chamomile Nusz
Membership Director
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A picture of the school from the founding director, Emily Merchant:
Wasatch Charter School is nestled in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah in the shadow of the glorious Rocky Mountains. Drawing on the region's history, it is a pioneering school that has attracted students from throughout the valley and teachers from throughout the country and even the world. As the first Public Waldorf school in Utah, we have drawn strength over the past eight years of operations in our shared vision of bringing the fullness of Waldorf education into the public sphere with accessibility for students from varied backgrounds and with varied abilities. We have learned from our colleagues, excellent, experienced mentors who have worked with our school, and -- most of all -- from the children. As a school community, we have innovated new programs and approaches to respond to the needs of the children who came to us and called for strong, creative, resilient teachers. We have weathered a global pandemic, figured out hybrid modes of teaching in person and online, and created a vibrant community. We serve around 700 students from preschool through eighth grade and their families. We are blessed by local partnerships, such as the urban farming program that allows us to actively work (using biodynamic approaches) on several acres of land near our campus. Our school is filled with life and vitality and daily learning by adults and children as we daily strive to create a space that honors the tradition of Waldorf education and adapts to humanity's and our community's current needs.
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In Person Regathering Conference tickets will go on sale this week! | |
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We are thrilled to be offering an in-person Conference this year.
Mark your calendars!!!!
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Professional Development and Teacher Preparation | |
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Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Discovering Steiner’s Six Dramatic Gestures with Daniel Stokes
October 28, online
http://nurturerstudio.com/discovering-six-dramatic-gestures/
Kairos Institute: Healing in a World of Need
Fall 2023, online
https://centerforanthroposophy.org/kairos/kairos-fall-23-online-courses/
Starlight Rays in Darkened Times: Seminars on Contemporary Topics for Waldorf High School Teachers
Fall 2023-24, online
https://centerforanthroposophy.org/starlight/
Coming to our Senses: Early Childhood Conference, Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training
November 10-11, in person and online
https://www.bacwtt.org/
International Handwork Teacher Development Program
2-year program beginning Jan. 2024, online
https://www.waldorfhandwork.org/teacher-development
Center For Anthroposophy: Mentor Training ~ Pedagogical Mentoring in Partnership
Jan. 2024-Nov. 2024, online with week-long in-person residency (Wilton, NH, Summer 2024)
https://centerforanthroposophy.org/programs/mentor-training/
2024 WECAN Early Childhood Educators Conference
February 9-11, 2024, Spring Valley, NY
Online Conference opens on February 23, 2024
https://waldorfearlychildhood.org/news-and-events/conferences/
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WECAN Parent Evenings:
Nourishing and Encouraging Children to Connect to the World (and what disrupts that process) with Adam Blanning
Wednesday, October 25, online
https://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/products/parent-evening
Parenting in an Anxious World with Adam Blanning, MD and Nancy Blanning
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, online
https://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/products/parent-evening
Movement in the Child from Three to Seven Years Old with Jane Swain
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, online
https://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/products/parent-evening
Love the Skin They Are In: Fostering Healthy Racial Identity Development in the Young Child with Keelah Helwig
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, online
https://store.waldorfearlychildhood.org/products/parent-evening
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Professional Development and Teacher Education
Gradalis Teacher Training
New Cohort begins June 20th through July 12th, 2024, Denver, Colorado
https://gradalis.edu/
Teaching as an Art Week: Grade Level Preparation for the working teacher
July 7th through 12th, 2024, Denver, Colorado
https://gradalis.edu/
Understanding Waldorf Education (UWE) Program
September 2024-April 2025, Denver, Colorado
https://gradalis.edu/
Gradalis Early Childhood Training
New Cohort begins June 20th through July 12th, 2024, Denver, Colorado
https://gradalis.edu/
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