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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
As educators, we not only teach our students, we also engage in ongoing education ourselves. Sometimes, the lines between teaching and learning are blurred - we have all had the experience in teaching, parenting, or mentoring of moments of insight, learning, or discovery, leading us to question: “Who is the teacher and who is the student here?” Often, our most challenging students have big lessons to teach us!
We believe deeply in the importance of being part of a learning community and of commitment to ongoing learning and renewal. Indeed, this is one of our Core Principles: https://www.publicwaldorf.org/core-principles
Public Waldorf schools cultivate a love of lifelong learning and self-knowledge.
Public Waldorf education emphasizes continuous engagement in learning and self-reflective practices that support ongoing improvement. At the individual and classroom level, teachers reflect regularly on their observations of the students and of the educational process. Essential aspects of school-wide work and professional development include self-reflection, peer review, faculty and individual study, artistic activity, and research.
Public Waldorf schools encourage all community members to engage in active and ongoing ways to enhance their capacities as human beings through self reflection and conscious social engagement.
Rudolf Steiner is a primary, but not exclusive, source of guidance for developing an active inner, meditative life and an understanding of the dynamics within society.
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