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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.

Most of our schools devote time to collective study of their understanding of and alignment with the Core Principles of the Alliance, curriculum, and teaching practices, a process of ongoing deepening and enrichment. This forms the core of our membership process. 


In support of our ongoing learning, we regularly offer notifications of upcoming professional development opportunities. These are offered for your information: we encourage you to review listings to determine the “fit” for you or your school. 


We are happy to post upcoming workshops or events that you know of and that might be of interest to our members; please send a title, a brief description, and an information or registration link to our Administrative Assistant, Cary Fedor: carlyf@allianceforpublicwaldorfeducation.org


Registration is now open for our annual Alliance conference! Our conference is an important forum for our ongoing learning: we look forward to seeing you in January!

Conference Registration: here

Professional Development and Teacher Preparation



A listing by the Alliance is for information only and does not imply recommendation or endorsement. We encourage school leaders and teachers to fully research offerings before enrollment to ensure they align with their goals and needs. We recommend that you research familiarity with the unique needs and demands of Public Waldorf education. This is particularly important if public funds are used for professional development or teacher preparation. 

If you wish to have an event or workshop listed, please email us.

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For a full list please visit our website.


For additional listings and news of professional development or teacher education, please see Waldorf Today. Additional resources for early childhood educators can be found at WECAN.

Upcoming Learning Opportunities


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/

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

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/

Please visit our website to find out about job postings at our member schools.

https://www.publicwaldorf.org/job-postings

For more information:


Liz Beaven, Executive Director 

Chamomile Nusz, Membership Director

Carly Fedor, Administrative Assistant


Alliance for Public Waldorf Education

1000 River Rock Drive, Suite 218

Folsom, CA 95630

715-281-4776

Public Waldorf is a service mark of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America and is used pursuant to a license.

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