Kevin served as the Head of School for Sunrise Waldorf School on Vancouver Island in British Columbia for the past eight years and as their Business Administrator for the two years prior to that. He was a Waldorf parent for 22 years. His prior work included a variety of diverse positions, including journalist, paralegal, database administrator and software developer. He co-founded Firm Solutions, a company providing IT strategy and planning, business consulting and managed support services throughout California. Kevin holds a BC Ministry of Education teaching certificate in English and Journalism. His interests include musical theatre, esoteric philosophy, and basketball.
 
New WSOC administrator Kevin McDuff's Waldorf journey began in 1988, when he and his wife enrolled their daughter in kindergarten at Highland Hall in Northridge. Ten years later, his son also joined a Waldorf kindergarten at Highland Hall.
 
Why did you choose Waldorf?
I didn’t. My four-year-old daughter did through her positive response when we visited a Waldorf kindergarten. At other schools we had visited, she was timid and anxious. She was drawn into the warmth of Highland Hall’s kindergarten and fell asleep on her teacher’s lap at our first visit. When we moved to Vancouver Island 12 years later, there was no question we would only consider a Waldorf education for my son based on the education my daughter had received.

You lived on Vancouver Island for the last 16 years. What was the best thing and the worst thing about living in such an intimate, rural community?
 The best thing was the incredible beauty—forest, ocean, rivers, lakes, and hiking trails everywhere—I’m still struggling with the idea that we left that behind and I imagine I’ll end up back in the Pacific Northwest someday. The worst thing was reduced access to performance arts (theatre, music). Relationships in a small community are also different than in an urban area since you are more intimately connected to even those who you may find challenging—uncomfortable at times but also rewarding.