DEEPENINGS: Nourishing the Tree Part 2 July 23 -24, 2022

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Waldorf Learning Support

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Bringing Love to Learning for a Lifetime

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3-year Intensive Learning support training

become a learning support teacher

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 This certificate course is a three-year intensive training to prepare you to be a Learning Support Teacher either in a Steiner Waldorf School or private practice. The WLS certificate of completion for this course meets the job requirements for a Learning Support Teacher at most Steiner Waldorf Schools worldwide. 


WLS offers a rigorous curriculum (see 'course content' below), mentoring & professional development, to prepare you to step into the field with confidence upon graduation. 


Your training doesn’t end there. 


We want our graduates to be prepared to meet the students in their care with the most up-to-date information available as well as to continue to deepen their knowledge over their teaching career.


WLS professional development opportunities include: 

  • Access to a worldwide network of WLS (RSC) alumni
  • Access to international chat group of Steiner Waldorf educational support teachers
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities--keep your work relevant and up-to-date through private access to website materials and with a generous alumni 50% pricing for most WLS events, conferences and coursework/open classes.


THE PROGRAM

In order to work with the travel risks/restrictions during the pandemic, we have fully reimagined the program as an online format. We are excited for the opportunity this brings as this allows us to work with you frequently in small amounts for the entire three-year program. The addition of small group work will be very supportive for your learning and preparation for work in the field.


The program takes place over three years to provide time for study, to learn and master the movements, paintings and drawings, while simultaneously developing mastery to observe, assess and determine the best supports for students in your care. Due to the current risks and restrictions for travel Cycle 2 is offered as an online program so all classes will take place on ZOOM using a combination of synchronous and asynchronous work, mentoring on & off-site via ZOOM or in-person where possible, lecture, breakout groups, conferences and webinars.


Office Hours/Optional Practice Support--an instructor will be available for 2-hour openings on multiple Saturdays throughout the year when an appointment can be arranged so you can receive support in learning your exercises and/or other classes in the program.


You will be assigned a support partner--another participant in the group--for regular check-ins in order to complete assignments and with whom to engage for student-to-student support. 


Mentoring begins from the first year with introductory meetings. In year 2 & 3 you’ll work closely with a mentor to support and evaluate your progress towards timely completion of assignments.


Course Content--The topics covered are developed and deepened over the course of three-years. See an overview of course content below.

"In child study, teachers usually focus on the behavioral problems and their psychological cause. Today there are causes that stem from a lack of proper development of the first seven years...The Extra Lesson assessment will show whether or not the first seven years development has been properly completed...[A] finding in neuropsychology is that the unfinished stages of the development of the first seven years do not correct themselves during the child's later education. The stages have to be reacapitulated in a one-to-one situation."      ~  Audrey McAllen

Course schedule

2021 YEAR ONE: SESSION I

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions: 

February 18 - 21  

1A. Small group Introduction to Practical Work (4 Saturdays: 2-hour session each): 

February 27

March 6, 13, 27

2.One-day full group lectures + small group session: 

April 10

May 8


YEAR ONE: SESSION II                     

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:   

July 26 - 30

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session:  

October 2


YEAR ONE: SESSION III

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:   

November 11 - 14

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session:  

December 11

January 22


OFFICE HOURS/OPTIONAL PRACTICE SUPPORT (2 hours each):

April 24

May 22

June 19

August 14

October 16

February 5


Mentoring:  2 meetings--getting to know an experienced Extra Lesson teacher in the field.

Rotating Support Partner: program participant will be your partner to plan, practice, study & reflect with on a regular schedule to support your efforts to complete assignments between sessions.


2022 YEAR TWO: SESSION IV

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:

February 19-22

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session: TBA


YEAR TWO: SESSION V

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:   

Summer conference: July 23-24

Nourishing the Tree Part 2: Memory & the Rhythmic System

Cycle 2 session: July 26-29

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session: TBA


YEAR TWO: SESSION VI

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:

November 17-20

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session: TBA


OFFICE HOURS/OPTIONAL PRACTICE SUPPORT (2 hours each): TBA


Mentoring: 12 hours--you experience Extra Lesson in action by observing a mentor(s).

Rotating Support Partner: program participant will be your partner to plan, practice, study & reflect with on a regular schedule to support your efforts to complete assignments between sessions.





2023 YEAR 3: SESSION VII

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:

February 4-days TBA

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session: TBA


YEAR TWO: SESSION VIII

1. Full group intensive: lectures + small group sessions:

July 5 days TBA

2. One-day full group lectures + small group session: TBA

3. Graduation: TBA



OFFICE HOURS/OPTIONAL PRACTICE SUPPORT (2 hours each): 

Dates TBA

Mentoring: 24 hours--combination of video/on-line observation and consultation for guidance throughout as you begin to implement the work. If travel risks/restrictions have been lifted, in-person observation may be considered).

Rotating Support Partner: program participant will be your partner to plan, practice, study & reflect with on a regular schedule to support your efforts to complete assignments between sessions.





Course Content

MOVEMENT & ARTISTIC EXERCISES

Neuro-Developmental Movement--early movement pattern integration

Observation skills--'reading' & interpreting children's posture, movement & behavior

Children's Drawings--'reading' & interpreting their development

Extra Lesson movement, drawing & painting exercises

Dynamic drawing

Move-in-Time exercises

Introduction to Therapeutic Eurythmy 

Introduction to Spacial Dynamics 

Introduction to Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training (BRMT)

Introduction to Therapeutic Painting

Introduction to Therapeutic Speech

ASSESSMENT & PRACTICE

Assessment & screening

Case histories

Record keeping & report writing

Individual and class session design & implementation

Design & coordinate Individual Student Success/Learning Plans

Classroom Accommodations

Individual mentoring 

Parent & family support

Practicum/Case Study--Capstone Project

THEORETICAL STUDY

Human development--Anthroposophical perspectives & more

Early reflex pattern activity

Sensory-motor development of first 7 years

Foundations for learning & skills attainment 

Causes of learning & behavior difficulties

Twelve senses

Seven soul types

Developmental thresholds--9-year-, 12-year-, and adolescent changes

Medical insights

Introduction to Curative Education

Insights of Audrey McAllen, Karl König & more

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Writing proposals & contracts

Forms & records design

Child study facilitation

Care group facilitation

Classroom management

Workshop & in-service presentation design

WLS alumni network

WLS alumni program 

WLS alumni special invitation & event pricing for continued study

SELF DEVELOPMENT

Biography work

Inner work for the teacher

Integrative movement home program

Self-evaluation & reflection

Hygienic movement & practice

Executive function support--advising

Mentor support & evaluation

comments from alumni

"I was graduated from RSC Remedial Education Course Cycle 5 in November 2003 and have been teaching the Extra Lesson as an Educational Support Teacher at Waldorf Schools since then.  I feel the training gave me a solid foundation to begin my work with a clear purpose deeply rooted in Anthroposophy.  I have been in touch with the program through Ingun and later through Arcturus when Kris came into the picture.  Every time I had a chance to be part of the workshops or conferences, I always learned new things.  The program seems to be constantly evolving and so is my teaching.  I appreciate the opportunity the program has been giving to the alumni to reinspire and connect with each other."               

                                                                                                                                                                                         ~ Takako Kamura RSC5

"The Waldorf Learning Support Program is a rich and deep dive into how to support and guide children’s incarnation.  For Extra Lesson wisdom I continually bow to my mentor, Ingun Schneider, and continue to return to Kris Boshell and Jo-Ann Climenhage for refinement of my skills.  I highly recommend these experienced, wise and heart-centered teachers." 

                                                                                                                                                                                        ~ Amber Hanlin RSC12

Cristina Drews MS ED. RSC Cycle 8

training locations & dates

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

CYCLE 3--registration info coming soon!

2022

CYCLE 2: Three-Year Intensive on ZOOM

Year 2  Session 4, 5, 6


Registration: Closed

                  



2023

CYCLE 2: Three-Year Intensive on ZOOM

Year 2  Session 7, 8, 9

 

Registration: Closed                 



“The development of the body is such that its functions are carried on as though unconsciously. It is only when faculties work unconsciously that they are right; they are reliable only when what I have to do is implanted into the dexterity of my hands and is accomplished of itself, without need for further reflection. When practice has become habit—then I have achieved securely what I have to achieve through my body.”  ~ Rudolf Steiner 1923

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DEEPENINGS: NOURISHING THE TREE Pt 2 July 23 - 24, 2022

MEMORY & THE RHYTHMIC SYSTEM 

with Joep & Erica Eikenboom, Ingun Schneider and Kris Boshell

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