REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 3-YEAR INTENSIVE IN NOVEMBER 2023
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 with confidence into the field upon completion.
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 and skills 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 a generous alumni 50% pricing for most WLS events, conferences and coursework/open classes.
THE PROGRAM
In response to your comments expressing wishes for continued accessibility for all while maintaining our thorough approach to the work, WLS has designed the upcoming program with the following solution: The three-year program will be hybrid, meaning partly online and partly in-person.
The online part is offered in two of the three sessions each year–in November and February. These are the two sessions, along with separate dates for short meetings between these, that take place during the school year–designed efficiently so that minimal time is taken from work with students/clients and no costs accrued for travel and lodging. Working online provides the opportunity to meet frequently in small, digestible periods for the entire three-year program.
The in-person part is offered in July for one of the three sessions per year. It is the longest session each year and will be during good travel weather to our location, so we will have a good amount of time to get to know each other and do practical work together. For those who choose not to travel to the summer sessions, these sessions can also be accessed fully online. Please contact us for details.
To provide time for study, to thoroughly learn and master the movements, paintings and drawings, while simultaneously developing mastery to observe, assess and determine best supports for students in your care, the program takes place over three years. Online classes will take place on ZOOM using a combination of working in full and small groups, and through lecture, activity and breakout groups, for both program and conference experiences. Mentoring is ideally in-person (where possible), however online mentoring will be offered as needed. The in-person program will take place in a beautiful location west of Chicago, Illinois–with easy access from Chicago O’Hare Airport.
Office Hours–we make ourselves accessible to you throughout the year or when you request an appointment with us to support you on your journey in becoming a learning support teacher.
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 second year when there is work with a mentor to support and evaluate your progress towards timely completion of assignments including your third year Capstone Project: a student case study.
Course Content--The topics covered are developed and deepened over the course of three-years. See an overview of course content below.
open house 3-year intensive training
Join us for a sample experience of the 3-Year Intensive Training
Sunday, May 21, 2023
10:30am-12:00pm Central Time
Free of charge. Registration required.