Sunbridge’s High School Teacher Education program has opened its online weekend classes to (non-matriculated) high school teachers looking for professional development.

Interested individuals are invited to join our High School Teacher Education students at their February 7-8 weekend for the following Zoom classes:

200 A Principles and Methods
Foundations of Human Experience, Lecture 12. Rudolf Steiner
Instructor: Gary Banks
Program students began a study of Steiner’s first course for teachers last summer and are continuing this study in their online weekends during the 2024-2025 school year. Participants may want to review lectures 1-11 prior to joining, although presentations will summarize and extend material in a way that should be accessible to all.

230 C Contemplative Practice
History, Guilt & Habit, by Owen Barfield
Instructor: Stephen Sagarin
Barfield’s History, Guilt & Habit is an introduction to his thinking about history, evolution, and human consciousness, including those ingrained, largely unconscious habits of mind that we may change to healthfully improve our relationships with the world and others.

210 C Practical Work in a High School
Instructor: Heather Scott
Using Carlee Adamson’s (founder of Trauma Literacy) “fishbowl protocol,” participants will identify and address issues relevant to teaching, colleagueship, administration, parent relations, and similar topics. Past discussions have addressed such issues as curriculum changes to address DEIJAB concerns; the challenges and opportunities of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence; and increasing high school enrollment.

220 SM-A / 220 HA Curriculum courses (choose either Humanities or Math/Science):

Humanities: Drama Teaching in a Waldorf High School: Balancing Classics and Contemporary Curricula
Instructor: Beth Robbins
Senior play or school play? Competitive auditions or an inclusive cast? Choice of play, rehearsal, coaching, performance–we will examine the myriad decisions and considerations that go into high school drama production, and we will also talk about drama in high school literature curricula, history through drama, Shakespeare, and lots more. Beth Robbins brings the wisdom and skill of 20 years experience in Waldorf high school literature and drama teaching.

Math/Science: Waldorf High School Science Teaching: Why the World Around You Isn’t as It Appears by Albert Linderman
Instructor: Noelle Frerichs
Albert Linderman’s book is an introduction into Owen Barfield’s insightful, philosophical, and rigorous look at what could be called “phenomenological” science (recognizing that the word “phenomenological” means many things to many persons). Conversations, which began with the first two chapters in the October weekend, will connect Barfield’s thought and Linderman’s text with the practice of teaching science and math in Waldorf high schools.

See our High School page for faculty bios.

Zoom Class Schedule (ALL TIMES ARE NY / EASTERN)

Friday, February 7
7:00pm-7:50pm: Practical Work in a High School
7:55pm-9:10pm: Contemplative Practice

Saturday, February 8
10:30 am-11:20 pm: Principles and Methods
11:25am-12:15pm: Principles and Methods
12:15pm-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm-1:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)
1:55pm-2:45pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)
2:45pm-3:00pm: Break
3:00pm-3:50pm: Curriculum (Humanities or Math/Science)
3:55pm-4:45pm: Practical Work in a High School

Cost

The cost of the weekend is $450, including a $25 non-refundable registration fee. There is no refund for partial attendance.

Discounts

A 10% discount will be applied to:

• Any school sending two or more participants (regardless of which curriculum track/s are selected)
• Payments made in CAD

If you would like to sign up, please fill out this Interest Form. This will enable our program director, Stephen Sagarin, to reach out for a brief phone call to discuss this opportunity before inviting you to register. Because there is reading to complete in preparation for the weekend’s classes, to allow time for that reading and for the registration process to be completed, you must submit this form no later than January 28. A registration form will be sent to you after your conversation with Steve.

Matriculation in Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education (WHSTE) Program

You may choose to simply participate in this weekend or to apply your experience toward future matriculation in our high school program. In order to apply credit for these classes toward a WHSTE diploma in the future, you must:

• Attend the entire weekend and complete all assignments
• Apply to our High School program within three years of the last weekend you attended

Should you eventually enroll, the cost of your weekend attendance will be credited to your WHSTE tuition.

Complete an Interest Form.

Questions?
Please contact Barbara Vitale, admissions and summer coordinator, at [email protected] or 845-425-0055 x20

We reserve the right to make faculty substitutions when necessary. See registration form for refund policy.

Sunbridge is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (NYSED CTLE), enabling teachers of any background to choose Sunbridge for their CLTE/CEU professional development credits. Check to see if your state honors our status.