1. family and parenting
2. children

The Early Childhood
Teacher Education Center
2015 Summer Institute and
Teacher Education Programs
at Sophia’s Hearth
700 Court St., Keene, NH 03431
sophiashearth.org 603.357.3755
Welcome
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HAT ARE CHILDREN AND PARENTS SEEKING TODAY ?
I believe
that they are seeking the constancy and radiant warmth of
those who recognize the spiritual essence of childhood
and parenthood; who know deep within that childhood is a journey
rather than a destination. These earliest years are the period of life in
which the spirits of both child and parent are yearning to blossom for th.
As teachers and caregivers, Sophia’s Hear th invites you to
become the teacher of your dreams, exploring the development of
children and families from the deepest possible sources. Out of fresh
insights and personal sensitivity, we may then offer respectful relation-
Our Vision
It is our vision that
Waldorf early childhood education
strengthens caregivers and teachers
to work with joy, courage, and a
spiritual picture of the human being.
Through preparation for their
vocation, they will become guardians
of family life and of the incarnating
child so that each child will have
a strong foundation from which
to fulfill his destiny.
ships to those who come to us, encouraging parents as they navigate the
sometimes difficult terrain of parenthood and helping them appreciate
the profound beauty of the journey. We may then meet today’s children
as they ask us to suppor t them during this most sacred time of early
childhood, when the foundations are laid for fulfilling each individual’s
ear thly intentions.
Our reflective teaching work, out of which many of the insights
for our teacher education program have arisen, finds its expression here
with the children and parents of Sophia’s Hear th. Come and study with
us, in a vital, life-changing experience.
S USAN W EBER , Director
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Who We Are
Our Programs
The teacher of today needs courage, clarity, warmth of heart,
and a firmly grounded conviction that the world is good, in
times when this may not easily be visible. We support each of
our students in building these capacities to meet the needs of
children and families today and in the future.
We offer a two-level preparation for those seeking to deepen
their knowledge of the child in the first seven years from the
perspective of Rudolf Steiner’s understanding of the human
being and his work on education. This program is now recognized
by the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America.
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Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher
Education Program
he Early Childhood Teacher
Education Center at Sophia’s
Hearth was created as a path of
learning for those interested in Waldorf
early childhood education as a vocation.
We are now recognized by the Waldorf
Early Childhood Association of North
America as a developing teacher education institute.
The sources for our work are the
fruits of Rudolf Steiner’s lifetime of
engagement with the essence of
human development and its expres-
sion in Waldorf early childhood
education. Our colleagues at the
Pikler Institute in Budapest have contributed greatly to our insights as well.
We have cultivated ties to colleagues
throughout the world to share and to
learn. In all aspects of our Center, we
strive to serve as a living expression
of hospitality and community building.
Our gifted and experienced faculty
members are practitioners, innovators,
researchers, and international presenters in their fields.
Level I A 200-hour, thir teen-month
specialization course, The Child and
Family in the First Three Years. A new
cycle for Level I begins each summer.
Level II This course deepens and
extends the themes of Level I to
complete preparation for working
with children and their families
through the first seven years of life.
Level II begins every other year ; our
next group star ts in the summer of
2015.
In addition we offer
• Annual Summer Institute
Three-day, one- and two-week courses
on themes in early childhood education, including ar tistic and craft work,
daily movement experience, and group
singing. We welcome all with background in early childhood education.
• Weekend Workshops
Offered throughout the fall, winter,
and spring, these workshops are a
day’s exploration of themes in early
childhood from Waldorf education,
the insights of the Pikler Institute in
Hungary, and Spacial Dynamics ®.
• Observation Days at our Center
An oppor tunity to observe our facilitated parent and child classes and
childcare program, and to share this
experience in a reflective conversation
with our faculty.
• Independent Supervised Study
Designed in special situations to meet
individual needs for students with
appropriate backgrounds.
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13-Month Level I Teacher Education
Specialization Program: The Child
and Family in the First Three Years
Our Level I Program is offered every year over the course of
thirteen months, with a two-week session each summer and
five-day intensives in the fall and spring.
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his program offers an integrated
program of study designed to
provide a philosophical, practical, and artistic foundation for the care
of young children and for suppor ting
family life. Waldorf education forms
the basis for the program, complemented by the work and research of
the Pikler Institute in Hungary.
“I am so happy to have met a training that actually
encourages inquiry and observation as a
living and working process.”
— Summer Course participant
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This Program is Designed For:
• Teachers who facilitate parent-infant
and parent-toddler classes and those
who work with expectant parents.
• Early childhood teachers working
with toddlers and nursery children.
• Early childhood teachers wishing
to deepen their understanding of
these early years as a foundation for
their work with nursery and kindergar ten children.
• Childcare providers working with
infants, toddlers, and young children in
centers or home-based care.
The program is founded upon the
joy of learning with others who share
a deep commitment to very young
children. Par ticipants study the development of infants and young children
with gifted, devoted faculty and experience handwork and the ar ts, reading
and journal activity, the ar t of observation, and fur ther development of
their own relationship to movement.
Course Themes, Level I
• Waldorf education’s insights into
the physical, cognitive, social-emotional,
and spiritual development of the
infant, young child, and family.
• The Pikler Institute’s research and
practice in infant and toddler care.
• Sensory development of the infant,
toddler, and young child and the suppor t for its healthy unfolding.
• Developing insights and skills for
the bodily care of the young child.
• Studies in anthroposophy, Rudolf
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Steiner’s philosophy as a suppor t for
the inner development of ourselves
as teachers, and understanding the
relationship between the human
being and the world.
• An independent research project
per tinent to the student’s work,
which is shared with classmates.
• Adult biographical phases and the
developmental phases of parenting;
maternal and infant relationships
through pregnancy, bir th and the
four th trimester ; understanding
healthy attachment as a fundamental
element in children’s well-being.
• Ar tistic and craft activity: singing
and playing simple musical instruments for the early childhood years,
storytelling and puppetry, along with a
reper toire of songs and hand gesture
games developed by Wilma Ellersiek;
creative speech.
• Personal movement capacities in
Spacial Dynamics ® and eurythmy.
Program Faculty, Level I
Faculty includes Susan Weber, Jane
Swain, Juliane Weeks, Kim Snyder-Vine,
Nancy Macalaster, and Carol Spindler.
Program Sequence, Level I
Summer 1
July 5 - 17, 2015
Fall
November 1 - 6, 2015
Spring
April 2016
Summer II
July 2016
Tuition Schedule, Level I
Tuition is $7,500. A $300 non-refundable deposit is due upon acceptance.
Payment Details
Deposit: $300
$1,200 by June 15 followed by twelve
monthly payments of $500 via automatic bank withdrawal from July
through the following June.
Note: Students who enroll in Levels I
and II together will pay Level II tuition
at the current year’s rate. Contact us
for full details.
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13-Month Level II Teacher
Education Program
The Level II program is open to graduates of our Level I program.
It deepens and extends the teacher preparation of Level I through
further studies with children from birth to age seven. Those
who complete both levels meet the requirement for WECANrecognized Waldorf early childhood teaching preparation.
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ur Level I Teacher Education program focuses on
the special years in children’s lives from bir th to age three,
a time during which all facets of
children’s development require special conditions that meet their
deeply engaged, yet unconscious
learning. Level II builds upon this
foundation, extending it through the
first seven years of the child’s life.
Level II brings a full context for the
early childhood teacher’s vocation,
embracing the whole of Waldorf
early childhood education.
Beyond the first three years.
Level II takes up insights and practical capacities for work with children
as they emerge from the protected
period of the first three years so
that as the child moves beyond
these earliest years, the teacher is
prepared to offer a new quality of
relationship with the child, with
transforming rhythms and gentle
changes in the content of daily life.
Embracing the child.
With the first phases of the development of movement, language, and
social life now in place, children
look more clearly toward the group
and begin to look fur ther outward
into the world. Level II brings to life
the developmental phases of the full
first seven years. Anthroposophical
studies and an advanced personal
research project continue to
deepen the teacher’s foundation for
her or his vocation. Both levels
include mentored teaching practice.
Course Themes, Level II
• Festival life for young children.
• Spiritual embryology and the evolution of consciousness.
• Working with the young child and
his or her parents: the nursery years,
the kindergar ten years.
• Music for the early childhood
teacher : singing, playing the kinderlyre,
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singing exercises for freeing the voice.
• Studies in anthroposophy: selected
readings and exercises from Rudolf
Steiner that suppor t pedagogical work
and the inner life of the teacher.
• Children’s health.
• Ar ts: Creative speech, water color
painting, clay modeling, Spacial
Dynamics ®, music.
• Handcrafts and puppetry ar ts.
• Practical life activities.
• Child observation and child study.
• Developmental and program transitions: nursery, kindergar ten, and first
grade; evaluating and suppor ting
readiness for each transition.
• Integration of the primitive reflexes;
constitutional types; recognizing possible remedial needs of the child.
• History, task, and work of Waldorf
education as a force for social
renewal.
• Gardening with children.
• Folk and fairy tales.
• Movement circles.
• Understanding children’s drawing.s
Progam Faculty, Level II
Faculty includes Janene Ping, Susan
Weber, Jane Swain, Jaap van der Val,
Juliane Weeks, Kim Snyder-Vine,
Nancy Macalaster, Cordelia Lane,
Signe Motter, Betsi McGuigan, and
Katherine Scharff.
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Program Sequence, Level II
Summer 1
June 28 - July 17, 2015
Winter
January 2016
Summer II
July 2016
Tuition Schedule, Level II
Tuition is $8,600. A $300 non-refundable deposit is due upon acceptance.
Payment Details
Deposit: $300. $1,400 by June 15
followed by twelve monthly payments
of $575 via automatic bank withdrawal
from July through the following June.
Note: Students who enroll in Levels I
and II together will pay Level II tuition
at the current year’s rate. Contact us
for full details.
WECAN Membership
We now hold membership as a developing WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of Nor th America)
Teacher Education Program. Graduates
will receive a cer tificate indicating
that this training is recognized by the
International Association for Steiner/
Waldorf Early Childhood Education.
Mentored Teaching Practice
for Levels I and II
Working directly with young children
is an integral par t of preparing for
early childhood teaching and caregiving. Without this intimate association
with children and parents, the actual
capacities for one’s work cannot
unfold, the true questions cannot
arise, and the learning through reflection cannot take place. We suppor t
each student in finding an appropriate
setting for this aspect of the program.
Sophia’s Hear th provides mentoring for each student. The student has
the oppor tunity to work together
with an experienced Waldorf early
childhood educator who is familiar
with his or her studies in the program.
This mentor visits each student in his
or her professional setting for two
days during the program to enter into
dialogue around his or her questions
and experiences. The costs for
mentoring are included in the tuition.
Questions?
We’re available to consult with you
about any questions you might have.
Simply call or email us!
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Summer Institute Courses, 2015
“The child comes to earth with wisdom.
We as adults have earthly experience so that we
may provide the child with a supportive environment,
caregiving, rhythm. We must trust the child’s wisdom. ”
— Summer Course participant
Classes are held from Monday through Friday, 8:15 AM to
5:15 PM. Immerse yourself for a restorative week of rich,
transformative study with wonderful classmates and gifted
teachers. These courses are open to all.
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oday’s young children are
eager for life, for exploring
the world, and for encountering others in a meaningful, intimate
way. To suppor t these young ones to
grow into adults who have strength,
enthusiasm, confidence, and joy for
life asks deep devotion to their care.
As teachers and parents, our gift to
the growing child is to recognize and
suppor t, above all, his or her unfolding spirit. We must also prepare ourselves in practical ways to meet the
children who come into our lives.
Summer 2015 at Sophia’s Hear th
Family Center offers three weeks of
teacher education courses. Our summer faculty brings a depth of experience and knowledge developed over
many years of caring for young children and their families, and studying
the development of the child.
There are moments when life calls
us to find a new viewpoint, to clarify
our vocational commitment and per-
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sonal path. Perhaps you find yourself
in such a moment. We invite you to
join us this summer for study, colleagueship, renewal, and new views.
PUPPETRY ARTS FOR FESTIVALS
June 29 – July 1 Tuition $400
Janene Ping
Few Waldorf early childhood teachers
have more experience in community
puppetry and festival celebration than
Hawthorne Valley School’s Janene
Ping! This three day course is an
exploration of the power of color, the
movement of wind and other elemental forces, and festival life pageantry
for joyful celebrations with families
and young children. Par ticipants will
explore ways to work with wind,
water, and fire in creating meaningful
and memorable festival celebrations.
Ar tistic activities will include the creation of lantern boats, banners, and
fish kites (by painting and dyeing on
silk) for par ticipants to take home to
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their communities as resources for
festival life.
Please note that this course has a
special materials fee of $60.
DANCING HANDS AND
FROLICKING VOICES
June 29 – July 1 Tuition $400
Lynn St. Pierre, Nancy Macalaster and
Jane Swain
Wilma Ellersiek created a delightful
body of work that offers developmental touch and movement, rhyme
and rhythm, and singing in the mood
of the fifth. This summer we will focus
on Ellersiek work for parent and child
classes, nursery and early childhood
parent education evenings (ages bir th
to 7). Children, parents, and teachers
develop close bonds with the loving
touch, playfulness, warmth, and joy
embodied in this work. We’ll learn
touching games, finger plays, movement journeys, and lullabies with little
games suitable for bedtime rituals or
preparation for a quiet time or nap.
We’ll also focus on transitions, creating playful bridges from one activity
to the next. This summer Lynn St.
Pierre will bring a completely new
repertoire from previous courses to
develop a fresh pocketful of songs
and games. Lynn will be joined by
Nancy Macalaster who will bring experiential exploration of the four foundational senses in relationship to
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touching games, gesture games, and
singing with young children. How do
we establish an inner and outer environment in suppor t of the parent,
child, and teacher as they develop a
mutual relationship experience through
music and singing that fosters attunement and coherence? Jane Swain will
focus on the therapeutic use of the
hand in gesture and touch for optimal
early childhood development.
GARDENING WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN: SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICAL
ACTIVITIES
June 29 – July 3 Tuition $620
Cordelia Lane, Katie Schwerin, and
Lisa Mahar
The rhythms of sun, moon, and planets; the living forces within the ear th
herself; the plants and their gifts to
human beings—the young child is a
naturalist and gardener at hear t. This
five-day course will introduce the
essential healing elements of biodynamic gardening: composting and
application of preparations. The
spiritual foundations of humanity’s
cultivation of the ear th, planting and
care of a garden, container gardening,
and working with herbs are additional
themes. The butterfly sanctuary garden
at Sophia’s Hear th is a resource for
the course. Participants will use simple
hand tools in a practical project in
the gardens. This course is part of the
core coursework for Level II and
includes watercolor painting and anthroposophical studies.
ADVANCED STUDIES IN
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
June 29 – July 10 Tuition $1,240
Susan Weber, Jane Swain, Nancy
Macalaster, Kim Snyder-Vine, and
Juliane Weeks
This course is eligible for graduate credit
from Antioch University New England.
This course is for those familiar with
the content of Nur turing the Young
Child (now Child Development I
and II), can only be taken as a two-week
course, and requires the permission of
the instructors. The course includes
two weeks of artistic work in Creative
Speech with Kim Snyder-Vine, Handcrafts with Susan Weber, and Singing
and Playing the Children’s Lyre with
Juliane Weeks in the second week.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT I & II
July 6 – 10 and July 13 – 17
Tuition $620 per week
Susan Weber, Jane Swain, Nancy
Macalaster, Kim Snyder-Vine, and
Juliane Weeks
This course is eligible for graduate credit
from Antioch University New England.
Par ticipants may enroll for the first
week only, or for both weeks. With
permission of the faculty, and based
on prior experience, par ticipants may
enroll for the second week only.
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The first three years of life are a
special period of human development,
often overlooked and misunderstood
in a culture and time that place great
emphasis on achievement and moving
ahead. This course is designed especially for parent-child class teachers,
childcare providers, and early childhood teachers. We will explore the
profound human capacities and the
sensitive processes that blossom for th
in this time and will learn how best to
suppor t the developmental process
of very young children.
The first week begins by examining the child’s development from the
perspectives of spirit, physical growth,
and emotional life. Each perspective is
approached through study of the
child’s gross and fine motor development, infant reflexes, and the sensory
development of the child. Hands-on
experience, as well as lectures and
discussion, provide the foundation for
learning.
The second week focuses on the
development of the child’s emerging
self and social capacities between two
and four years, conflict in two and
three year olds, sensory development
as a foundation of social competence,
the mystery of the primitive reflexes,
and the development of the hand. We
also explore the evolving role of the
adult when working with infants, toddlers, and older children. Readings for
the course will be provided for those
who enroll.
“To summarize my own personal experience,
it is the overwhelming sense of dignity, value, and
importance of our work with children”
— Summer Course participant
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CELEBRATING FESTIVALS WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES
July 13 – 17 Tuition $620
Betsi McGuigan and Juliane Weeks
Festival life is the hear t of community
building! Par ticipants in Betsi’s course
will be filled with new possibilities for
bringing the substance of the year’s
festivals to young children and their
parents. Underlying spiritual insights,
handcrafts through the cycle of the
year, and case studies from her many
years of teaching experience will build
a rich experience of the year’s turning.
Juliane Weeks will bring daily singing
and kinderlyre. This course is part of
the core coursework for Level II.
Please call for course details
Costs
Tuition for each summer 2015 fiveday course is $620. This includes a
healthy daily lunch served in community, as well as all handwork materials.
The three-day course tuition is $400.
A $100 deposit is required for all
courses. Please note that there is a
$35 non-refundable late registration
fee for registrations received less than
ten business days prior to any course.
Please see our website for on-line
registration and payment.
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Housing
A housing list of local families, bed
and breakfasts, campgrounds, and
hotels is available upon request.
These families look forward to suppor ting our work by welcoming our
students into their lives. Many families
offer the oppor tunity to prepare
breakfast and dinner in their kitchens.
Graduate Credit and
Credentialing
Sophia’s Hearth Family Center is a
Project Par tner with the Antioch
Center for School Renewal at
Antioch University New England in
Keene. This par tnership enables
our students to receive graduate
credit from Antioch University for
eligible courses. Summer 2015
courses include:
• Child Development I and II
• Advanced Studies in Child
Development
Members of our faculty carry
credentials as New Hampshire
Early Childhood Master Professionals, enabling students to
receive N.H. credentialing hours
for their study here. Courses
taught by Susan Weber, Jane Swain,
and Nancy Macalaster provide this
credential.
“The level of wisdom we have to learn from our
teachers I find so humbling. I can’t tell you how much
I appreciate the energy, passion, and enthusiasm Jane
and Susan bring to this work! It feels so cutting edge,
which is incredibly exciting to be a part of, and
I feel such passion myself with the teaching, but
also with the sensing and experiencing of
the timeliness of this knowledge.”
— Level I Summer Course participant
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A theme we’ve visited often in our
training is that we’re not perfect nor
expected to be—and who would want
to listen to any of us if we were? My
mistakes humanize me and keep my
compassion intact. There’s always
something new to strive for. I become
an accessible teacher, willing to be
introspective and considerate…
— TRICE ATCHISON
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL OF
GREAT B ARRINGTON, MA
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2015 Summer Course Schedule Overview
WEEK 1, June 29 – July 3
WEEK 3, July 13 – 17
GARDENING WITH
CHILDREN
CELEBRATING
FESTIVALS WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN
Cordelia Lane
Lisa Mahar
Katie Schwerin
Betsi McGuigan
Juliane Weeks
PUPPETRY ARTS
Janene Ping
June 29 – July 1
I feel so suppor ted by you and
Sophia's Hear th. I wish all teachers
could have this suppor t to turn to.
It makes all the difference! Being a par t
of the Level I Program gives us a
possibility for helping each other to
grow in ways that we all want to.
We are moving with the seasons as we
learn together. I recognize that I am
taking home a little more ‘yes’ with me.
WEEK 2, July 6 – 10
DANCING HANDS
Lynn St. Pierre, Nancy
Macalaster, Jane Swain
June 29 – July 1
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT I
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT II
Susan Weber
Jane Swain
Kim Snyder-Vine
Juliane Weeks
Nancy Macalaster
Susan Weber
Jane Swain
Juliane Weeks
Nancy Macalaster
ADVANCED STUDIES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Susan Weber, Jane Swain, Nancy Macalaster,
Kim Snyder-Vine, Juliane Weeks
June 29 – July 10
— C AROLINE M ERCIER
LEVEL I
WALDORF S CHOOL AT M ORAINE FARM
B EVERLY, MA
The Child and Family in the First Three Years
Summer I1 for finishing students
June 29 – July 10
I feel blessed to have chosen Sophia’s
Hear th as my teacher education program.
I feel that I have a chest of treasures that
will continue to grow and take form in
my hear t. This program has given me the
tools to bring greater awareness to my
senses so that I can use them in my work
with the little ones.
— KATYA HUBER
VAL MORIN, QUEBEC
LEVEL II
Summer 1 for new students
June 28 – July 17
LEVEL I
The Child and Family in the First Three Years
Summer 1 for new students
July 5 – 17
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Faculty
Our experienced faculty is drawn from early childhood
specialists, therapists, and artists with backgrounds in Waldorf
early childhood education and complementary disciplines.
Susan Weber is the
director of Sophia’s
Hear th Family Center. She
brings many years of experience as a Waldorf early
childhood teacher, public
school teacher and administrator, Waldorf early childhood teacher
training coordinator at Antioch University
New England, and adult educator. She has
completed advanced training at the Pikler
Institute in Budapest, Hungary. She regularly
presents the work of Sophia’s Hear th Family
Center—as well as themes relating to the
very young child—at local, national, and
international conferences. She is the director
of our Early Childhood Teacher Education
Center.
Jane Swain is the associate director of the Early
Childhood Teacher Education Center at Sophia’s
Hear th. A pediatric physical therapist, Jane is also a
graduate of the Level III
Spacial Dynamics ® training program. She is
cer tified in Bothmer Gymnastics, Sensory
Integration Praxis testing, and in Bobath/
Neurodevelopmental Treatment for children
with cerebral palsy and other neuromotor
disorders. She has studied at the Pikler
Institute. She has provided classroom consultations for preschool and elementary-aged
children for many years. She presents at
conferences and workshops in the United
States and internationally.
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Janene Ping is a core faculty for our Level II Waldorf
Early Childhood Teacher
Education Program. She is a
lead kindergarten teacher
at the Hawthorne Valley
Waldorf School. She studied Humanities at San Francisco State University. Her Waldorf training includes a degree in
Waldorf Early Childhood Education from Sunbridge College. She has taught puppetry arts
at the Center for Anthroposophy and at the
Rudolf Steiner Institute. She is the artistic
director at Magical Puppet Tree.
Nancy Macalaster has
facilitated our Joyful Beginnings parent and child
classes for many years. She
holds a degree in child
development from Connecticut College and a
master’s degree in counseling psychology
from Antioch University New England. She is
also a graduate of the Sophia’s Hearth’s Level
I specialization program and has completed
advanced training at the Pikler Institute.
Cordelia Lane has spent
most of her life in Maine.
She has been an early childhood teacher and subject
teacher at Merriconeag
Waldorf School in Freeport.
She then turned her focus
to biodynamic agriculture, running a small
farm and CSA in Freeport for the next eight
years. She is now engaged in a new farm
venture in Ellsworth.
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Betsi McGuigan has
been an educator for over
30 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the
University of Idaho and a
master’s degree in Waldorf
education from Antioch
University New England. She has been a
Waldorf early educator at the Waldorf
School of Cape Cod, Pine Hill Waldorf
School, and for nearly 14 years at the Monadnock Waldorf School where she was
known and loved for her warmth, ready
laugh, thoughtful teaching, gifted parent
work, and deep knowledge of the Waldorf
curriculum.
Lynn St. Pierre is a
member of the International
Hand Gesture Games
Working Circle sponsored
by the International Association of Waldorf Early
Childhood Education. Lynn
apprentices with Kundry Willwerth—co-presenting, assisting, and studying intensively with
her. She has presented the Ellersiek work in
the U.S., Africa and India.
Kim Snyder-Vine holds
a four-year Goetheanum
Diploma from the London
School of Speech Formation.
She has been teaching,
performing, and consulting
in creative speech, drama,
and hygienic speech for children and adults
in Waldorf schools and at Waldorf teacher
training institutes and ar tistic training centers, as well as private and public venues
worldwide, since 1983. Kim was a founding
member of Por tal Productions in London
and the Alchymia Theatre in Chicago.
Recently she has performed internationally
with Eurythmeum Stuttgar t, the Symphonic
Eurythmy Tour, and Eurythmy Spring Valley.
Carol Spindler completed her eurythmy training in 2013 and participated
in the 2012 Dvorak
eurythmy symphony in
Spring Valley, NY. She graduated from Dartmouth College and also has a master's degree in
speech-language pathology.
Dr. Jaap van der Wal is
an associate professor in
Anatomy and Embryology
at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. His
encounter with anthroposophy and the Goethean
approach has given him the bridge between
natural science on the one hand and the
humanities and spirituality on the other.
Juliane Weeks teaches
singing and playing of the
kinderlyre. She has been
working with music as a
healing modality for many
years, including therapies at
the Rudolf Steiner Health
Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Psychiatric
Friedrich Husemann Klinik in Freiburg, Germany; and in Hospice settings. She received
her diploma as an anthroposophical music
therapist from the Medical Section in Dornach,
Switzerland.
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The Details
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Registration
Summer Institute Courses, 2015
Tuition for each summer five-day
course is $620. The three-day course
is $400. This includes daily whole-food
lunches, shared in community.
Applying
Early applications to the Summer Institute
help us plan, allowing us to know that it
will be possible to offer each workshop
or course. Applications are accepted on
a rolling basis using the registration
form on the opposite page or online.
13-Month Level I and II Programs
require a more in-depth application,
sharing your experience with children,
Waldorf early childhood education, and
the Pikler approach; and your reasons
for interest in our program. One reference is required for admission to the
program. Students are expected to have
regular experience in a program with
young children throughout the course.
The application form is on page 24.
A telephone interview is also par t of
the admissions process.
Enrollment
Each course is a full-time experience,
and it is not possible to enroll for more
than one course in a given week. However, it is possible to attend for two or
three weeks.
Tuition
Tuition covers all course costs and a
shared midday meal. Travel, lodging, and
other meal costs are the responsibility
of the student.
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Housing
A housing list of local families, bed and
breakfasts, campgrounds, and hotels is
available upon request. These families
look forward to suppor ting our work
by welcoming our students into their
lives. Many families offer the oppor tunity to prepare breakfast and dinner in
their kitchens.
A non-refundable $100 deposit is
required for each course. Balance of
tuition is due by June 19, 2015. Underenrolled courses may be cancelled.
Please note, there is a $35 late fee for
registrations received after June 19, 2015.
I wish to register for these courses:
June 29 – July 1
Puppetry Arts for Festivals $400
Tuition Payment Schedule
and Refund Policy
Summer Institute Courses: A $100
deposit is required upon application.
13-Month Program: A $50 application
fee is required. A $300 deposit is due
upon acceptance. All deposits are
applied to the total tuition costs.
No refunds are given after a course
has begun.
June 29 – July 1
Dancing Hands, Frolicking Voices $400
Travel
We endeavor to help students who use
air travel with ground transpor tation
needs, helping them network with one
another and providing contact information for airpor t pickup. Nearest airpor ts
are in Manchester, New Hampshire
(Manchester-Boston Regional Airpor t,
1½ hours from Keene), and Windsor
Locks, Connecticut (Bradley International
Airpor t, 1¾ hours from Keene). Public
transpor tation in our area is challenging.
City, State, Zip
June 29 – July 3
Gardening With Children $620
A map and lodging accommodation list will
be sent upon receipt of your registration.
For further information about our Level I
and Level II 13-Month Low Residency
Programs, please call us for a conversation:
603.357.3755. Students begin the program
with the summer
session and must attend all sessions;
par tial enrollment is not offered.
June 29 – July 10
Advanced Studies in Child Dev. $1,240
July 6 – 10
Child Development I $620
July 13 – 17
Child Development II $620
July 13 – 17
Celebrating Festivals $620
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Phone
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To Register
Register online at sophiashearth.org or fill out and mail this form with your payment to:
The Early Childhood Teacher Education Center at Sophia’s Hear th, 700 Cour t Street,
Keene, New Hampshire 03431. Questions? Call us: 603.357.3755
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Application
13-Month Teacher Education Program Level I
The Child and Family in the First Three Years
For Level II applications, please contact Sophia’s Hearth, 603.357.3755
Please share the following on a
separate piece of paper:
• Your educational and professional background;
• Your experience with young children;
• Your familiarity with Waldorf early
childhood education, the work of the
Pikler Institute, and other early childhood
educational approaches;
• The reasons for your interest in this
program.
It is also expected that course participants
will visit and observe programs at Sophia’s
Hear th Family Center during their course
of study.
Please also send us one written reference
from someone familiar with your work
with children.
Send your application with the $50
non-refundable application fee to:
The Teacher Education Center at Sophia’s
Hearth, 700 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431
A telephone interview is also par t of the
application process.
It is expected that each course par ticipant
will be actively engaged with young children
as a caregiver, teacher, nanny, or volunteer.
An undergraduate degree is NOT required as
a prerequisite for admission to this program.
Total tuition for the Level I Program is
$7,500. A deposit of $300, applied toward
the tuition, is due upon acceptance to
hold your place.
This course is dependent upon minimum
enrollment; your timely application ensures
that the course will be fully enrolled.
“We must bring an inner fire, an inner enthusiasm, to our work...
The whole of our being must work in us as educators,
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Address
not only the thinking person; the person of feeling
City, State, Zip
Phone
and the person of will must also play their part.”
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— Rudolf Steiner, from The Kingdom of Childhood
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For 13-Month Teacher Education Program Level II applications, please
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