Please watch our website for announcements regarding special programs or contact us with questions or requests. Stay informed by joining our email list for regular updates on WISM classes and workshops. The Institute offers workshops every summer as well as exciting options to classroom learning! See the details listed below regarding our Journey to Italy as part of the Waldorf Methods for Teaching Social Studies class. There are openings for the trip scheduled for October 22-29, 2011!

Waldorf Methods for Teaching Social Studies: Italian Journey Intensive October 22-29, 2011
The sixth and seventh grade history main lesson curriculum is particularly rich and important; Rudolf Steiner himself commented on teaching the Renaissance that “this is the all-important period on which much care must be lavished.” Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance are easiest to study on-site in Italy: the stage sets are all still there! Guided tours, specifically tailored for class teachers, will be given from 9-6 daily.

Highlights: Rome’s ancient grandeur; streets and mosaics of the Middle Ages; Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael; and the Renaissance flowering in Florence.

Costs will be kept low; we’ll be traveling more like pilgrims than merchants!
Estimated Costs:
° WISM “Social Studies Methods” Tuition: ($ 425 credit, $ 250 audit)
° Airfare: Participants will purchase their own tickets.
° Lodging: Approximately $500 for lodging in convents.
° Admissions and meals: Approximately € 250 needed

Starry Night &

First Green

Edge of  Winter,
Looking toward Spring
– a day of artistic and contemplative work inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ and Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’.

Saturday
February 5th, 2011
from
9am-12 and 2-5pm

With
Anna Rainville
Faculty
Rudolf Steiner College
Margot Amrine
Director
Waldorf Institute of Southeastern Michigan
Elena Efimova
Faculty, Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor
Mary Emery
Faculty, Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor

Location:

Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor, High School
2230 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Cost: $50

Contact us to register

RSVP and questions: 734 635-4143

Other recent workshop offerings include:

• CREATING A CULTURE OF JOY IN THE KINDERGARTEN, A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS AND CAREGIVERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
• THE ART OF MEMORY, A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON THE ART OF MEMORY IN THE RENAISSANCE AND THE WALDORF CLASSROOM TODAY
• THE ART OF SCIENCE, A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP EXPLORING THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE WALDORF CLASSROOM
• THE ART OF WRITING, A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON ARTISTIC AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING WRITING IN GRADES ONE THROUGH FIVE IN THE WALDORF CLASSROOM
• ASSISTING IN A Waldorf School, A WORKSHOP ON THE HANDS, HEAD AND HEART IN THE SCHOOL
• A workshop for teachers with Susan Linn PhD, How consumerism affects children at different developmental stages and what teachers can do.