Center & Periphery

According to a recent Gallop poll, the burn-out rate today among U.S. teachers K through 12th grade is the highest of all professions in the country. Interestingly, a good number are redirecting their attention from the classroom to service in old age homes. Why are teachers fleeing their profession in record number this year?

David Barham, newly appointed Director of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program (WHiSTEP), was the keynote speaker at this year’s convocation of CfA and Antioch summer teacher education programs in Wilton, NH.

After a successful inauguration in person during the summer, CfA’s Kairos Institute has now launched the first of its online courses, beginning with an opening seminar featuring Orland Bishop on the theme of “Trauma in America: I Am Here.”

CfA’s latest round of foundational “Explorations” has greatly expanded its reach to all parts of the world, thanks to its online format. A new cycle is in the making.

David Barham, newly appointed as CfA’s Director of Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program, introduces a new series of 12 online seminars for high school teachers.

Getting lost in an engaging conversation with someone you don’t know very well. Gathering together with others, drawn by the nightly ritual of a glorious sunset over the neighboring Frye Field. Taking time to climb Pack Monadnock, see a movie in Peterborough, or get ice cream to beat the Wilton heat. These are among the quintessential face-to-face human interactions that cannot be replicated in a Zoom encounter. And yet online seminars provide their own unique features that can enhance the scope of high school teacher training.

Karen Atkinson, Director of CfA’s summertime Renewal Courses, casts an eye back on last summer’s offerings and forward on Summer 2023.

A riot of autumnal colors heralds the fall season of CfA’s low-residency training program for Waldorf leaders and administrators.

For the first time, CfA is staging its satellite “Building Bridges” program for prospective and practicing Waldorf teachers in Florida during the coming year.

In the context of this year’s annual appeal, CfA has created a new fund to support the work of eurythmy in preparing Waldorf teachers for the classroom.

After more than two decades as trustee and treasurer, Stephen Bloomquist has stepped down from CfA’s Board of Trustees to take up residence near his family in Minnesota.

With a retrospective video, reflections by founding faculty, energetic dancing, and a giant birthday cake, alumni of CfA and Antioch graduate programs celebrated 40 years of Waldorf teacher education in New England.

Teachers and trainees from the Waldorf Program at Antioch University New England converged on Chapel Hill, NC, to celebrate a wedding at the Emerson Waldorf School.