Participant Portal For:
Explorations Online
23-24
Program Leadership
Bev Boyer – Program Director
bev@centerforanthroposophy.org
Milan Daler – Administrator
603-654-2566 office
603-732-6102 mobile
milan@centerforanthroposophy.org
Sage Lewis – Tech Support
330-416-7519 – Voice and Text
sage@centerforanthroposophy.org
Zoom Class Access 23-24
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Meeting ID: 731 312 5506
Passcode: 267582
You can also dial in with this number:
+1 929 436 2866
Meeting ID: 731 312 5506
Resources
- A pack of chalk pastels (not oil pastels), A rainbow of colors is preferred. (Nupastel by prismacolor are good quality.)
- Pastel paper 9”x12” or bigger – can use watercolor paper – 3 sheets.
- Colored pencils or Lyra pencils – whatever colors you already have will work.
- A journal to write and sketch in – blank and unlined is best.
- Masking tape.
All reading assignments will be taken from a single text – Guided Self-Study by Torin M. Finser. This book is a compilation from Steiner’s basic books, including How to Higher Worlds, Theosophy, and Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom.
Guided Self-Study is readily available from Amazon as well as from Steiner Books. There is a reading assignment for each workshop theme throughout the course as listed below. Note that assignments are given using both page references and chapter titles. Please bring your copy of Guided Self-Study to each class.
The readings are meant to serve as both a preparation for the weekend sessions and a reference point for discussions. Instructors will assume some familiarity with the material and will welcome questions and lively engagement during the weekend sessions.
Workshop One: Meditative Practices and Self-Development
Prior to the first class, please read pages 191-202 (Appendix 1) and pages 3-21 (chapters 1 – 2 in section of the book called the “The Book of Peace”)
Prior to the second weekend, please read Pages 69-79 (Chapter 1 from the section of the book called “The Book of Knowledge”)
Workshop Two: Practical Thinking and the Rightful Place of Technology
Prior to the first weekend, please read pages 103-116 (Chapters 1-3 from “The Book of Freedom”)
Prior to the second weekend, please read pages 141-161 (“Practical Training in
Thought”)
Workshop Three: Parents and Community in a Waldorf School
Please read pages 80-88 (Chapter 2 from “The Book of Knowledge”)
Workshop Four: Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Children Today
Please read pages 22-31 (Chapters 3 and 4 from “The Book of Peace”)
Workshop Five: Temperaments and Learning Styles
Please read pages 89-102 (“The Four Temperaments”)
Workshop Six: Healing the Hurt
Please read pages 32-48 (Chapters 5-8 from “The Book of Peace”)
Workshop Seven: Phenomenology: Learning to See with Beginner’s Eyes
Please read pages 117-132 (Chapters 4-8 from “The Book of Freedom”)
Workshop Eight: Overview of the Waldorf Grades Curriculum
Please read pages 139-140 (Chapter 12 from “The Book of Freedom”)
Workshop Nine: Innovation Through Anthroposophical Initiatives
Please read pages 203-215 (Appendices 2 -3)
Program Schedule
We will meet on weekends twice a month — Saturdays and Sundays 12:00 — 2:00 ET, 9:00 — 11:00 PT.
| Class Schedule for Explorations Online 2023-2024 |
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| March 11 and March 25-26, 2023 Meditative Practices and Self-Development, with Bev Boyer, with a welcome from Torin Finser, speech with Debbie Spitulnik |
| April 22-23 and April 29-30 Practical Thinking and the Rightful Place of Technology, with Douglas Gerwin, eurythmy with Leonore Russell |
| May 20-21 Parents and Community in a Waldorf School, with David Barham, pastel drawing with Nikki Shoneman |
| Summer Break |
| September 9-10 and September 23-24 Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Children Today, with Kim John Payne, eurythmy with Leonore Russell |
| October 14-15 and October 28-29 Temperaments and Learning Styles with Carla Beebe Comey, speech with Debbie Spitulnik |
| November 11-12 and November 18-19 Healing the Hurt: Learning to Support Each Other as Advocates for Social Justice, with Heather Scott, singing with Meg O’Dell Chittenden |
| December 2-3 and December 16-17 Phenomenology: Learning to See with Beginner’s Eyes, Study and Visual Arts with Colleen O’Connors |
| January 13-14 and January 27-28, 2024 Overview of the Waldorf Grades Curriculum: A Renewed Pedagogy for Our Times, with Alison Henry, singing with Meg O’Dell Chittenden |
| February 10-11 and February 24 Innovation Through Anthroposophical Initiatives, with Karen Atkinson and Bev Boyer, speech with Debbie Spitulnik |