Waldorf Teacher Preparation Videos

Prairie Moon Waldorf School is pleased to offer teacher preparation courses to Waldorf and other inspired teachers. These videos were recorded at our onsite training and are now available for purchase on disc for playback in computers (Mac and PC) as well as mobile devices like tablets and smart phones. All videos include original music by Adam Cantor. Learn more about his music at: www.adamcantormusic.com.
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WINTER 2013 TEACHER PREPARATION COURSES WITH GAIL LESCHER

Instructor Biography: 
Gail Lescher has taught as a grades teacher in a California Waldorf school for 14 years. She has taken classes from 1st through 5th and 1st through 8th grades. While there she provided in-school mentoring to other faculty, as well as instructing grades teachers at Rudolf Steiner College. Gail is currently working toward her goal of running a small biodynamic farm with onsite lodging and an educational/cultural center in Springfield, Missouri.

3-Day In-service Three-Disc Set – $100 plus S&H (Run time: 14 hours) This series features master teacher Gail Lescher’s 3-day in-service to the Prairie Moon Waldorf School community. This in-service included singing, circle activities for the lower and middle grades, lectures on freehand geometry, faculty meetings, child study, and main lesson book preparations. All discs are video mp4 format and may be viewed on Mac and PC computers as well as tablets and mobile devices. Click on the links below to enjoy these video previews: A Glimpse into Geometry Artistry An Exploration into Freehand Geometry An Introduction to Discussing Form Drawing A Glimpse into Circle Activities for the Middle Grades A Glimpse into Quodlibet Singing

Chalkboard Drawing Lesson – $25 plus S&H (Run time: 1hr 40min) This disc features master teacher Gail Lescher’s Chalkboard Drawing Lesson (Run time: 1hr 40min) Click for a Video Preview

SUMMER 2012 TEACHER PREPARATION LECTURE SERIES WITH ROBIN BACCHUS

These videos are part of the 15-Day Teacher Preparation Course that Dr. Robin Bacchus presented at Prairie Moon Waldorf School in June 2012.

Instructor Biography: 
Robin Bacchus, PhD, grew up on a Biodynamic farm in New Zealand. He attended the pre-eminent Waldorf teacher education program at Emerson College in the UK and then began work in Waldorf education as a teacher in the High School at Wynstones in western UK. Dr. Bacchus helped found the first Waldorf High School in New Zealand. He then became Program Director of the Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education at Taruna College for seventeen years. He was integral in getting Taruna recognized and registered as a college and private training establishment.

8 Disc Set – $350 plus S&H (save $275!) This series features master teacher Robin Bacchus in a 15-day intensive offered at Prairie Moon Waldorf School. This in-service included 5 topic areas or lecture strands: Circling Activities, Anthroposophical Foundations, Anthroposophical Foundations for Classroom Management, Mathematics, and Drawing. BONUS MATERIAL: One Hour of group singing and all handouts in PDF format. All discs are video mp4 format and may be viewed on Mac and PC computers as well as tablets and mobile devices. The 8 discs included in the set are: Disc 1: Circle Activities Disc 2: Anthroposophical Foundations – Part 1 Disc 3: Anthroposophical Foundations – Part 2 Disc 4: Anthroposophical Foundations for Classroom Management Disc 5: Math Lessons – Part 1 Disc 6: Math Lessons – Part 2 Disc 7: Drawing Lessons Disc 8: Bonus Material – 1 hours of group singing with all handouts (available only with the full set purchase) Full descriptions of each Lecture Strand are below. Click on the links below to enjoy these video previews: Grades Circle Strategies for Working with Early Childhood Strategies for Working with Lower Grades Action Research – Learning from Your Lesson Plans Lecture on Learning Processes Teaching Algebra Teaching Fractions  Form Drawing

PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL LECTURE STRANDS – $125 each plus S&H

Lecture Strand #1 – Circling Activities This disc contains 15 lectures (5.5 hours) of circle activities/instruction from Robin Bacchus. He offers valuable insights and activities that you can put into practice in your classroom immediately.
Lecture Strand #2: Anthroposophical Foundations This topic area includes 14.5 hours of lectures on two discs covering topics such as: What is Anthroposophy, Kingdoms of Nature, Three-fold Body, Evolution of Earth, Three-fold Social Order, Human Biography, Coming of Age, Seven Stages of Learning, 12 Human Senses, Child Profile Studies, College of Teachers Imagination and the Third Hierarchy, Strategies for Teaching, Pedagogical Law, Role of the Teacher, and the Festivals.
Lecture Strand #3: Anthroposophical Foundations for Classroom Management This topic area includes 9.5 hours of lecture covering topics such as: Four Human Temperaments, Purposeful Will, Equanimity of Feeling, Positivity, Lesson Planning, Conduct-Lead-Inspire-Manage, Change-Rhythm-Balance.
Lecture Strand #4: Mathematics This topic includes 12 hours of lecture on two discs on teaching Math beginning with first grade and progressing through the grades.
Lecture Strand #5: Drawing  This disc includes 10 hours of lecture in Drawing (from forms to geometry) including: Symmetry, Lemniscates, Celtic Patterns, Metamorphosis, Geometry: line/curve 13-circle net forms, Nest of Polygons, Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Series, Leaf Forms, Pythagoras Theorem, and Triangle Centers.