What is Waldorf?
At the heart of the school is an innovative education, a 100-year-old, humanistic approach to learning that is taught at more than 1,100 schools worldwide. Our teachers share the vision that education is transformative and collectively we strive to help students become free, resilient, creative human beings who lead lives of purpose and direction.
There are opportunities to learn, question, reflect, and discuss the principles behind the work in the classroom. Waldorf education is learning through life, and we encourage you to explore.
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“In the development of a child, implicit learning comes before explicit learning. And thus, I think that the emphasis in Waldorf education on implicit learning—on the arts, on things that you do manually, on language—is actually a very good thing because that emphasizes the strengths of the child during that stage of development."
Waldorf 100 Celebration
Keynote Address
May 18, 2019
Established by Rudolf Steiner and Emil Molt in 1919, the education is among the fastest growing in the world. Based on the philosophy of Anthroposophy, it holds as its primary intention the ideal of bringing forth every child’s unique potential in a way that serves the further development of humanity. Explore the shared principles.
The internationally recognized training provides a framework for teaching that develops from a strong view of child development—in addition to teachers' expertise in their subject areas. Offered at institutions worldwide and locally at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training.
A Stanford University study on Waldorf education found significantly higher positive student achievement outcomes on standardized state assessments, greater engagement, and significantly lower disciplinary action and truancy. These results held across racial and socio-economic subsets. Check out the Stanford study
“We recognize that the inner life of the human being is directly connected to the outer life. So we believe in nurturing the physical body as much as the soul realm and the thinking realm.” Read more