Waldorf Teacher Training Individual Courses
Waldorf Administration / 1 credit
According to Rudolf Steiner, social organizations should have three cooperative but independent administrations—one to administer economic functions, one to administer rights and responsibilities of members of the organization, and one to administer what he calls the spiritual or cultural functions of the organization. Steiner uses these words interchangeably in discussions of social questions. These three administrations scale to cover the smallest institutions and the largest social groups. One administration may consider itself more central than the others to the mission of a particular organization, but all must balance if the organization is to maintain itself in health. A school, for instance, could mirror a theocracy if educational concerns are used to trump or bully the genuine concerns of the rights of its consumers. This example points to the intuitive correctness of Steiner’s view. Take the opposite view; do we believe that justice should be bought and sold, or that the state should govern religion? For those seeking a more conventional (but no less difficult to comprehend) statement of a view of the threefold structure of society, Jurgen Habermas’s concept of a “lifeworld,” discussed in detail in the second volume of his Theory of Communicative Action, outlines a view that is essentially the same as Steiner’s. For Habermas, every communicative act—asking a question, making a statement—expresses all three of the human subsystems of thinking, feeling, and will. (That is, the most rigorous thought is still communicated with some emotional investment and some intention of will; the most emotional outburst still gives evidence of a thought and an intention, and so on.) Further, every communicative act, in that it is directed from one person to another or to a group of others, extends the human capacities of thinking, feeling, and will into a social interaction. Thinking extended into social interaction we may call culture; feeling extended becomes politics; and will extended concerns economic relations.
This course provides an in-depth look at the administrative issues and solutions that Waldorf Schools have to deal with in today's world. |
Waldorf Administration / 1 credit
Lesson 1: The Threefold Structure
Lesson 2: The Parent Handbook
Lesson 3: The Faculty/Staff Handbook
Lesson 4: Finances and Budgets
Lesson 5: Licensing/Research Project
Lesson 2: The Parent Handbook
Lesson 3: The Faculty/Staff Handbook
Lesson 4: Finances and Budgets
Lesson 5: Licensing/Research Project