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Newsletter Fall 2021 Center & Periphery The Online Newsletter of the Center for Anthroposophy Fall | 2021 In This Issue Dateline Amherst, MA: Feeling Blue Dateline Keene, NH: “Paying Forward” for Explorations… Earn a Master of Education (MEd) with a Transdisciplinary Focus on Healing Education Download the flyer below to learn more. WORKSHOP & INFO SESSION: Becoming the Teacher Your Students Need When: Oct. 6th, 2021, 3 PM to 5 PM Where: Waldorf School of Cape Cod 22 Tupper Rd. Sandwich, MA What: Are you a teacher or parent interested in earning an AWSNA recognized teaching certificate in… Seeking Registrar / Database Manager Center for Anthroposophy, a not-for-profit organization sponsoring adult education programs including the preparation of Waldorf teachers and administrators, is seeking an experienced Registrar and… 
Newsletter Spring 2021 Dear Friends: Over the years, CfA has pioneered a growing number of different programs related to Waldorf education, from introductory courses and teacher preparation to administrative training and… Our Alums Lauren Morley, one of our Antioch alums and a former member of our Renewal team, reads a fairytale. Center & Periphery Winter 2021 Dear Reader, It has been just over a year since news of the Covid-19 virus first began to encircle the world. Beyond its impact on human life and society, this pandemic has in short order radically… An urgent call for support of our new Diversity Scholarship Fund Dear Friends, In November of 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, flanked by a quartet of armed federal marshals, stepped silently through the doors of an all-white school in New Orleans, where she had… Exciting news on Waldorf EdD program at Antioch University October 15, 2020 Dear Waldorf Colleagues, Alums, and Friends, We are delighted to announce that Antioch University has launched an accredited doctoral program for educators! Thanks to recent work… Reflections on the current events from the General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society If you’re having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online From the General Secretary June 3, 2020 Dear Members and Friends, Present events and the beat of daily news have kept me in a state… Lifeboats ~ Douglas Gerwin In retrospect, we may come to see the impact on secondary education of the current Covid-19 pandemic as akin to the iceberg that struck the Titanic. In mid-stream, the course of the Good Ship… Center & Periphery Special Edition April 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad[ps2id id=’1′ target=”/] Dear Friends of CfA: So much has transpired since we last wrote to you a month ago! The unimaginable has become fact, the impossible… 
Center & Periphery Special Edition March 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad Dear Friends of CfA: In steering through rough seas, it is important to focus one’s vision on the far horizon while simultaneously keeping sharp watch on the… 
Center & Periphery Winter/Spring 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad The Romans named this the month of purification (februo = “purify through sacrifice”), signaling it was a time for cleansing and fresh beginnings. This year… Torin Finser’s upcoming lecture in Atlantic Beach, FL You are cordially invited to attend this free info session with Dr. Finser on “Building Bridges to Waldorf Teacher Education”. Antioch University Waldorf Program graduate publishes a gem of a book! And here it is reviewed by her Antioch professor and mentor Torin M. Finser: It has been my pleasure to read an exciting new book from Waldorf Publications: Bare Hand Knitting by Aleshanee Akin and… Summer 2019 Waldorf Teacher Education Programs Please enjoy this beautiful vignette of our July 2019 Waldorf Teacher Education Programs offered annually by the Center for Anthroposophy and Antioch University. Please click on the image to view the… Upcoming 2020 Alumni Reunions All CfA and Antioch alumni are warmly invited to two reunion gatherings during Renewal Courses: Thursday July 2 and Thursday July 9, 2020 at 5:15pm in the Big Room at High Mowing. Conversations will… Newsletter Autumn 2019 Dear Reader, The French have a phrase for it: “Reculer pour mieux sauter!” As every lion knows, recoil is the best strategy for a powerful leap forward. In this spirit, several authors in this… Attention all CfA and Antioch Waldorf Program Alumni! We are conducting a survey of all participants who have taken part in one or more of our courses –– whether foundational “Explorations”, preparatory “Building Bridges”, summer “Renewal Courses”,… Registering the Fall Cohort – Waldorf Administration & Leadership Series New group to start in October 2019! Waldorf Administration & Leadership Development Click image to download PDF brochure. Waldorf schools are self-administered, which means that most decisions are… Special Renewal Courses for Music, Practical Arts, and Math Teachers Renewal Courses 2019 Week Two: June 30-July 5, 2019 Scholarships available! Dear Colleagues and Friends, Summer is on the horizon, and we look forward to welcoming many of you to our Renewal Courses… Newsletter Spring 2019 Dear Reader, The French are fond of saying, “Reculer pour mieux sauter.” Every lion, and many another mammal, knows that a long leap forwards presupposes a strong reach backwards. As we near the… New Position open at CfA Operations Manager of a Waldorf adult learning center From its offices in Southern New Hampshire, the Center for Anthroposophy (CfA) organizes adult education programs across the American…
Newsletter Spring 2021 Dear Friends: Over the years, CfA has pioneered a growing number of different programs related to Waldorf education, from introductory courses and teacher preparation to administrative training and… Our Alums Lauren Morley, one of our Antioch alums and a former member of our Renewal team, reads a fairytale. Center & Periphery Winter 2021 Dear Reader, It has been just over a year since news of the Covid-19 virus first began to encircle the world. Beyond its impact on human life and society, this pandemic has in short order radically… An urgent call for support of our new Diversity Scholarship Fund Dear Friends, In November of 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, flanked by a quartet of armed federal marshals, stepped silently through the doors of an all-white school in New Orleans, where she had… Exciting news on Waldorf EdD program at Antioch University October 15, 2020 Dear Waldorf Colleagues, Alums, and Friends, We are delighted to announce that Antioch University has launched an accredited doctoral program for educators! Thanks to recent work… Reflections on the current events from the General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society If you’re having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online From the General Secretary June 3, 2020 Dear Members and Friends, Present events and the beat of daily news have kept me in a state… Lifeboats ~ Douglas Gerwin In retrospect, we may come to see the impact on secondary education of the current Covid-19 pandemic as akin to the iceberg that struck the Titanic. In mid-stream, the course of the Good Ship… Center & Periphery Special Edition April 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad[ps2id id=’1′ target=”/] Dear Friends of CfA: So much has transpired since we last wrote to you a month ago! The unimaginable has become fact, the impossible… Center & Periphery Special Edition March 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad Dear Friends of CfA: In steering through rough seas, it is important to focus one’s vision on the far horizon while simultaneously keeping sharp watch on the… Center & Periphery Winter/Spring 2020 Douglas Gerwin From the Editor’s Notepad The Romans named this the month of purification (februo = “purify through sacrifice”), signaling it was a time for cleansing and fresh beginnings. This year… Torin Finser’s upcoming lecture in Atlantic Beach, FL You are cordially invited to attend this free info session with Dr. Finser on “Building Bridges to Waldorf Teacher Education”. Antioch University Waldorf Program graduate publishes a gem of a book! And here it is reviewed by her Antioch professor and mentor Torin M. Finser: It has been my pleasure to read an exciting new book from Waldorf Publications: Bare Hand Knitting by Aleshanee Akin and… Summer 2019 Waldorf Teacher Education Programs Please enjoy this beautiful vignette of our July 2019 Waldorf Teacher Education Programs offered annually by the Center for Anthroposophy and Antioch University. Please click on the image to view the… Upcoming 2020 Alumni Reunions All CfA and Antioch alumni are warmly invited to two reunion gatherings during Renewal Courses: Thursday July 2 and Thursday July 9, 2020 at 5:15pm in the Big Room at High Mowing. Conversations will… Newsletter Autumn 2019 Dear Reader, The French have a phrase for it: “Reculer pour mieux sauter!” As every lion knows, recoil is the best strategy for a powerful leap forward. In this spirit, several authors in this… Attention all CfA and Antioch Waldorf Program Alumni! We are conducting a survey of all participants who have taken part in one or more of our courses –– whether foundational “Explorations”, preparatory “Building Bridges”, summer “Renewal Courses”,… Registering the Fall Cohort – Waldorf Administration & Leadership Series New group to start in October 2019! Waldorf Administration & Leadership Development Click image to download PDF brochure. Waldorf schools are self-administered, which means that most decisions are… Special Renewal Courses for Music, Practical Arts, and Math Teachers Renewal Courses 2019 Week Two: June 30-July 5, 2019 Scholarships available! Dear Colleagues and Friends, Summer is on the horizon, and we look forward to welcoming many of you to our Renewal Courses… Newsletter Spring 2019 Dear Reader, The French are fond of saying, “Reculer pour mieux sauter.” Every lion, and many another mammal, knows that a long leap forwards presupposes a strong reach backwards. As we near the… New Position open at CfA Operations Manager of a Waldorf adult learning center From its offices in Southern New Hampshire, the Center for Anthroposophy (CfA) organizes adult education programs across the American…