Events at WECAN Member Schools and Institutes

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WECAN 2021 Early Childhood Conference

February 5-7, 2021 - Online
TOWARD A KINDER, MORE COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY: Black Lives Matter in Waldorf Early Childhood Classrooms and Communities
Keynote Speaker Laleña Garcia. WECAN is actively engaged in a wide range of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Access activities this year and we have chosen to make this work the focus of our conference. Registration is open (via WECAN website home and Conference page).
For more information contact conference@waldorfearlychildhood.org
Exploring the World of Birth to Three and Why It’s So Important

March 5-6, 2021 - Sunbridge Institute, Chestnut Ridge, NY
An interactive workshop with Anna Ruth Myers of The Nurtured Child and Meggan Gill of City of Lakes Waldorf School exploring developmental insights and practices for working with infants and toddlers and how this work fits into the bigger picture of Waldorf pedagogy and school organization. Presented virtually over Zoom
For information, visit www.sunbridge.edu or contact Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20.
Calling It Like It Is: Uncovering and Dismantling Racism in the Waldorf Movement

March 19-20, 2021 - Sunbridge Institute, Chestnut Ridge, NY
Teachers Conference for Waldorf educators and administrators. With facilitators Meggan Gill of City of Lakes Waldorf School, Keelah Helwig of The Waldorf School of Garden CIty Vicki Larson of Green Meadow Waldorf School, and Heather Scott of the Waldorf School of San Diego. Presented virtually over Zoom.
For information, visit www.sunbridge.edu or contact Barbara Vitale at info@sunbridge.edu or 845-425-0055 x20.
2020 WALDORF 100 CONFERENCE

Postponed to June 2021 - Chicago Waldorf School, Chicago, IL
Learn to Change the World - The conference is the culmination of the year-long festivities celebrating 100 years of Waldorf education worldwide.
Keynote speakers Orland Bishop, Monique Marshall, Florian Osswald
AWSNA, WECAN and APWE invite you and your colleagues to join us in celebrating our past and planning for the future.
For more information, contact Connie Stokes cstokes@awsna.org

Other Events of Interest

Dancing Hands & Frolicking Voices Autumn Workshop via Zoom

November 14th & 21st 2020 - Two consecutive Saturdays
Play with delight as we prepare games for the upcoming holidays and winter season! Included will be a play complex for St. Nicholas Day, excerpts from the Ellersiek early childhood Shepherds Play and Three Kings Play, and wonderful winter plays including What Do Animals Do in Snow? The Polar Bear, On the Skating Lake, Snow Hayoh!, Glitz, Glitz and Thaws Away, and more. We will also enjoy Spacial Dynamics, singing, handwork - making wool felt skates, and discussion groups offering support and inspiration. If you're unable to join us "live" you may view the videos through the end of the year.
For more information email Lynn St. Pierre at dancinghandsfrolickingvoices@gmail.com
Working Constitutionally with Children

September 2019 - Spring 2021
PAAM is offering a two-year series of live video webinars. Participation in year one is required in order to participate in year two. The course will be taught by PAAM Education Director Adam Blanning, MD. This webinar course will work through foundational anthroposophic insights into child growth and development through the lens of the constitutional polarities, as presented by Rudolf Steiner.
Pre-requisite training is required.
For more information click here.