Awakening Connections • Creating Community
Professional Development Programs
for Waldorf Schools and
Anthroposophical Communities
Across North America
Cultivate resilient communities
rooted in listening, trust, and
authentic human connection.
Awakening Connections; Creating Community is a unique three-part program for Waldorf school communities in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
During three in-person sessions, faculty, staff, parents, and board members are invited to meet one another as human beings outside of their roles in the schools. Working with Biography and Social Art creates a foundation that supports the ability to enter into the challenging issues of our times. Apply below for this program of 3-half-day workshops.
Meet the challenges of community life with greater empathy, imagination, and understanding.
This year-round program helps foster a new imagination for community through the exploration of life phases.
We use artistic and imaginative exercises to gently open up biographical experiences related to the overall theme. We practice listening deeply, while observing confidentiality with each other.
It is a time for renewal, rebuilding our strength and connecting with the wellspring of the spirit within us all.
Financial aid is available for qualifying schools.
Individual Workshops / Talleres Individuales
These workshops—offered via Zoom or in person—are designed to provide social and spiritual support for individuals and groups within independent and public Waldorf schools, as well as Anthroposophical communities. Through artistic and imaginative exercises, participants are invited to explore biographical experiences connected to a shared theme selected for the workshop.
Together, we cultivate a space of deep listening, mutual respect, and confidentiality. Online workshops accommodate up to 23 participants, while in-person gatherings with the facilitator are not limited in size. Workshops may be offered in 2-4 hour formats, depending on the needs and rhythm of your community.
Examples of Workshop Themes
The Heart of Listening
Finding Common Ground
Looking through the Lens of Temperaments
Finding Sources for Strength and Courage
Biography of a School
‘In creating a school, we are indeed creating a living being, whose destiny may be unknown to us, but which requires our love and ongoing commitment to flourish.’
-Christopher Schaefer
Experience the very being of your school as we gather the events, people, thresholds, and turning points from the moment the school was an idea, to opening the door to families, to the present time. A vision for the future will also be explored.
Financial aid is available for qualifying schools.
What People Are Saying
“It made a difference to enter into a working community feeling connected, after our work together”.
“Space opened up for empathy after hearing each other’s dreams and struggles”.
“Through these authentic meetings we recognized a thread running through our lives that brought us together as a school community”.
“We invited the Center for Biography and Social Art to our school for two weekend workshops. The community in attendance represented faculty, administration, board, parents and friends. The sessions were well formed and well held, which rapidly inspired trust among the participants. The flow for each of us through listening, group work and artistic endeavors opened our hearts. At the close of each weekend, many spoke about their joyful, calm and restorative responses. When we called upon the Center to come, we did not have a specific goal to meet or challenge to overcome. We simply knew our school was struggling with change and the current sense of chaos in the world. This work was the tonic that healed. We are grateful.”
— Denese Giordano-Administrative Consultant
Participating Schools:
USA, Mexico and Canada
3-Part Program Participants:
Berkley Rose Waldorf School * Highland Hall Waldorf School * River Valley Waldorf School * Cincinnati Waldorf School * Tucson Waldorf School * Portland Waldorf School * Minnesota Waldorf School * Detroit Waldorf School * Atlanta Waldorf School * Cuernavaca Waldorf School * Proyecto Educative Zubuya * Escuela Ak Lu’um * Aurora Waldorf School * Whidbey Island Waldorf School * Live Oak Waldorf School * Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School.
Workshop Participants:
Escuela Garcia * Arbol de Vida * Escuela AkLu'um * Yemaya * Comunidad Educativa Calli * Escuela Amtantolli * Yecaan Colegio Waldorf * Waldorf Baaxal * Petit Prince * Escuela Aurora * Escuela Libre Kenendarhu * Escuela Waldorf de Guadalajara * River Song * Housatonic * Green Meadow * Brooklyn * Saratoga Springs * Mountain Top * Aurora * Ithica * Meadowbrook * Orchard Valley * Cincinnati * Ashville * Honolulu * Haleakala * Malamalama * Apple Blossom * Madrona * Steiner School * Prairie Moon * Washington Waldorf * Lexington * Moraine Farm * Hawthorne Valley * Manzanita * Orange County * Mendocino * Camellia * Waldorf School of Louisville. * London Waldorf * Squamish * Waldorf Academy * South Shore * Halton * Mulberry * Trillium * Okanagan.*