Foundation Year Certificate
To receive a certificate of completion, please submit all the required materials for assessment to your tutor.
Required Materials for Certificate of Completion
Diary Sheets - Complete a diary sheet for each of the 26 lessons. They are at the end of the lessons and serve as a template for the lesson summary. The student is asked to review after each lesson:
What was new to me in this lesson?
What was most inspiring to me in this lesson?
What can I do with these discoveries?
Two artistic expressions - Send one from the first half of the year (Lessons 1 - 14) and one from the second (Lessons 15 - 26). Artistic expressions include poetry, painting, sculpture, musical pieces, or dramatic performances. Copies can be submitted to EduCareDo as a photocopy, photograph, or video.
Diary sheets are submitted to EduCareDo at the end of each lesson group. Materials are due after: Lessons 1 - 7, Lessons 8 - 14, Lessons 15 - 20, Lessons 21 - 26.
Foundation Year Certificate for Teachers
This certificate was asked of EduCareDo to provide educators an avenue to demonstrate their application of anthroposophy to their work in the classroom. To receive the certificate for teachers, students will complete the Foundation Course (including the requirements for the certificate, above) plus additional mentoring and study within the field of education. It is now complemented by the course Spirit-led Education for a Spirit-led Life.
REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Written Component — Submit four 750 - 1000-word essays on topics chosen from within each of the four lesson groups.
Mentor Diary Sheets — Submit 4 mentor diary sheets from your work with your mentor. One topic is selected from within each of the 4 lesson groups. Mentor relationships are chosen by each participant. A mentor can be chosen from within the Waldorf teaching community or another individual working from the impulse of anthroposophy, willing to support your exploration of (or deeper enquiry into) a specific topic. The following three different mentor options are also acceptable to fulfill this requirement:
Work within a study group. Diary sheets can be filled out by the participant and signed by the facilitator of the study group.
Working with multiple mentors to complete the diary sheets for the 4 different areas of inquiry or topics you are exploring.
Working with an individual mentor who has a background in anthroposophy.
Professional Development Student Hours — Fulfill 25 hours towards professional development over the length of the course. Attending anthroposophical themed courses, lectures, conferences, or participating in study groups or online forums meets this requirement.
Written Components, Diary Sheets, and Mentor Diary Sheets are submitted to EduCareDo at the end of each lesson group. Required materials are due after: Lessons 1 - 7, Lessons 8 - 14, Lesson 15 - 20, Lesson 21 - 26.
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Steiner Education Australia.