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Georg Locher, former director of Emerson College in England, is now an international consultant and master teacher of Waldorf education. He is a long-standing associate faculty of the Waldorf Program at Antioch New England Graduate School and past president of the Council of the Center for Anthroposophy.
Helena Niiva-Sawyer joined the Lexington Waldorf School in 1990, where she taught German and music before taking the class of 2005 through eight years. Helena has been adjunct faculty member at Antioch New England Graduate School since 1999, teaching music and singing to Waldorf Teacher Training summer session students and, recently, serving as faculty advisor to Waldorf teaching interns and graduate students.
Janene Ping is a puppet enthusiast who is "pulled by the strings of her passion". She is founder and artistic director of the Magical Puppet Tree, a not-for-profit troupe dedicated to enriching community festival life through a variety of puppetry styles since 1982. She has been teaching kindergarten at the Hawthorne Valley School in Ghent, NY for the past 15 years.
Jennifer Aguirre teaches a curriculum-based puppetry program for the elementary school grades and is a resident puppeteer for the kindergarten and community festival performances at the Sierra Waldorf School in Jamestown, CA. Jennifer lives in Sonora, CA, with her puppets, husband, and two children in a former Gold Rush saloon.
Christopher Bamford, as editor-in-chief of SteinerBooks, has introduced, edited, and translated many volumes of Rudolf Steiner. He is also a recognized authority on Western esotericism, the author of two books, and a lecturer. Two of his essays have been recognized in Best Spiritual Writing (2000 and 2005).
Ted Mahle is a master art teacher of long experience and endless enthusiasm whose humorous and practical approach enables students to gain access to their creativity in the visual arts. The former director of the arts program at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, CA from 1982 to 2003, Ted is now active as an independent art teacher and consultant offering a wide range of courses.
Sandy Pearson, a handwork teacher in grades 1-8 at the Merriconeag Waldorf School for the past 13 years, has been instrumental in creating a well-respected handwork program at her school. She has also worked with adults in several foundation studies programs.
Sandy graduated with a BS from the University of Maine and completed her Waldorf teacher training with the Center for Anthroposophy’s New England Teacher Education Program in 1996. Her special interest is studying traditional and regional crafts and incorporating them into the Waldorf handwork curriculum.
Joan Almon is Co-General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America. She is also Coordinator of the Alliance for Childhood, which brings together individuals in education, medicine, and related fields to create healthy change for children.
She was formerly a Waldorf kindergarten teacher and co-chair of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America. She has traveled worldwide for Waldorf education.
MS, MBA, MA Candidate, Waldorf Teacher Training - Stuttgart, Germany
High school Life Sciences and Math teacher at the Chicago Waldorf School. Co-founder of the Center for Goethean Studies in Vienna, Austria and of the Chicago Waldorf High School. Former member of the Board of Trustees (Council) of the Anthroposophical Society in America and currently Vice Chair of Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. Waldorf parent, trustee and spouse.
CfA teaching:
High school Life Science
Barbara Richardson studied at the London School of Eurythmy. She is active with Eurythmy in the Workplace and teaches therapeutic eurythmy at the Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, ME. Barbara is also Coordinator of Foundation Studies at the Center for Anthroposophy.
Douglas Gerwin, Director of the Center for Anthroposophy, has taught history, literature, German, music, and life science at the Waldorf high school level since 1983. He presently divides his time between adult education and teaching in various North American Waldorf schools. Douglas is the founder of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program at the Center for Anthroposophy and editor of several books related to Waldorf education.
CfA Teaching:
Adolescence and Waldorf Curriculum; Professional Seminars; Subject Seminars in science and humanities
Jamie York is a high school mathematics teacher at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, CO where he started teaching in 1994. He has also taught math at a Waldorf school in Holland and in math workshops for teachers across North America. A pioneer graduate in 1998 of the Center for Anthroposophy’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program in Wilton, NH, Jamie rejoined the program in 2005 as its math specialist.
He is the author of a series of books entitled Making Math Meaningful, which includes a middle school math curriculum guide and math workbooks for each of the middle school grades.
CfA Teaching:
Subject seminars in math as well as Renewal Courses in lower school math and high school geometry
MA Adelphi University
Leonore Russell has been an educator for over 35 years. She is teacher and mentor in eurythmy and humanities at both the elementary and high school levels, as well as Director of the Winkler Center for Adult Education at the Waldorf School of Garden City, New York. Leonore serves as consultant to schools, teaches at Adelphi University, and acts as co-facilitator of Collaborative Leadership Institutes sponsored by Antioch University New England.
CfA teaching:
Eurythmy, Professional Seminar
Torin M. Finser is Director of Waldorf Teacher Training and the Collaborative Leadership Program at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH. A former Waldorf class teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School of Great Barrington, Torin is currently President of the governing Council of the Center for Anthroposophy. He is the author of several books including School Renewal, a required text for this course, and his new book: Organizational Integrity: How to Apply the Wisdom of the Body to Develop Healthy Organizations.
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