Eurythmists as Mentors

This course is intended to strengthen the health of eurythmy in Waldorf schools by helping experienced eurythmists become mentors to their younger colleagues in schools. Following the format of the AWSNA Mentoring Seminars inaugurated by Els Gottkins, the course will offer seasoned eurythmists ways of guiding their younger colleagues, using exercises and practices developed over the years by this mentoring group.

 

 

Participants will join Christof Wiechert’s presentations on “Child Study” (see his course description) in order to develop a living understanding of imagination, inspiration, and intuition as they apply to professional mentoring.

 

 

Breakout sessions led by Leonore Russell will feature the key principles of adult learning, the Pedagogical Law, differences between mentoring and evaluation, gestures of empathetic listening and speaking, and the rightful role of eurythmy in a healthy Waldorf school. 

 

Eurythmy teachers interested in this course need to have taught for at least eight years and should submit a letter for recommendation from their school to the Center for Anthroposophy.

 

 

LEONORE RUSSELL, who has taught eurythmy and humanities for 30 years at the Waldorf School of Garden City, is Director of the Winkler Center for Adult Learning, as well as adjunct professor in the Art Education Department of Adelphi University and faculty member of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program at the Center for Anthroposophy. A member of the original AWSNA Pedagogical Advisors Seminar, Leonore works as a consultant and mentor to schools and organizations, using the arts as a catalyst for development.