Chiron East 2008
Workshop Presenters
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| Gene has an Ontario Teacher's Certificate and has taught from
Kindergarten to Grade Eight for thirty years. In addition to her
training and experience as a Waldorf teacher and Gestalt therapist,
she offers individual and parental counselling and has been
consulted by Waldorf schools and homeschooling groups in Ontario for
many years. She currently leads the Distance Explorations courses
offered through the Rudolf Steiner Centre. |
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| Kathy has been involved in Waldorf Education since 1994. She and
John have homeschooled their two children for the past 7 years.
During this time, Kathy has offered workshops and taught main lesson
blocks in various settings. Prior to coming to Waldorf Education,
Kathy worked in outdoor and environmental education as well as with
the public school system. She is currently studying through the
Exploration course at RSCT and the Biography and Social Arts Program
at Sunbridge College. Kathy also works with poetry, perception, and
nature as they relate to the healing process. |
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| John is a mathematics educator at University of New Brunswick.
He has offered numerous workshops for teachers and parents including
at previous Chiron conferences and summer intensives. John's recent
experiences include teaching teachers in Bhutan and Trinidad, along
with math main lesson blocks at Shining Mountain Waldorf High School
and the South Shore Waldorf School in Nova Scotia. |
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| Maggie has taught music, movement, and dance for over 40 years
in various settings, including N.S. public schools, NS and USA
Waldorf schools, the Gaelic College (Cape Breton), Sir Sandford
Fleming College of Art (ON), Ross Creek Center for the Arts (NS),
and numerous classes and workshops both locally and internationally.
She currently teaches in NS schools (through Dance NS's "Perform"
program), movement activities for the Alexander Society for Special
Needs (school and after-school Waldorf inspired Creative Arts
Programs in the Annapolis Valley), as well as local recreational
dance classes. Maggie completed her Foundation Studies in
Anthroposophy while teaching at the Garden City Waldorf School in
New York in the late 90s and studied 5 summers at the Rudolf Steiner
Institute. She is licensed to teach in NS, has her BA in
Ethnomusicology (Bryn Mawr College, PA), and her B.Ed., M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees in Education (Acadia, MSVU, and Dalhousie). Her
doctoral thesis compared the role of the arts in Waldorf and
mainstream Canadian education. |
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| Judy is a Waldorf-trained educator. She has taught children for
35 years: home schooling, in workshops and schools at nursery,
kindergarten and elementary grades levels. From 1996 to the present,
Judy has been teaching at the South Shore Waldorf School &
Kindergarten in Nova Scotia. |
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| Kathleen is an Educator and Founding Director of the Alexander
Society for Special Needs, and the mother of a severely challenged
son. She studied Modern Dance in Toronto where she taught,
choreographed and performed extensively. She returned to N.S. in
1989 with her husband and son. In 1997 she began attending a Waldorf
Study group in Wolfville that eventually inspired her to set up the
first Creative Arts Play Group for children with special needs - an
eight-week integrated arts program. Her love of dance took her to
Spring Valley New York where she attended four different week-long
summer training sessions in Eurythmy. In September, 2007 she began a
part-time program of studies at the Toronto Waldorf School in
Healing Education and Remedial Training. She continues as Director
of the Alexander Society and as one of the facilitators of the
on-going programs for children and teens that have special needs. To
find out more about the work of the Alexander Society, go to
www.alexandersociety.org. |
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| Bev has been teaching music both privately and in school
settings for the past ten years. She has enjoyed teaching music at
the South Shore Waldorf School for the past three years. This year
was her first year teaching full time at the school as the Grade 456
teacher. The learning curve has been immense, the joy intense. She
hopes to share her joy of singing as a co-participant in the Chiron
East workshops. Bev is looking forward to a course on the Waldorf
approach to music and movement with Fabian Lochner this summer at
the Steiner Institute in Vermont. |