Pedagogy

Last school year saw Sacramento Waldorf School continue to achieve goals towards actualizing a healthy and vibrant pedagogical praxis. Our teachers are the strongest and most immutable pillars that make our school uniquely what it is, and in 2022–23, they continued to step up, serve, and innovate with full hearts.

We have continued to pursue study and professional learning and development within the emergent realms of trauma-informed pedagogy, equity, and emergency pedagogy (see Educating Traumatized Children: Waldorf Education in Crisis Intervention). Led by the initiatives of the College of Teachers—our governing body overseeing the spiritual health and integrity of our Waldorf curriculum and pedagogy—our faculty has continued to bring new practices into the classroom to serve and build stronger relationships with our students in order to meet and behold their developmental unfolding. Coupled with the fantastic work done by our Lower School Student Support Committee, we are making significant strides in education.

Our in-house teacher preparation program continues to grow and develop, staffed by our own amazing teacher-leaders and attracting participants from the wider Sacramento region and farther afield from both private and public charter Waldorf schools. Informed by the strong foundations of an anthroposophic understanding of human development, our faculty have continued to make excellent progress towards the Strategic Pillar of Pedagogy: maintaining the strengths, gifts, and blessings of a Waldorf pedagogy while meeting the needs of a changing society.