01/02/2024
New Year and new horizons!
The first photo shows the sunset off the CA coast, New Year’s Eve, 2023
Dear friends and colleagues,
This looks like a year of travel for me starting in just a couple of weeks at the Alliance in-person (and online) conference near Sacramento. If you are a handwork teacher coming to that conference on January 12-14, let’s make the time to get to know other local handwork teachers.
For many years, Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks hosted an annual conference over Presidents’ Day weekend. One spring, a few handwork teachers decided to meet and share their ideas, their questions, and their experiences with each other. It was invaluable! We found understanding, colleagueship, and a rich treasury of ideas and resources in our meetings. This year, there are again several opportunities to see each other “in 3D”.
At the Alliance conference on Jan 12-14, conference participants can meet with other local subject teachers at lunch on Saturday 13th.
See Flyer for Alliance conference in-person. See their website for the zoom option.
Then on Sunday afternoon, January 14th, we have an opportunity to meet with our local handwork colleagues in public, private, homeschool, or ‘other’ settings, and share our experiences, questions, inspirations, and network with each other. We are each other’s greatest resources! There is no charge for this, and we will meet in the warm and welcoming meeting space at Babetta’s yarn store in Fair Oaks from 3-4:30. Space is limited, so you must RSVP to me soon at [email protected].
And wait, there is more!
I will be at the Goetheanum in April for the very first International Waldorf Adult Educators’ conference. I plan to visit with our student in Alsace, and I’d love to meet other local handwork teachers in that corner of the world. I’ll be staying in Freiburg, where I lived and studied for 7 years.
I’ll also be in the Houston area at some point, (Grandsons! and friends at Great Oak) and likely in Scotland and England in late July/ early August. If you are in those areas, please start networking with other teachers, assistants, homeschoolers, and think of places we might meet, so we can build mutually supportive networks.
Here’s a photo of our get-together in November 2023 in Southern California. It was a lovely opportunity to connect or re-connect, and we learned about a couple of fun little projects from each other.
(group photo)
Please share this email with colleagues and friends in public, private, homeschool, or ‘other’ settings, working along Waldorf / Steiner lines. We can all learn from and support each other!
Together we are stronger! (and it’s more fun!)
Let me know if you can get together with colleagues on the 14th, and please consider if you can help me organize future get-togethers in your location!
Warmly, and eager to get to know you,
Elizabeth
