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STEINER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
AMRITA HOBBS has worked in Rudolf Steiner Schools in different capacities all around the world. Amrita has offered a wide variety of workshops both within the school curriculum and also for parents and teachers. Sometimes she is called in when a class or the school community is experiencing difficulty. Sometimes she is invited to offer ceremonies and rituals. Her work is received in Rudolf Steiner Schools in a number of different ways: - A teacher hears about the work and invites Amrita to work with his or her class. - The Faculty invites her to work within the school community or to present workshops to students as part of the school day. - The parent council decides to offer evening talks and other programs under their umbrella. - An interested parent finds out about her work and organises groups independently of the school. How it all began A teacher invited Amrita to facilitate a weekend residential program after reading her first book IT COULD BE DIFFERENT. This was at Chrysalis Steiner School, Coffs Harbour, Australia in 1992. Amrita has worked in mainly in Rudolf Steiner Schools since then. What has been offered Amrita has: facilitated workshops within the school curriculum on Boys and Girls Growing Up!, Understanding Gender Differences, and Teenage Relationships. offered ‘troubleshooting’ with different classes and teachers where there are relationship difficulties and with, parents, Faculty and Board members. spoken at Faculty meetings about integrating Rites of Passage themes into existing school events. presented evening talks to parents on Creating Conscious Community, Sexuality – what to tell them when and how!, Fathers raising Daughters and about integrating weaving Rites of Passage themes into family life. facilitated programs for mother and daughters, fathers of daughters, boys and men and women’s workshops, teachers. These events have been organised by interested individuals, the school or through the Parent Council. Amrita has worked in or though the following schools: UK 2007 Edinburgh CANADA 2006 Vancouver; Kelowna; Nelson; Duncan and Roberts Creek. USA Bright Water, Seattle; Portland Waldorf. AWSNA NW Region Waldorf Schools Conference, Seattle. Rites of Passage – a community-building tool Creating Intimate Classrooms AUSTRALIA 1992 – 2005 Mumbulla, Bega; Silkwood, Gold Coast; Sophia Mundi, Melbourne; Warranwood, Melbourne; Terramah, Tasmania; Mansfield; Cape Byron; Armadale; Chrysalis, Belligen; Blue Mountains; Noosa Pengari, Queensland; Casuarina, Coffs Harbour; Mansfield, Victoria; Kamaroi, Sydney; Fremantle, Western Australia; Little Yarra, Victoria. Some of these programs were organised by parents through word of mouth others were organised directly through the school. SOUTH AFRICA 1995 Baobab Teacher Training College, Soweto, Johannesburg; Rudolf Steiner Teachers College, Cape Town - programs for kindergarten teachers on Gender and Relationships. Michael Mount, Johannesburg; Constantia, Cape Town; Michael Oak, Cape Town; MacGregor Steiner School. Steiner Teachers Conference in Johannesburg. Amrita is happy to discuss options with you and to see if a visit to your school is possible. If you would like to organise a visit to your school contact us, including your contact phone number and which programs interest you. |