Foundation Year, Rudolf Steiner College

Offered as a full-time year long course or as a weekend course. Explore with an international group of students world knowledge, a deeper understanding of the human being, community building, and the inner lawfulness of nature. This year of studies is designed as an introduction to the ideas and endeavors of Rudolf Steiner, as well as a year of cultural enrichment and personal growth.

Students bring many questions: How can I awaken to my true vocation? What is my relationship to others, to the world of nature, and to the being of the earth? Can my thoughts and deeds influence world happenings and shape the future?

These concerns are addressed in courses that integrate the arts and sciences and explore the path of inner development described by Steiner. This schooling of consciousness can bring clarity in thinking, balance in the life of feeling, and strength and direction to the will. Because they kindle imagination and inner growth, the arts form a significant part of the program.

Intensive work in the performing arts of eurythmy, speech, and music helps to unfold latent capacities and deepen artistic perception. Each student will develop a project out of a special interest that arises during the year. This may include work done in the internship and/or artistic explorations. These will be shared with the community as part of the year's finale.

This full-time year-long program has two tracks: it provides a solid first year of Waldorf teacher education for those preparing to become Waldorf teachers (kindergarten, grades or high school level). It also embraces students who wish to explore the indications of Rudolf Steiner at work in the world in a personal and practical way, and meet with others who are grappling with life's deeper questions.

Curriculum

Gayle Davis, Co-Director, has worked in anthroposophical adult education for over 25 years. She is currently President and CEO of Rudolf Steiner College, where she is also a faculty member. Subject areas have included Waldorf school administration, anthroposophical studies, remedial education, and history of consciousness through music. She has served for over ten years as a member of the Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America.

Brian Gray, Co-Director, teaches and lectures on anthroposophical topics for Rudolf Steiner College programs in Fair Oaks and in the College's Bay Area Programs. He directed the Foundation Year Program from 1991 to 1998 and continues to do research in the realms of Star Wisdom, Sacred Architecture and Esoteric Christianity. He received a Bachelor in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology, 1967; Masters in Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1972; and a certificate in Waldorf Teacher Education, Rudolf Steiner College, 1981. Brian has been teaching at Rudolf Steiner College since 1981.

For information concerning Admissions, Tuition and Fees, and Financial Aid, go to our Admissions web page or contact us: 916-961-8727.