New LifeWays Trainings Starting in Wisconsin and Florida
The next Wisconsin LifeWays training begins June 11-22, 2007, in Milwaukee, and we are delighted to be welcoming back our dedicated teaching staff which includes Music Teacher Mary Schunemann, Master Puppeteer Suzanne Down, Director and Human Development Teacher Cynthia Aldinger, and other outstanding colleagues. Other sessions for this training include a long weekend in the autumn 2007 and spring 2008 and the graduation session June 11-22, 2008. Wisconsin is where the LifeWays Child Care and Human Development Training first took root. It is held in a beautiful location and offers the advantage of being able to visit several LifeWays centers, homes or parent-child programs. For more information please contact Cynthia Aldinger at 405-579-0999 or 405-245-8033 or ck.aldinger@sbcglobal.net.
We are truly pleased to announce a new training starting up in Sarasota, Florida with Rena Osmer in the autumn 2007. Rena, who is the Director of this training, is gathering her fellow teaching staff and establishing a schedule that is likely to meet once a month with a long session summer 2008. Located at the lovely Sarasota Waldorf School, we are grateful and pleased to be launching a Southeast LifeWays Training. For more information please contact Rena at 772-287-8058 or rena@steinercollege.edu.
The most recently launched LifeWays training just started in January in San Francisco. Rosario Villasana-Ruiz, one of the founding board members of LifeWays North America is the Director of our first Spanish-language training. This group will occasionally join the English-speaking LifeWays training at Rudolf Steiner College. For more information, please contact Rosario at 415-587-0802 or rosariovillasana@hotmail.com.
Two LifeWays trainings are currently in session and will graduate their students in August 2007. The North Coast LifeWays training is held at the Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, Maine with Director Susan Silverio. Susan is working with an inspiring group of colleagues and twenty students, and from what I hear, all are very pleased with their experience. The next training to start up in Maine will be in summer 2008. For further information, please contact Susan at 207-763-4652 or silverio@tidewater.net.
The other currently running training is at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California with Director Cynthia Aldinger and another outstanding group of teaching colleagues and students. The next LifeWays training at Rudolf Steiner College begins in October 2007. For more information please contact Cynthia at 405-579-0999 or ck.aldinger@sbcglobal.net.
Another significant step for LifeWays North America is the development of our new Board of Directors and the acquisition of our federal non-profit status, thanks to the tenacity of Rahima Baldwin Dancy, one of our founding Board members. Other Board members include Neil Weinberg, Susan Silverio, Rena Osmer, Rosario Villasana-Ruiz, Mary O’Connell, Trisha Lambert, Marianne Alsop, and Cynthia Aldinger. We are currently developing ways for individuals or organizations to become more involved in our work, and we would love to hear from you if you are interested in being on our mailing list. You can email Cynthia at ck.aldinger@sbcglobal.net or give one of us a call.
Blessed New Year to All,
Cynthia Aldinger
