A child stumbles while learning to skip. Another struggles to sit still at the desk. One seems bright and articulate, yet finds it hard to truly listen to others. Another reads fluently, but comprehension feels thin – as though the words don’t quite land. In education, we often ask: Is this academic? Behavioural? Emotional? But…
Katrina Ross is currently working as a Kindergarten teacher and Early Childhood Coordinator at Rainbow Ridge Steiner School, Lillian Rock, NSW. She has been involved at the school for the past 21 years during which time she also held the position of music teacher for 7 years. Katrina composes music for voice and facilitates group…
Since 2008, Bec Whitcombe has immersed herself in Early Childhood Education, specialising in children under 7 years old and their families. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UNSW and has completed both The Foundation Course and Certificate 1 Course in Steiner Education at the Rudolf Steiner College. Over the past 15 years, and…
Sven Saar, a class teacher for 30 years, is co-director of the two largest Teacher Education Centres in the UK and works as a core tutor in several others in England and abroad. He is an active mentor and advisor and assists developing schools, regularly giving international online lectures and courses.
Lyn is a Community Health Social Worker who combines her anthroposophic wholistic healthcare training to bring hygienic self care simply and practically to the daily life of children, parents, carers and teachers. In the 1980’s Lyn worked with communities and schools across Greater Sydney to provide a range of early childhood formal childcare and support services to families of…
Lynne Collett began her career in law with a focus on Aboriginal studies. She moved to the US where she lived for 20 years focusing on studying Steiner Teacher training at Sunbridge College in New York. Her Vietnamese husband helped her grow an ongoing connection to Vietnam and the East where she continues to pursue…
Sophia Montefiore has been a Waldorf teacher for over 25 years and is currently the Senior HSC Coordinator at the Newcastle Waldorf School. She teaches a range of High School subjects including English, History, Mathematics, Projective Geometry, Art and Philosophy. Sophia is an exhibiting artist and published illustrator and has written peer reviewed pedagogical journal…
Sandra Frain has been a tutor with SRSC since 2018 and a Board Member since 2021. Anthroposophy, Steiner Education, and Biodynamic Agriculture inform her many endeavours. Sandra teaches Biodynamic Gardening to Early Childhood and Primary School Students at Glaenaeon Steiner School and Bush Regeneration to High School Students. Her business, “Wise Ways Work: Educational Programs…
Raphaela Mazzone is an accomplished artist and illustrator with 15 years experience studying and working in art, music and drama. She has a Masters in Fine Art, a Bachelor in Visual Art and Design and is currently studying Psychology. Raphaela is a Steiner school alumnus, has been a Steiner class teacher and is currently a…
Dr. Nigel Hoffmann has been a high school teacher in Rudolf Steiner schools for the last seventeen years, in Australia and Switzerland. He is a tutor at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College and has taught adult education courses in Goethean science in New Zealand and Australia. His doctorate was undertaken in the area of Goethean science….
Michael Caterer is a Waldorf teacher of both international and national experience, teaching both in the USA and throughout Australia for over a decade. Michael brings a strong focus, experience, and knowledge in both early childhood and the primary years in teaching and learning. With a love of teaching and a keen interest in the…
Michaël Merle has been a long-term Waldorf teacher in South Africa, a teacher trainer for many years, a member of the International Forum for Steiner/Waldorf Education and is much appreciated as a whole school mentor across Africa and increasingly in Australia. His expertise in deepening the work of teachers comes from a lifelong study of…
Meg Quinlisk facilitated Steiner early childhood playgroups for more than a decade before turning her interest to teaching handwork. She co-authored a book on playgroups in 2018 with Ebba Bodame – “Early Childhood Wisdom: a journey through the playgroup year”. Meg teaches in the Sydney Rudolf Steiner College early childhood teacher training courses, specialising in…
Jude Samson was born in Southern Africa and grew up through the melting pot of transition that led to the end of Apartheid. Many life experiences including working in the Apartheid driven Ghettos, living in a monastery, and volunteering in an organisation for socially and mentally disabled people formed his path towards metaphysics and spiritual…
Lou Harvey-Zahra is a teacher (Primary, Rudolf Steiner, Special Needs) with 25 years’ experience, and a popular parenting author with seven books, (including the Steiner bestsellers ‘Happy Child, Happy Home’; ‘Creative Discipline, Connected Family’ and ‘Growing Children, Thriving Children’). She presents to Steiner schools (parents and teachers) worldwide.