Your journey in Steiner education begins here.
Be inspired, awaken your creativity, and gain new perspectives towards a fulfilling and meaningful approach to education.
To be a Steiner Teacher is to truly see each child and to educate not just their minds, but their whole being, head, heart, and hands. To understand deeply their natural course of development, and to grow with them. To help them see and understand the world around them and to prepare them for a life of meaning, of purpose, and a lifelong love for learning.
As a leader in contemporary Steiner teacher training in Australia, Sydney Rudolf Steiner College offers comprehensive teacher training programs for Early Childhood, Primary, and High School that focus not only on the pedagogy and curriculum, but also the essential inner development of the teacher, providing a well-rounded and nourishing experience of Steiner education that will enable teachers to confidently enter into teaching at a Steiner/Waldorf school.
Our teacher training programs equip educators with a deeper understanding of their task, how to meet the individual child and the group, and how to engage practically with the children in their care, managing relationships, as well as emotional, social, and academic well-being.
These are not quick outcomes-based courses, but rigorous, and deeply rewarding part-time programs that provide the quality of content and level of training required for teaching in a Steiner/Waldorf classroom.
‘The true teachers and educators are not those who have learned pedagogy as the science of dealing with children, but those in whom pedagogy has awakened through understanding the human being’.
Dr. Rudolf Steiner
Enrolments Open in July
Early Childhood
Duration: Two year, Part-time program
Delivery: Online with in-person Seminars
Our Steiner Early Childhood training program is highly regarded in Australia and internationally recognised by IASWECE.
The first-year Foundation offers a thorough and well-rounded understanding of Steiner/Waldorf early childhood education, blending theoretical, practical, and creative elements to prepare educators for teaching in a Steiner/Waldorf early childhood environment.
The second year focuses on preparing the teacher by exploring key aspects of the early childhood classroom, combining further in-depth study of Rudolf Steiner’s indications with a focus on methodology, classroom activities, and the essential needs of the child.
Students will receive the internationally recognised IASWECE qualification for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood education upon successful completion of both years.
Enrolments Open in July
Primary Teaching
Duration: Two year, Part-time program
Delivery: Online with in-person Seminars
This is a deeply engaging and creative Steiner training program that explores theoretical, practical and artistic modules, to deliver a comprehensive experience of Rudolf Steiner Education, with the child at the centre of the curriculum.
The first-year foundation course covers all the essential topics required to equip teachers with the required training to enter into teaching in a Steiner/Waldorf classroom and to support the transition from mainstream into Steiner education.
The second-year Certificate course will complete their professional Steiner/Waldorf training, through a deepening of understanding of pedagogy, curriculum, classroom management, and teacher development.
Enrolments Open in July
High School Teaching
Duration: One year, Part-time program
Delivery: Online
Our Steiner High School Teacher Training program aims to equip High School teachers with the necessary practical and theoretical skills and knowledge in Steiner/Waldorf education and teaching to provide a rigorous and comprehensive experience of Rudolf Steiner Education with the adolescent at the centre of the curriculum.
The course is a collaboration with Newcastle Waldorf School’s training program for high school teachers, developed and presented by Michael Merle and Sophia Montefiore, and supported by the Pedagogical Section in Australia.
In addition to online attendance, attendance at the Pedagogical Section’s in-person High School Seminar is a requirement to complete this course.
Career path and employment
There are excellent employment prospects for Steiner-trained teachers who have completed our Primary Teaching Foundation and Certificate Courses.
There is an ever-increasing demand for qualified Steiner/ Waldorf teachers as Steiner Education continues to expand in Australia and throughout the world.
At present, there are over 40 Steiner Schools (including State schools with Steiner Streams) in Australia requiring on average 2 or more new Steiner Teachers each year.
There are currently over 1,100 Steiner schools worldwide in 64 different countries and nearly 2,000 Early Years settings in more than 70 countries.
All our courses are endorsed by Steiner Education Australia.