August 17, 2010 T HE I NSTITUTE FOR S OCIAL R ENEWAL www.socialrenewal.com
The First Waldorf School • Original impulse – social renewal • One of principles – school open to all children Waldorf Education Today One main challenge – including children from all • economic levels Accessible to All (ATA) Approach Makes Waldorf education accessible to all children and • families Works in harmony with the social mission and • Fundamental Social Law
Waldorf School of the Peninsula implemented the first Accessible to All (ATA) tuition approach in 1993. There are now twenty four schools in the United States and Canada and one teacher training center working with this model.
State School California Davis Waldorf School, Santa Cruz Waldorf School, Sierra Waldorf School, Valley City Waldorf School, Waldorf School of Mendocino County, Waldorf School of Orange County, Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Waldorf School of San Diego, Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, Waldorf Institute of Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego branches) Colorado Denver Waldorf School Idaho Sand Point Waldorf School Michigan Detroit Waldorf School Minnesota Spring Hill Waldorf School North Carolina Emerson Waldorf School Oregon Waldorf School of Bend, Oregon; Corvallis Waldorf School; Swallowtail School Vermont Orchard Valley Waldorf School Virginia Charlottesville Waldorf School Washington Sunfield Waldorf School Wisconsin Three Rivers Waldorf School Canada London Waldorf School, Trillium Waldorf School, Kelowna Waldorf School
Social and Spiritual Ideals Alignment with social mission of Waldorf education • Greater accessibility and enrollment • Improvement in communication and relationship with parents • Practical Reasons Under-enrollment • Loss of families • Deficits • Danger of closing •
! Overview and assessment of school including identifying problem areas ! Introductory weekend workshop ! Training weekend workshop ! Follow-up with ATA Schools
! ATA Committee training ! Enrollment and ATA application process ! Review of application and documentation ! Scheduling of conversations ! Preparation for conversations ! Conversations and consensual agreement on tuition contribution ! Review and monitoring of program
Individual Community Genuine interest Open Mind Co-evolving Abundance - Picturing Open Heart Sufficiency Listening and Open Will Co creating empathy Sharing of gifts Letting come Letting go Awakened understanding Presence
! Community connection, understanding, and involvement ! Inclusiveness and accessibility ! Greater transparency and communication ! Higher enrollment ! Increased fundraising potential ! Positive factor in teacher recruitment ! Ability to keep some schools from closing
General Change in economy • Tuition income down • Lack of best practices in areas of finance • Specific to ATA Slippage of inspiration due to changeover in leadership and • lack of training Time involved for conversations and administrative process • Finding and organizing conversationalists • Striving for a balance of the needs of school and family •
Schools that work most successfully with ATA and experience the maximum benefits of this approach have strengths in the following areas: Alignment of groups within the school in the areas of governance • Consciousness of the school’s mission and purpose as central to • practices Ability to work with anti-social forces in working toward social • ideals Associative approach in conversations—appreciating each • individual Development of imagination and inspiration in conversations • Commitment of administrative resources to support ATA process •
! Teleconferences based on topics requested from schools ! A "best practices" handbook for ATA schools ! Access to sample documents from schools on website ! Development conversations and fund development training
T HE I NSTITUTE FOR S OCIAL R ENEWAL www.socialrenewal.com
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