From CWS Visioning

Contents 1 The PROGRAM & PEDAGOGY Category Team 1.1 A word of caution 1.2 The Goal 1.3 The Strategies 1.4 The Team

The PROGRAM & PEDAGOGY Category Team

Here's how this category got from the raw community feedback (in September of last year) to the current state as goals for the next Long Range Plan:

A word of caution

As you read the goals and strategies in these categories, please keep a few things in mind:

1. This is a work in progress. These are not finished documents, and should not be taken to represent the completed Long Range Plan. These goals simply represent where we currently are in the process. If an element crucial to you seems to be missing, please email the visioning team with your concerns. We're human, and we may well have missed something.
2. These goals represent the distillation of months of work, and an incredible amount of information. The lists contained here are not meant to be complete, but are simply representative of greater content with which the teams are currently working. As before, if something is missing, please let us know, but please don't think we've intentionally left out something important to you. It's a work in progress, and we look forward to sharing the whole thing with you when it's complete. If you're concerned about the direction in which we're headed... Get involved!

Now, with that said...

The Goal

Strengthen and augment the existing educational curriculum and Waldorf pedagogy at CWS to reflect a rich, developmentally appropriate, and academically rigorous program.

The Strategies

• Establish and maintain a Full Program for all grades
• Establish a comprehensive Remedial Program supporting children, teachers and students
• Establish, define and clarify academic rigor into the CWS Program and Pedagogy
• Become a model for AWSNA with full accreditation with AWSNA, OALS, and NAIS among other pertinent educational bodies
• Development of new programs to include:
  • Daycare
  • satellite programs
  • summer outreach programs
  • partnerships with other schools and institutions
• Clarify and strengthen the Place-Based educational component throughout program to include:
  • a rich, immersive experience in nature
• Create a comprehensive and engaging Parent Education Program which:
  • clearly communicates, explains and educates parents on Waldorf's academic programs, and it's unique timetable to mainstream education.
• Establish and maintain Meshewa/Turner as a vital functioning part of the curriculum.

The Team

• Larry Holladay - Team Facilitator/Point Person
• Emily Oudomsouk
• Jeanne Johnson
• Lydia Kelley
• Cathy Sacco - Visioning Team Liaison