Katharine MacFarlane, New Zealand

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A senior Waldorf kindergarten teacher in New Zealand,

Member of the executive committee of the New Zealand Waldorf School Education Alliance and the organization's early childhood teacher representative.  She has been engaged in organization, coordination and teaching of Waldorf early childhood teacher training in New Zealand for a long time. Currently the coordinator of the Steiner Waldorf early childhood teacher certificate training at Taruna University in New Zealand. She also teaches B.E.D. Steiner/Waldorf degree courses at the University of Auckland.

 

 

Hannah Gauci, Australia

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Well loved and experienced kindergarten teacher with over ten years of experience working with children in Melbourne Waldorf schools. As a senior educator, her life and personal development process have had a profound impact on many young people and teachers.

 

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Sally Martin, Australia

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A practicing therapist who trained in the methods of Liane Collot d’ Herbois while working at the Camphill in the UK. She moved to Australia in 2001 and has taught various courses in Australia and overseas, such as Europe, China, India and Singapore. She also works with children and adults as an art therapist at the Steiner School in Noosa Pengari.  In 2008, she founded Sienna Academy, a 4-year painting therapy and art drawing program.

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Thanh Cherry, Australia

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Education and training coordinator for the WECC training

A senior Waldorf teacher in Australia, she has taught in the kindergarten she founded for 25 years and is an advisor to the family education curriculum led by the Australian government. Since 1994, she has been training Waldorf kindergarten teachers in various parts of Asia and guiding the establishment of new kindergartens. She is also the main teacher of the three-year training program for kindergarten teachers at Chengdu Waldorf School and the main instructor of the kindergarten.

 

In 2011, she was invited by the International Association for Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWECE) to establish the China Waldorf Early Childhood Education Training and Guidance Project (WECC) to promote and organize China's Waldorf early childhood education training and kindergarten guidance to ensure the level and healthy long-term development of Waldorf early childhood education. In addition to Hong Kong, the same early childhood teacher training has been expanded to Chengdu, Beijing, Xi'an, Guangzhou and East China (Nanjing).

 

 

Elizabeth Swisher, United States

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Specialist teacher in Waldorf teacher training in Chicago, USA, specializing in music education. She received music education at the Vienna Conservatory of Music and is a music teacher at the Chicago Waldorf School. She has participated in Waldorf teacher training in China since 2002 and became the music instructor of Chengdu Waldorf School in 2008. She has been the education coordinator for Waldorf kindergarten teacher training in Hong Kong since 2014.

 

 

Chan Sin Mei, Course Coordinator

 

Bachelor of Arts, University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Laws, Peking University

Higher Diploma in Education (Waldorf Education)

Diploma in Educational Studies (Learning Difficulties)

Founding Teacher of HKUGA Primary School

Founding Director of Rudolf Steiner Education Foundation Hong Kong

Founding member and currently Director of Waldorf Childhood Association

Currently serving as a part-time tutor at the School of Professional and Continuing Education, University of Hong Kong.

 

 

 

Shirley Bell MeLeod, Australia

 

A professional craftsman who teaches natural craft courses in the United States and has taught in Waldorf kindergartens in the United States and Australia. Currently, he is involved in the training of preschool teachers and serves as an instructor in Waldorf kindergartens in the country.

 

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Abhisiree, Thailand

 

Founder of one of the Waldorf kindergartens in Thailand. Specializes in kindergarten handicraft production.

 

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Jake Tan, Philippines

 

A naturopath who specializes in the study and application of biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophical medicine, and an instructor of the basic philosophy course of Anthroposophy in the Philippines.

 

 

Bella Tan, Philippines

 

Founding teacher of Waldorf Kindergarten in the Philippines. Professor and instructor of Asian Waldorf preschool teacher training.

 

 

Zhang Li, China

 

The general director of the China Early Childhood Education Forum, he received Waldorf education training in the United States and worked at Rudolf in New York. The Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community is engaged in Waldorf kindergarten education and extracurricular education projects. She is also the mother of three children who are receiving Waldorf education, and in 2005 was named one of the top ten most influential mothers in the country by Parents magazine. She is the first Waldorf kindergarten teacher in China, the founder and manager of Chengdu Waldorf School. She has served as the principal of Chengdu Waldorf Kindergarten and the fifth grade teacher of the school. In the process of practicing Waldorf education in China, she has conducted in-depth research on Chinese festivals and fairy tales.

 

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Michael Burton, Australia

 

Trained in anthroposophical speech and drama. He assisted Barbara with her Chirophonetics training in Sydney and is active in providing practice in speech and Chirophonetics for adults with special needs. He is also a teacher of Waldorf early childhood teacher training.

 

 

 

John Stolfo, United States

 

He studied education, visual arts and eurythmy in many countries in Europe and America. Over the past twenty years, he has focused on wall painting and mural painting, doing professional painting and leading workshops in Europe and the United States. At the end of 2008, he moved to Hong Kong and engaged in Lazure painting in Hong Kong and mainland China.