Thy Will Be Done

Thy Will Be Done: The Task of the College of Teachers in Waldorf Schools

Roberto Trostli (author)

In the first Waldorf School, Rudolf Steiner, philosopher, scientist, artist, and spiritual investigator, imagined the faculty of his revolutionary new educational ideas as the mediators between the earth and the cosmos. He called the faculty, "the college of teachers," as the faculty meetings were designed to be the places of ongoing study within the Waldorf school. His picture required of the teachers steadfast meditative work on behalf of the children and of the school. This idea has created some confusion of the decades since 1919, when the first Waldorf school opened.This principle of all Waldorf schools is explained carefully and fully in, "Thy Will Be Done: The Task of the College of Teachers in Waldorf Schools," Clarity and perceptivity are the characteristics of this useful book in explaining the exact task of a college in a Waldorf school. The necessity of the college of teachers is described and the power of the college in brining spiritual strength and guidance to the teachers and through them to the school is made clear.Teachers, parents, and all participants in Waldorf school communities will find help and inspiration in Trostli's explanations in "They Will Be Done: The Task of the College of Teachers in Waldorf Schools."

Roberto Trostli received his BA from Columbia University and his MA from the University of Cambridge, England. After working as a violin-maker, Roberto was a class teacher for 10 years at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, which he attended as a child. He worked for 18 years, in Hadley, MA, taking a class from grades 1–8 and then founded and taught at the Hartsbrook High School. Since 2009, Roberto has been a class teacher at Richmond Waldorf School in Virginia. Pedagogical consultant and lecturer throughout the United States and abroad, Roberto also co-directed the part-time teacher training in Sunbridge College, NY, was Director of the Waldorf Research Institute, a ten-year member of the Pedagogical Section Council, and a collaborator in re-structuring the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.  Roberto’s written works include many articles and plays. From his avid interest in science teaching, he wrote Physics is Fun!, which has been recently revised as Physics the Waldorf Way. He edited and introduced Rhythms of Learning; Teaching Language Arts in the Waldorf School; and Establishing a Circle of Collaborative Spiritual Leadership. 

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Waldorf Publications; 1st edition (24 Aug. 2017)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781943582167
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 0.79 x 22.86 cm