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Robert Schiappacasse

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Robert Schiappacasse is President of Sunbridge College in Chestnut Ridge, New York, and former administrative director and a member of the board of trustees at the Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, Colorado. He teaches in the Waldorf School Administration and Community Development Program at Sunbridge College and at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California. Robert consults with Waldorf schools nationally on administration, organization, and governance. He became a member of the Anthroposophical Society in 1979 and joined the first class of the School of Spiritual Science in 1993. In 1977, Schiappacasse became a student of Willie Sucher, a pioneer of an anthroposophically based star wisdom, or astrosophy. He has participated in many conferences and workshops on the subject and lectures on a variety of anthroposophic topics, including festivals, cosmic Christianity, and humanity’s relationship to the world of the stars. He is coauthor with David Tresemer and William Bento of the book Signs in the Heavens and with David Tresemer of an article, “The Chain Reaction Experiment.”

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The five founders of the StarFire Research Group - Robert Powell, Brian Gray, William Bento, David Tresemer and Robert Schiappacasse - have a combined knowledge of Star Wisdom of more than 140 years. For ten years, these Star Wisdom Researchers have been meeting to research and share insights learned in their ongoing inquiry into the celestial realities and their relationships to worldly events and to our personal experiences in our selves and with others.

The basis of our style of astrology was first pioneered by the great teacher Zarathustra, who mapped out the heavens into twelve zodiacal signs thousands of years ago. This ancient science of the heavens was rediscovered and renewed by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher and founder of the Waldorf school system, biodynamic farming, anthroposophic medicine, eurythmy movement and innovations in many areas of the arts including music and architecture.

The StarFire Group's purpose is to engage others in this art and science of the heavens, and to offer what insights we have been able to gain over the years.

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Waldorf Administration Program

This course is intended for administrators, staff, teachers, parents or board members who are active in the administrative affairs of their school or organization, as well as others interested in organizational development and renewal.

Waldorf schools are recognized for their insightful, innovative, and effective educational approach as well as their profound understanding of child development. They can also be models of healthy organizational life, with leadership styles, decision-making procedures and business practices appropriate for our time.

Questions concerning institutional vision, community-building, and the nature of work arise from some of the deepest longings of the human soul. Where are the model organizations and who are the innovators in this field? Can we develop the skills, competencies and moral techniques necessary for incarnating the spiritual imaginations and values we carry?

In order to address these questions, the program will draw broadly on the works of Rudolf Steiner and other authors, as well as on insights gained from the faculty's many years of administrative experience in Waldorf schools and other non-profit organizations.

Course Topics

Introduction

Phases of School Development
Role of Administration
Building Community
Threefold Nature of Waldorf Schools

Management

Best Practices and Shared Principles
Policies and Procedures
Communication and Conflict Resolution
Effective Meetings
Personnel and Staff Development
Labor and Employment/Legal Issues

Finance and Economics

The Nature of Money
Building Enrollment
Tuition Programs
Wages and Budgets
Fundraising and Development

Relationships

Board Development
Parents and Community
Working with Volunteers
Relationships among Colleagues

Personal Development

Inner Work
Artistic Work
Biography
Self-Development

Waldorf in the World Today
Networking
Mainstream Trends in Organizational Development
Management and Leadership Styles

Admission Requirements
The tuition covers six sessions in two years including supplies. Limited student loan program available. Certification requirements:

Completion of the two-year course. Each year will include: one week in the spring; two weeks in the summer; an extended weekend in the fall
Successful completion of a project based on a need in the participant's school/organization
Practicum and mentor relationship

To request an application packet, please go to our contact page.

Faculty

Gayle Davis Director · Waldorf Administration Program, Rudolf Steiner College

Dennis Klocek · Director, Goethean Studies Program, Rudolf Steiner College

Larry Levine, Consultant on Organizational Change, Lexington, MA

David Mitchell · Faculty, Shining Mountain Waldorf School

Arline Monks · Development Director, Rudolf Steiner College

Martin Novom · Consultant, Lemnis Associates

Cornelis Pieterse · Consultant, Lemnis Associates

Christopher Schaefer · Faculty, Sunbridge College; Consultant, Envision Associates; Director, High Tor Alliance

Robert Schiappacasse · Administrator, Shining Mountain Waldorf School

Astrid Schmitt-Stegmann · Director, Waldorf Teacher Education Program, Rudolf Steiner College

Betty Staley · Director, Foundation Year Program, Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program, Rudolf Steiner College

Iris Sullivan · Artist, Adjunct Faculty, Rudolf Steiner College

Staff from the Rudolf Steiner Foundation