Early Childhood Training Programs
Early Childhood Certificate Program
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Current Training Locations
Wisconsin June 2023 - July 2024
$225.00 discount if enrolled by April 15, 2023!
Milwaukee, WisconsinContact: Emily Witkowski, Student Services Coordinator (262) 354-5728 EmilyWithLifeways@gmail.com
Utah July 2023 - August 2024
$225.00 discount if enrolled by May 15, 2023!
Highland, UT (near Salt Lake City)Contact: Tiffany Manoukian, Student Services Coordinator (520) 358-5380 tiffany.manoukian@me.com
SF Bay Area, August 2023 - June 2024
$225.00 discount if enrolled by May 15, 2023!
Enrollment opens February 1, 2023
Contact: Marianne Alsop mariannea@lifewaysnorthamerica.org
LifeWays Early Childhood Certificate Program is designed for both parents and professionals. The 220 in-class hours over the course of a year are offered in various locations throughout the US (see Dates and Locations). There is also guided study with a mentor between sessions. LifeWays graduates are using what they have learned
- With their own families
- In LifeWays childcare and in-home programs
- In schools as assistant teachers, or offering parent-child, after-school and childcare programs.
The LifeWays Early Childhood Certificate Program offers 28 days of learning, inspiration and community. It provides an island of respite from your day-to-day rushed-life routine, in surroundings that foster inner transformation and the application of new knowledge and skills.
LifeWays Early Childhood Fundamentals Course, developed by long-time Waldorf early childhood teachers, combines in-person instruction with online mentoring and support over the course of the year to help new early childhood colleagues take up their work with confidence and competency.
- Choice of locations for a five-day intensive retreat
- Followed by 50 hours of online mentor-supported content and discussion throughout the year