Faculty
The Rudolf Steiner College faculty strives to address
the student's quest for insights and imaginations needed to cultivate
knowledge of self, as well as to bring balance and healing to the larger
community.
Christiana Quick-Cleveland · Director of Choir
Award Winning actress, classically trained singer, and seasoned choral
director; Music for all programs at RSC.
Cynthia Chandler-Hoven · Coordinator
of Eurythmy Program
Anthroposophical Studies, Eurythmy. B.S., Purdue University, 1972; M.A.
St. Marys college, 2002, Eurythmy Diploma, Goldridge Eurythmy School,
Auburn, California, 1979; Curative Eurythmy Diploma, Heileurythmie-Ausbildung,
Stuttgart, Germany, 1982.
Gayle Davis · CEO RSC College & Music
Anthroposophical Studies and Waldorf Administration. B.A., California
State University, Sacramento, 1970; California Elementary Teaching Credential;
Waldorf Teacher Training Diploma, Rudolf Steiner College, 1980.
Brian Gray · Anthroposophical Studies and Architecture
B.Arch., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1967; M.L.A., University of
Pennsylvania, 1972; Waldorf Teacher Training Diploma, Rudolf Steiner
College, 1981.
Rena Osmer · Director of Early Childhood at
RSC
Rena Osmer M.Ed. is one of the leading Waldorf early childhood educators
in the United States. An Executive Board Member of the Waldorf Kindergarten
Association of North America, she gives workshops, talks and inservice
training at Waldorf Schools across the continent.
Dennis Klocek · Director
of Consciousness Studies Program
B.A., Glassboro State College, New Jersey, 1966; M.F.A., Tyler School
of Art, Temple University, 1972; Waldorf Teacher Training, Rudolf Steiner
College, 1985; author of A Biodynamic Book of Moons; Drawing from
the Book of Nature; Weather and Cosmos; and Seeking Spirit Vision.
Yuko Okada · Co-ordinator
of Naure and Arts Program for Japanese
Waldorf Teacher Education Program, Rudolf Steiner College 1986-87.
Ingun Schneider · Director
of the Remedial Education Program. Patrick Wakeford-Evans
· Director of Teacher Education & Weekend - Summer
Teacher Education Program Harald
Hoven · Co-ordinator of the Biodynamic Gardening
Course Theodore Mahle
· Art Instructor Daena Ross · Remedial
Education, Physical Education David Weber · San
Francisco Waldorf Teacher Training, Anthroposophical Studies and Waldorf
Curriculum
Physical Therapy Diploma, Stockholm, 1966; B.A. and Waldorf Teacher
Training, Rudolf Steiner College, 1985.
Astrid Schmitt-Stegmann · Director
of San Francisco and Los Altos
Waldorf Teacher Education Program
B.A. and M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1975. Eurythmy
study, Dornach, Switzerland, 1958; Drama study Dornach and Heidelberg,
1959-60. Waldorf Teacher Training, Sacramento Waldorf School, 1974.
Former class teacher at Sacramento Waldorf School. As a mentor and lecturer,
travels extensively, giving workshops and working with teachers in Mexico,
Japan, and the United States. A scientist by training, Patrick is also
a dramatist, actor, and storyteller.
Part-time Faculty
Peggy Alessandri · holds a BA in Early Childhood
Education. She has been an educator for thirty-five years and a Waldorf
Kindergarten teacher for over twenty-five years. She is currently on
the faculty of Rudolf Steiner College teaching in the many Early Childhood
programs, and helping to develop components of the summer program and
Family Ways Course.
Monique Grund · San Francisco Waldorf Teacher Training
Waldorf Teacher Training Diploma, France; founding teacher of the Waldorf
school in Chatou, France, and San Francisco Waldorf School She has been
a kindergarten teacher at the since 1978.
Master Gardener, Bio-dynamic horticulture training, Germany, 1978-83.
At RSC for 19 years and is a well known speaker on BD farming.
B.S. in Art Education, Kutztown State University, Pennsylvania, l963.
Studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Foundation Course
at Emerson College, England, 1971. Completed painting course with Beppe
Assenza at Goetheanum Painting School, 1976.
Nancy Jewel Poer · Anthroposophical Studies
B.S. University of Arizona, 1953; California Nursery Director's License.
Andrea Pronto · Music
Diploma, Rudolf Steiner Seminar für Heilpedagogik Eckwälden,
1982; Diploma, Freie Musik Schule, 1985.
B.A., California State University, Northridge, 1972; Waldorf Teacher
Training, Rudolf Steiner College, 1984.
Astrid Thiersch-Weber · San Francisco Waldorf Teacher
Training
Eurythmy Diploma, Eurythmeum Stuttgart, Germany, 1982;advanced studies
in Eurythmy Performance, Eurythmeum Stuttgart, 1982-86.
BA, UC/Santa Barbara in 1972. Law degree, University of Wisconsin; Waldorf
teacher training, Emerson College, England; class teacher, San Francisco
Waldorf School.
Adjunct Faculty
Cynthia Aldinger
Rose Edwards, Ph.D.
Eva Cranston
Marianne Gray
Anne Riegal-Koetzsch
Ronald Koetzsch
Harry Kretz
Paul Matthews
Helga Michaels
Uwe Stave, M.D.
Iris Sullivan
Rosario Villasana-Ruiz
Pamela Whitman
