Working Together

If you have any concerns about your child entering Northeast Woodland from a previous public school experience please know that our teachers and staff are well equipped to help bridge any gaps that you or your child may face. With our educational approach of meeting every child where they are developmentally we know and are prepared for each child’s unique transition in and out of our classrooms and are happy to help facilitate any extra lessons that may be required to bring children up to classroom level with subjects such as music or a foreign language.

Early Academics in a Waldorf Inspired Classroom

Play is the work of a young child and Northeast Woodland’s young students will be inspired and nurtured to develop their imagination and creative thinking first before embarking on academics. Those come secondary to the building blocks of make believe, art, music and the building of social skills and class cohesion. This allows our early grades to have very smooth transitions for children entering the school from previous public school experiences.

Teaching Methods and Rhythm

The primary goal of a Waldorf-inspired education is to support the growth of the “whole child” by educating through their head, hearts, and hands. This interdisciplinary and balanced approach allows for teachers to engage their students intellectually, emotionally, and through movement. Every lesson taught strives to incorporate these three avenues of learning which addresses each student's individual needs.

The breadth of Northeast Woodland’s curriculum will be delivered to its students during a two-hour main lesson each morning where all academic subjects, except specialties, are taught on a block rotation. During this two-hour class period teachers will employ a three-day rhythm consisting of content delivery, verbal recall, and illustration and/or composition of the core content. The block rotations vary from three to six weeks allowing teachers to cover curriculum intensively and economically, with the fullest immersion possible, meeting each individual student’s educational needs.

Social Transition

Our teachers and current students will welcome new students with open arms and outreached hands. All will work together to help bring new students into the “family” of the class. Northeast Woodland strives to build its students sense of ethics to help produce individuals who will be able to engage the world and others with compassion, moral strength, courage and creative and critical thinking. Every child comes into the school with unique personalities and gifts. It will be the teachers role to get to know each child in order to guide and inspire them to reach their full potential within their class and the greater community.