Association of Independent Waldorf Schools

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Association of
Independent Waldorf Schools (BdFWS)
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legal form registered association
Seat Stuttgart
purpose Association of Waldorf schools
Members 252 schools, 11 seminars / universities, approx. 1600 personal members (2020)
Website www.waldorfschule.de

The Federation of Independent Waldorf Schools e. V. ( BdFWS ) is the association of Waldorf schools in Germany with headquarters in Stuttgart . Corporate members are currently 252 Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools as well as 11 full-time seminars and universities for Waldorf education . There are also around 1,600 personal members.

The federal government represents the interests of the Waldorf schools and takes on joint tasks, but as a federal association does not interfere with the autonomy of the individual schools. Among other things, he advises on start-up initiatives for Waldorf schools, which initially always come from private individuals (parents or educators). As the trademark holder of the Waldorf school name, the federal government can prohibit individual schools from using the name. Other main areas of activity are public relations and political activities in the spirit of Waldorf schools.

To fulfill its tasks, the BdFWS employed 30 people in Hamburg and Stuttgart in 2017, who managed a budget of almost 4 million euros. This budget was financed to a large extent from the contributions of the member schools (3.090 million euros). An additional 9.5 million euros (also raised by the member schools) were used for teacher training.

The federal government has been running a pedagogical research center since 1984, including issuing specialist publications. In addition, he publishes the magazine Erziehungskunst , which acts as an organ for him and other related associations. In 2001 he established the Waldorf Foundation to provide financial support for Waldorf schools.

There is an association corresponding to the Federation of Independent Waldorf Schools at the European level in the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE) . In addition, there is the so-called International Association for Waldorf Education in Central, Eastern Europe and countries further east (IAO) for coordination in these regions.

Cooperation agreement

In 2005, the schools that are part of the Association of Independent Waldorf Schools passed a cooperation agreement in which they commit themselves to quality development:

  • 1. The federally affiliated schools want to develop awareness of quality issues in educational work. They therefore recognize that a differentiated presentation of their special educational character and their social shape in public is required.
  • 2. Each school formulates its school profile and documents its goals and procedures in the following areas:
    • Pedagogical work (goals and ways)
    • Organizational u. Self-governing structure
    • Personnel u. Organizational development
    • Evaluation
    • Conflict management

These agreements are part of the common model of the Waldorf schools in Germany.

literature

  • Johannes Kiersch: Waldorf Education | An introduction to Rudolf Steiner's pedagogy. 12th edition. 2010, ISBN 978-3-7725-1247-6 .
  • Henning Kullak-Ublick: Every child is an expert - questions and answers about Waldorf education. 2014, ISBN 978-3-7725-2725-8 .
  • Frans Carlgren: Education for Freedom. 10th updated edition. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7725-1619-1 .
  • Journal of Waldorf Education

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Free Waldorf Schools. In: waldorfschule.de. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cf. Walter Hiller: The Federation of Free Waldorf Schools. In: Inge Hansen-Schaberg , Bruno Schonig: Basic knowledge of pedagogy. Reform pedagogical school concepts Volume 6: Waldorf pedagogy. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2002, ISBN 3-89676-503-5 , p. 275 ff.
  3. ↑ See Heiner Ullrich: Reform pedagogical school culture with ideological stamping - pedagogical principles and forms of the Waldorf school. In: Inge Hansen-Schaberg, Bruno Schonig: Basic knowledge of pedagogy. Reform pedagogical school concepts Volume 6: Waldorf pedagogy. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2002, ISBN 3-89676-503-5 , p. 143.
  4. ↑ ZB Free Waldorf School Kempten is dropping its name. ( Memento from October 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: Allgäuer Zeitung. October 10, 2008, accessed June 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ Annual Report 2014. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Bund der Freie Waldorfschulen, p. 8ff , archived from the original on November 11, 2014 ; Retrieved November 11, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Bund der Freie Waldorfschulen: waldorfschule.de , accessed June 25, 2012.
  7. ↑ Common mission statement of the Waldorf schools  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), accessed December 29, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.waldorfschule.de  
  8. ↑ Waldorf Education