About Steiner Education Australia
Steiner Education Australia is an incorporated body registered in South Australia and also an Australian Registered body with the Australian Securities Commission - ABN 082 942 541. The Association currently represents 35 Steiner/Waldorf schools and 8 Associate members throughout the states and territories of Australia.
The Steiner Waldorf school movement is a highly respected international educational movement with over 1020 schools in over 65 countries. There are also nearly 2000 Steiner Waldorf kindergartens, home programs, child care centres and pre schools in more than 60 countries world wide. Steiner education is future-orientated and the holistic style underpinning this unique pedagogy supports the healthy well-being of children around the world.
Currently Steiner Education Australia has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federation of Rudolf Steiner Waldorf Schools in New Zealand, as well as honorary membership with the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education who regularly invite us to join their conferences and meetings.
If you are interested in the global Steiner Waldorf school movement, please go to our links page, where we have provided contact information about Steiner/Waldorf education in the UK, Europe, North America and New Zealand.
Mission Statement
- To promote nationally the educational principles of Rudolf Steiner.
- To represent member schools and their views at a political level.
- To safeguard the integrity of Steiner Education in Australia.
- To support best practice, both educationally and operationally, in member schools through the identification of needs and the provision of support services.
- To assist with planning and support in the establishment of new schools.
What does SEA do?
- Facilitates cultural exchange between member schools - delegates, meetings, conferences.
- Provides advice, support and mentoring services to Steiner schools and individual teachers.
- Facilitates the provision of consultancy services across a range of educational, financial and management issues.
- Communicates to the wider community - educational, governmental and the media - the principles of Steiner education.
- Encourages and supports the professional development of teachers - conferences.
- Provides access to educational matters of general interest to all schools.
- Keeps members updated on Government policy and legislative changes.
- Represents the views of the members on common educational issues at governmental level.
- Supports the development of new initiatives.
- Assists with provision of educational resources - translations of publications from overseas and bringing together of resources within Australia.
- Acts as a monitoring body.
- Develop and maintain the Australian Steiner Curriculum Framework.