Sunbridge offers low-residency programs in Waldorf teacher education, plus professional development and introductory courses and workshops on topics in Waldorf Education, Waldorf teaching, and non-profit leadership.
Celebrating its 50 anniversary in 2017, Sunbridge is North America's oldest Waldorf teacher education institute, offering programs, courses, and workshops in Waldorf Education and Waldorf teacher education and leadership. Sunbridge is a full member institute of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN). Sunbridge graduates are educators, leaders, and innovators in Waldorf schools and affiliated institutions worldwide. Sunbridge is located on a 140-acre campus of woods, meadows, and biodynamic farmland, situated just 40 minutes from New York City and belonging to the Threefold Educational Center, a community founded in 1926 on the ideals of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf Education.
It is the mission of Sunbridge Institute to contribute to the growth and development of Waldorf Education in service of educational and cultural renewal throughout the world.
Sunbridge Institute provides higher educational offerings that stimulate and enrich the personal and professional capacities essential for adults engaged in the education of children. Sunbridge’s integrated approach—a balance of spiritual, artistic, and practical studies—fosters the development of contemplative, social, and pedagogical capacities vital to a living art of education.
Anthroposophy, the spiritual-scientific view of the human being developed by Rudolf Steiner, inspires the work of Sunbridge Institute and permeates its culture and activities.
