Waldorf Classes in School #26, Mykolaiv, Waldorf initiative "Silver
Boat" (Anna Volkova).
The initiative currently has 5 classes (152 students, only 1\6
of this number are in the city, and about 1\3 of the students are studying abroad). We
study online. So we have preserved all the classes. The interest in Waldorf education
remains among the parents. The 1rst grade kids are living all over Ukraine. During
these years the teachers have developed creative methods of working online and
some parents decide to move to the Waldorf Classes for better teaching and
communication. The salaries are provided by the States so that we have salaries
regularly paid although they are not big. Teachers are exhausted by online teaching
and constant air raids, constant feeling of living under the threats to our lives. In the
case of live teaching next year, we are not sure that the Waldorf classes will exist
because of the small number of students living in Mykolaiv now.
The main thing that keeps us going as teachers is the Teachers College
meetings, which are held live. Such work gives us the strength for pedagogical work.
Even online teaching gives joy in seeing the smiles and sparkling children’s eyes.