Parent Education & Resources

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Live Oak believes that parents can best support their child’s education if they cultivate an understanding of child development, Waldorf curriculum, and healthy parenting practices. Towards this end, the school offers parent education opportunities throughout the year.

Recommended Reading

Waldorf & Parenting

• You Are Your Child’s First Teacher, by Rahima Baldwin.
• Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nurturing Our Children from Birth to Seven by Barbara J.Patterson, Pamela Bradley & Jean Riordan
• Waldorf Education, a Family Guide, edited by Pamela Johnson Fenner.
• Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out, by Jack Petrash
• Waldorf Schools: Volume I and II, edited by Ruth Pusch
• Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelson
• School as a Journey: the Eight-Year Odyssey of a Waldorf Teacher and His Class, by Torin Finser
• Simplicity Parenting, by Kim John Payne

Media & Children

• Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Don’t Think by Jane Healy
• The Plug-In Drug and Unplugging the Plug-In Drug by Marie Winn
• What To Do After You Turn Off the TV by Frances Moore Lappe
• How Television Poisons Children’s Minds by Miles Everett
• Who’s Bringing Them Up? How to Break the TV Habit by Martin Large

Live Oak Charter is informed by the core principles of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education

Additional Resources

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Alliance for Public Waldorf is a consortium of Public Waldorf Charter Schools. The Alliance provides support for its network of schools, professional development for staff, and advocacy in local and state legislation for the needs of Public Waldorf Charters. Live Oak is proud to be a member of the Alliance.

Credo High is a Public Waldorf Charter High School in Rohnert Park, California. It is the first charter high school in the north bay providing a Waldorf curriculum for its students. Credo also provides parent education resources, and curriculum articulation to the many K-8 Waldorf charters in the area, including Live Oak.

Waldorf Today is a online clearinghouse on Waldorf related issues. From articles on pedagogy and childhood development, to parent forums and a community bulletin board, Waldorf Today is an online resource for the Waldorf community.

Petaluma City Schools is the chartering district for Live Oak. PCS provides support to Live Oak including special education, business services, and Information Technology.

Sonoma County Office of Education is our local support agency. SCOE provides professional development for faculty and staff, legal and financial guidance and coordination of special services throughout the county.

Charter Schools Development Center is an advocacy organization for charter schools throughout California. CSDC provides legal resources and advocacy within the state legislature in support of Charter schools. Live Oak Charter is a member of CSDC.