At the heart of our path are the people who stand beside the children every day.

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At Ramidoro one class teacher accompanies the same class for the whole journey, from Class 1 to Class 8. It is a choice that puts continuity at the centre: the teacher comes to know each child thoroughly, follows their growth year after year and builds, together with the family, a deep relationship of trust. This continuity matters most of all at the move from primary to lower secondary - one of the most delicate moments on the road from childhood to adolescence - which here is not a jump between two different schools, but a step within the same path, beside someone already known and trusted.

Around the class teacher work colleagues with specialist training in particular areas - languages, music, art and movement. All the teachers work together as a College of Teachers, which meets every week to discuss how each class and each child is getting on, so that the path is genuinely tailored to the individual.

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A dedicated training

Our teachers do not come from an improvised background: behind them lies specific training in Waldorf education, a demanding course - normally three years - that combines the study of pedagogy with sustained work in the arts and a period of teaching practice in schools. It is a preparation that concerns not only what to teach, but how to be alongside children at different ages.

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Training that never stops

Teachers go on learning throughout their working lives. Every summer, in July, once lessons have ended, Waldorf teachers take part in a period of national in-service training, preparing specifically for the year ahead: those who will have a Class 2, for instance, work together on the themes and activities that belong to that age. In this way every class finds a teacher who has prepared for precisely the moment the children are living through.