Sunbridge College, is an accredited college located in Chestnut Ridge

Chestnut Ridge

Chestnut Ridge may refer to:* Chestnut Ridge, Bedford County, a mountain ridge in Bedford County, Pennsylvania* Chestnut Ridge, New York, a village in the United States* Chestnut Ridge Park, in Orchard Park, New York...

, New York

New York

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. The college specializes in teacher training for Waldorf education and programs in related fields inspired by anthroposophy

Anthroposophy

Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development...

. Programs offered include:

• Foundation Studies
• Early Childhood Education (full-time and part-time)
• Elementary Education (full-time and part-time)
• Biography and Social Art
• Remedial Education
• Waldorf School Administration and Community Development
• Applied Arts

Many programs, including the elementary and early childhood education courses, include either a certificate or a master's degree track. The master's programs offer an M.S. Ed. in either Early Childhood Teacher Education or Elementary Teacher Education. Sunbridge College recently linked with the Barfield School

Barfield School

Barfield School is a prep school located in Farnham, Surrey in England. It is situated in the village of Runfold and provides education to some 200 boys and girls aged between 2 and 13. It became co-educational in 1992 and has since seen an increase in the number of girls attending the school...

 to offer a master's degree in Liberal Studies. Sunbridge College is presently the only accredited anthroposophical college in North America. Its undergraduate enrollment in 2004-05 was 102.

History

Sunbridge College was founded in 1967 as The Waldorf Institute in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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. In 1986 The Waldorf Institute moved to Chestnut Ridge; it was chartered and accredited by the State of New York under the name Sunbridge College in 1991.

Location

The College is located in suburban New York State, about 40 minutes from New York City

New York City

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. It is part of the Threefold Educational Foundation, an umbrella organization also embracing Green Meadow Waldorf School

Green Meadow Waldorf School

Green Meadow Waldorf School is an independent Waldorf school located in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County, New York. It offers parent and child classes, and nursery/kindergarten through 12th grades. The school is accredited by both the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the...

, Eurythmy Spring Valley. and the Pfeiffer Center for biodynamic agriculture

Biodynamic agriculture

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