World Language Arts Intensive

The Art of Teaching Spanish - August 8-12 from 8-1 PDT

With Ornella Betancourt and Clara Velez

More Information Coming Soon!

What to Expect

Participants can expect to do one hour of independent study daily in preparation for the next day from 12-1. The zoom room will be left open for collaborative work.
This course uses Google Drive for sharing documents.
This course uses video recordings during parts of the course for use by the participants within the course only.
100% participation is expected. In order to receive a Certificate of Completion participants will need do complete at least 80% of the course.

Registration Deadline is July 22, 2022

Cost of the program is $350.00 per participant (for all registered prior to July 1) Registration received after July 1 will be $400.00 per participant.

If you are a school looking to send five or more participants please contact the Business Manager for group rates businessmanager@soundcirclecenter.org.

Course Location: Virtual (A zoom link will be sent out a few days prior to the start of your course)

Ornella Betancourt has Music studies at the Universidad del Valle, Waldorf Pedagogy Pre-Seminar in Cali, Postgraduate Diploma in Music, Pedagogy and Anthroposophy at MenschMusik Hamburg, Waldorf Teachers Seminar in Hamburg, Training in Intuitive Pedagogy with Pär Ahlbom, Emergency Pedagogy, and Audiopedie. 15 years of experience as a waldorf music teacher in Cali-Colombia and in Hamburg-Germany.

Clara Vélez was born in Medellin, Colombia, where she grew up and began to study acting, singing, philosophy and chemistry. At the age of 20 she met her german husband and since 1995 she lives in Hamburg. She studied acting at The Hamburg School for Acting and worked as an actress. In 2010 she studied at The Seminar for Waldorf Pedagogy and graduated in 2013 as a principal and spanish teacher. Since 2014 she is working at The Christian Morgenstern Schule in Hamburg. Her experiences as singer and actress have enriched her classes.