Waldorf teacher training in Australia

• • Class teacher

  Primary Steiner Teacher Education Certificate Course

  Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar, through the Association for Steiner Teacher Education Australia (ASTEA)

  Warranwood, Victoria, Australia

  An 18-module part-time certificate for primary Steiner teaching for Classes 1 to 6, with live online modules, three residential intensives and a 120-hour practicum in a Steiner school.

  Format:

  Part-time, Online and in person

  Length:

  Generally two to three years, part-time (18 modules)

  Intake:

  Enrolments for the 2027 course are open

  Program page

  Checked on October 19, 2026

• • Early childhood

  Certificate in Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education

  Parsifal College, through the Association for Steiner Teacher Education Australia (ASTEA)

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  A two-year part-time Steiner early childhood teacher education programme with weekly online sessions and five-day in-person seminars at a Steiner school campus in Sydney.

  Format:

  Part-time, Online and in person

  Length:

  Two years, part-time

  Intake:

  Year One 2027 (enrolments open; Autumn Seminar April 2027)

  Recognition:

  Endorsed by IASWECE; recognised by Steiner Education Australia, SECA and the Pedagogical Section in Australia

  Program page

  Checked on October 19, 2026

• • High school

  Certificate in Steiner/Waldorf High School Education

  Parsifal College, through the Association for Steiner Teacher Education Australia (ASTEA)

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  A two-year part-time Steiner high school teacher education programme for Classes 9 to 12, with weekly online sessions and five-day seminars in Sydney and at Newcastle Waldorf School.

  Format:

  Part-time, Online and in person

  Length:

  Two years, part-time

  Intake:

  Term 1, 2027: 15 February to 29 March

  Program page

  Checked on October 19, 2026

• • Class teacher

  Steiner Teacher Training Course 2026-27

  The Perth Waldorf School

  Bibra Lake, Western Australia, Australia

  A two-year part-time course in Waldorf teaching focused on the primary curriculum, held on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings during term.

  Format:

  Part-time

  Length:

  Two years, part-time

  Intake:

  Term one starts Friday 6 February 2026 (applications by 12 December 2025)

  Program page

  Checked on October 19, 2026

Lengths, intake dates and recognition are as each program's own page gives them, so look there before you apply. Starpath is a Waldorf-inspired homeschool curriculum, not a teacher training, and the programs here don't endorse us. Run a program that's missing or out of date? Write to support@starpathlearning.com.