109. Draft of the Waldorf School's Teaching Constitution

The teaching staff of the Waldorf School would like to design the lessons methodically in such a way that they have a completely free hand in structuring the curriculum within the first three years of school. By the end of the third year, however, they will endeavor to have the children achieve a learning goal that is fully in line with that of the third grade of the public elementary school.

This intention should be carried out in such a way that a child leaving the third class of the Waldorf School can transfer to the fourth class of another elementary school without disruption.

In the fourth, fifth and sixth school years, the structure of the teaching should be freely chosen again. By the end of the sixth school year, the children should have reached the teaching goal of the sixth grade of elementary school and at the same time that of a higher school, which corresponds to the twelfth year of life in terms of class. The same should apply to the structure of the curriculum and the attainment of the teaching objective by the end of the eighth year of school. The children should fully achieve Realschule teaching objectives and also be qualified to transfer to the age-appropriate class of another higher school. The teaching staff only requests a free hand in designing the lessons at each of the three levels it has defined: 1.) the beginning of school until the end of the ninth year; 2.) from the end of the ninth year until the end of the twelfth year; 3.) from the end of the twelfth year until the end of the third stage. At the end of these stages, the educational goals prescribed for public schools should also be achieved by the Waldorf School.