General Enquires
Last Updated June 18, 2026
What does EduCareDo offer?
EduCareDo offers self-directed courses in anthroposophy and its related fields of application, and workshops connected to the courses. EduCareDo also hosts Inner Work Path gatherings.
How are enrolments accepted?
Enrolment into a course, event or gathering is on a per person basis. One enrolment provides one person access to the course materials and tutor where applicable. Applications for exceptions can be applied in writing to study@educaredo.org and are considered on an individual basis.
How are fees /contributions collected?
The fees quoted on https://www.educaredo.org/ are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and as a courtesy an estimate in US dollars ($USD) may also be listed. The enrolment is processed in Australian dollars and when the enrolees currency is not in Australian dollars the fee will be converted by the enrolees financial institution rate of the day; EduCareDo is not responsible for the conversion rate. Credit and debit cards payments are processed through Stripe as the chosen secure payment gateway. Enrolment is processed upon the fees successfully reaching EduCareDo.
An invoice can alternately be issued and our administration team can assist to complete the enrolment process.
How do enrolees access the course material?
EduCareDo self-directed course (the main EduCareDo courses)
All course materials are accessible from the enrolee’s account area of the website. The enrolee will require internet connection to access the course. The written lessons are designed for download and print. Recordings of workshops or links to join a live online meeting, practice sessions and EduCareDo hosted study groups can all be found within the course materials once logged in. Login to the website, find the course and choose “access my course”. If you cannot see that option please contact us.
With the exception of any planned website upgrades, EduCareDo will use its best efforts to have course content available at all times.
Print and post is possible at an addition of $25 per lesson plus postage, and must be arranged with administration on an individual basis.
EduCareDo workshops and Inner Work Path gatherings
Live gatherings that are open to all, are also regularly offered. Access is available in the same way as for the course. Login from the top of any page or from the course booking page and you will find your way to the course. Zoom links to enter live sessions, as well as recordings are all in this account area.
Books
The basic books of Rudolf Steiner appear to be aimed in a broad way at 3 different esoteric demographics that he dealt with at different stages of his biography. Theosophy and Knowledge of Higher Worlds at theosophists, who had experience with occult and spiritual writing, usually of an eastern sort. Occult Science to seekers of a more scientific kind, who at the turn of the 18th century were flooded with evolutionism. The Philosophy of Freedom, which took philosophy right up to the edge of the spiritual world and then into it, for the more academic minded.
Rudolf Steiner has characterized reading anthroposophy as spiritual practice and recommended meditation on the great thoughts of religious and spiritual adepts across history. He knew that the spiritual world spoke to him and others through our own concentrated and tranquil thinking. If we follow along and think the thoughts he was thinking as he lectured and wrote then we too would be inspired by the same higher beings.
What is the duration of course access?
EduCareDo Courses and Workshops
An EduCareDo self-directed course and its materials are made available to enrolees in a unique online account for 2 years, and up to 5 years if the enrollee is still actively engaged with the EduCareDo course. Actively engaged means to be participating in gatherings and associated course content offered by EduCareDo. Extensions beyond 5 years are considered by individual application. Updates and additions to the content may be made from time to time and will be available in the enrolees account as it becomes available.
Study groups or practice sessions that run alongside some courses are another way to engage with the course contributors. They are available to course participants without a fee at any time that they may be offered. Please note that not all courses offer study groups and practice sessions. These free opportunities to gather are offered voluntarily by EduCareDo contributors and are subject to change.
As long as you are active you are welcome to partake in study groups and practice sessions at any time into the future. If two years since enrolment is approaching and you are actively in the course and reach out to us for an tuition extension then it is very likely to be granted. If however you have not been active with the course through EduCareDo and wish to submit diary sheets once the two years has passed, tuition can be extended for another 2 years for $250 AUD.
When workshops are offered to extend a lesson from the course that you are enrolled in, a credit will automatically be applied to your enrolment to the value of the fee that is included in the workshop fee for the lesson.
Inner Work Path gatherings
Festival Preparations recordings are available inside the enrolee’s account area up until the next festival preparation begins.
Tutoring via diary sheets
Tutoring is provided by the course authors or tutors and is available for two years from enrolment. The mode of communication is via a diary sheet that complements each lesson. The questions in the diary sheet prompt questions to help engage more deeply with the lesson content and the tutor responds to your individual submissions. At the beginning of each course, the author(s) describe how to use and submit the diary sheet if you choose; diary sheets are optional.
EduCareDo does not keep diary sheets once the feedback has been provided.
Copyright Laws
All courses and gatherings are copyrighted by EduCareDo and may only be used by the one enrolee. Further use, copying or distribution is strictly prohibited.
Certificate of Completion
The requirement for a Certificate of Completion in any EduCareDo course is to work through the lesson, and complete and submit the diary sheet from each lesson to the tutor. In the Foundations in Anthroposophy Course the diary sheet questions build upon :
- What was new to me in this lesson?
- What was most important and/or inspiring to me in this lesson?
- What can I do with these discoveries?
Two artistic expressions are also required – one in relation to Lessons 1 – 14, and one in relation to Lessons 15 – 26. Artistic expressions can include creative writing, poetry, photographs of painting or sculpture, musical pieces, or video recordings of music or drama performances.
Foundation Year Certificate of Completion for Teachers
This certificate came about at the request of Sheoak College who held a study group for the Foundations in Anthroposophy Course for educators wishing to be employed in Steiner / Waldorf Schools in South Australia. Although EduCareDo is not a Registered Training Organisation, the certificate is evidence of actively engaging with Anthroposophy and being mentored in Waldorf Education. It has been beneficial for participants in many and various ways. To receive the Foundation Year Certificate for Teachers, participants complete the Foundations in Anthroposophy Course and general requirements for a Certificate of Completion along with the additional requirements listed below.
- Be actively involved in conversing and learning from mentors in study groups where you can carry questions and develop more points of view about four different course subjects such as the Threefold Human Being, The Temperaments, The Life Processes, and the Six Subsidiary Exercises. Your written summary of what was new for you in coming together is to be signed by the mentor and submitted to the tutor.
- Submit four written projects on four different course subjects which could be the same as above or different such as The Twelve Senses, Health and Nutrition, Gender, Sexuality and Spirituality, and Watercolour painting. Each project is to include 750 – 1000 words and express how you have deepened and applied what you have learnt towards education.
- Participate in Anthroposophical trainings and study groups to fulfill 25 hours towards professional development over the length of the course. Please submit certificates of attendance or a letter of acknowledgement from the course, conference or study group organiser.
Are refunds considered?
Since EduCareDo self-directed course material is fully available upon enrolment, a refund is not provided should you change your mind. For gatherings and events in which the course material is to yet to be delivered, cancellation will incur a $10 administration charge. Anything that lies outside of these parameters will be assessed case by case.
Scholarships for EduCareDo courses
Berney Foundation
Erwin Berney’s legacy for the Foundations in Anthroposophy Course..
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