Kevin Avison

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Kevin started out as a teacher in Primary & Secondary education in English publicly-funded schools, before moving to live & work with his wife at a Steiner-inspired home-school for children with multiple special needs. He subsequently taught in three UK Waldorf schools, the second of which as the founding teacher. He worked for the UK "Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship", now called, "Waldorf UK", initially alongside his teaching work & subsequently full time for over twenty years. He founded & developed policy & practice for the Fellowship's Steiner Waldorf Advisory Service, providing in-service workshops in the practice of teaching, as well as creating seminars in aspects of school leadership & administration & as serving as a pedagogical/classroom adviser/mentor. He is the author of "A Handbook for Steiner Waldorf Class Teachers" (Floris Books), & most recent editor of the updated "Tasks & Content of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum" (Floris Books, 2014) & numerous other publications & articles. Now retired, & having served for four years on the Council of his local Waldorf school, Kevin continues to participate & contribute to weekly meetings of the UK Pedagogical Section & bi-monthly mini-conferences of those for Social Science as well as other education-orientated activities. With his wife, Jane, also a former teacher, school & SWSF administrator, he has two grown-up, Waldorf-educated children.