Advanced Diploma Full-time Accredited Steiner Teacher Training Course

About the Advanced Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education

This course is closed to enrolments for 2026.

This full-time two-year accredited course equips students in the theory and practice of Steiner Education with a comprehensive grounding in
anthroposophy (from the Greek anthropos meaning 'human' and sophia meaning 'wisdom').

The Advanced Diploma provides a rich experience for students seeking to develop themselves in accordance with their deepest nature and to find their true path in life.

We offer both an on-campus Advanced Diploma course in Warranwood Victoria and an online Advanced Diploma (pending sufficient enrolments.)

Over the two years the students are involved in a broad range of studies which are theoretical, practical and artistic. Students will study a series of foundation modules in child development, humanities, sciences, the arts and anthroposophy. The study will take place over 3 mornings each week in every term, and in three compulsory on-campus intensives. Students will develop knowledge and experience in teaching by studying the Steiner curriculum and undertaking three practical placements in Steiner schools or mainstream schools with a Steiner stream.

In a Steiner curriculum, the arts (painting, drawing and modelling, music, drama and movement) are not only stand-alone subjects, but are fully integrated across almost every area of the curriculum, for example, in numeracy, literacy, geography, history etc.

Course unit information

To download the Course Unit Guide, fill out the form below.
Enjoy our information evening recording for a description of the course units and Steiner/Waldorf teaching.

Qualification

To obtain the qualification of Advanced Diploma, you will successfully complete all the prescribed units of competency over the two years. The assessment is a graded competency-based model, where students’ work will be graded (HD high distinction, D distinction, C credit, S satisfactory and NYS not yet satisfactory) on the basis of your performance. To successfully complete a unit of competency, you must be assessed as satisfactory or above for every element.

The Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar meets the requirements of the revised Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2025 across its scope of registration and meets the requirements of the Standards for all AQF certification documentation it has issued in the previous 12 months.

The Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar has training and assessment strategies and practices in place that ensure that all current and prospective learners will be trained and assessed in accordance with the requirements of the Standards.

(Course code 11298NAT, CRICOS course code 118031B, Registered Training Organisation 3948 and CRICOS course provider 01812M).

Pathways to teaching

A Bachelor of Education or Masters of Teaching are the minimum qualification necessary to teach in any Australian school, including independent schools.

Our Advanced Diploma of Rudolf Steiner Education provides an essential and critical pre-requisite pathway to a university Bachelor of Education, and is an approved pathway with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Steiner schools around Australia have an urgent need for professionally trained Steiner teachers and highly regard this qualification as the basis for employment. See our Pathways page or Graduate Outcomes for further information about becoming a Steiner teacher.

Eligibility

Domestic students

To apply for the course:

Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
Applicants must have either:
- an Australian Year 12 Certificate of Education as awarded by an Australian State or Territory (a copy of which must be provided to and retained by the Seminar), or
- an Australian Qualifications Framework Certification IV or higher qualification (where the language of instruction is English), or
- language/literacy skills to level 4 and numeracy skills to level 3 of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). This will be demonstrated by the completion of an approved online Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) assessment, displaying competence at these working levels. You will be advised if you need to take this test.
provide evidence of a current Victorian Working with Children Check, or evidence that one has been applied for. Only a volunteer WWCC is required. To apply: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au . This requirement is waived if the applicant holds a current Australian teaching registration.
have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). If you do not have one, go to https://www.usi.gov.au/students/create-your-usi
Have the ability to pay the tuition fee. Enrolment is subject to the Tuition Fee Policy. See the policy page on this website.
To be enrolled as a student you must be an Australian citizen or a qualifying New Zealand citizen or have either:
- a Permanent Humanitarian Visa
- a Permanent Residency Visa or