ABSTRACT
In the past ten years, the professionalization of teachers has moved increasingly into the focus of research. Huther's call for the unfolding of educational potential, which is only possible with intrinsic motivation, can therefore also be seen in connection with the lifelong development of teacher competences. Steiner's demands of the first Waldorf teachers that they should develop competences (Steiner 2015) are also to be seen as a call for professionalization. This chapter uses Dirk Randoll's empirical study Ich bin Waldorflehrer to explore the link between teacher competence and professional success. One could also add a pedagogical attitude that expects teachers to acquire a spiritual understanding of the “evolving human being”. This attitude, which aims at child development, has a particular relation to the unfolding of potential. Teachers in Waldorf schools have undergone different kinds of teacher education.
