Forest House Waldorf School has been privileged to have Mr Christof Wiechert as its distinguished Advisor since 2015.

He has 30 years’ teaching experience in Waldorf schools and 15 years in research institutions. He is the co-founder of the Dutch State Waldorf Education Centre in the Netherlands. Mr Wiechert is the retired head of the Educational Section of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. He has a great appreciation for the challenges in the life of teachers, and a deep understanding of the spiritual foundations underpinning the Waldorf pedagogy.

Mr Wiechert offers invaluable advice to the Trustees, the School Management Committee and the teachers in the development and growth of FHWS. He also helps to connect the school with the wider Waldorf community, particularly in greater China and Asia.

Prof. Jost Schieren was born in 1963 in Duisburg (Germany). He studied Philosophy, Literature and History of Art in Bochum and Essen. He was a visiting student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. From1996 to 2006 he was a high school teacher at the Rudolf-Steiner-School in Dortmund for Philosophy and Literature. During that time, in 1997, he obtained his PhD in Philosophy. Between 2004 and 2008 he was the scientific assistant at the University of Paderborn. Since 2008 he has been the Professor for School pedagogy with a focus on Waldorf education at Alanus University in Alfter and Dean of the educational department.
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Prof Schieren will be joining our advisory team. In this role he will support the work of the founding advisors by connecting the school to the worldwide Waldorf community and helping the Trustees, the School Management Committee and the teachers in the development and growth of FHWS.

Dr Yip has been one of our School Advisors since 2022.

Dr Yip is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Chinese Language and Literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and holds a PhD in Classical Chinese from the Beijing Normal University. He is a certified Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) and a Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP).

Besides teaching, he serves as a director of two charities in Hong Kong and writes for several newspapers. His publications and research cover Chinese literature, Chinese history, religious studies, intangible cultural heritage and museum studies.

As School Advisor, Dr Yip will be instrumental in advising and supporting our teachers with his tremendous knowledge in education, particularly in career development, culture and heritage, and in the history of the Chinese community in the global development.

Professor Vic Kam Tuen Law is a professor of physics and the associate Dean of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He received his BSc degree from HKUST in 2003 and completed his PhD degree at Brown University in 2008. He then worked as a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT. He joined HKUST as an assistant Professor in 2011. Prof. Law’s research focus is on the theoretical study of quantum properties (such as the superconducting properties) of materials. Prof. Law has received several awards for his research works, including the Croucher Innovation Award (2015) and the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Fellowship (2020). He is also an elected member and the Founding President (2018-2021) of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences. He was granted the Achievement in Asia Award in 2023 by the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers. Prof. Law is active in public service and serves as the chair the CDC-HKEAA Committee on Physics which oversees the high school physics curriculum reform in Hong Kong.
We appreciate having Dr Law as our school advisor as his knowledge in the sciences and technology will be instrumental in supporting our curriculum development in the high school. He will play a crucial part in connecting the school to the wider tertiary community in Hong Kong.

Principal Li Zewu (李澤武校長) has been a School Advisor at FHWS since 2017.

Mr. Li is the current principal of the Chengdu Waldorf School and director of the Shanhaiyuan Foundation. He is one of the founders of the first Waldorf schools in China, and is also the first Chinese Waldorf class teacher. Mr Li is a member of the China Waldorf School Alliance Working Group.

A graduate of Emerson College in the UK, Mr Li has taught in public schools for 12 years and in Waldorf schools for 13 years. He has authored many books on teaching and has been named in 2015 by Tencent Corporation as the “Person of the Times”.

As School Advisor, Mr Li provides guidance to the Trustees, School Management Committee and the teachers. He will also offer advice in administration, teacher training, and parent enrichment programmes for the growth of FHWS. He will play a crucial part in connecting the school to the wider Waldorf community in China.