In collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles and the Italian Cultural Institute, Fondazione Italia is pleased to offer Italian teachers a 2-part professional development workshop on how to apply the TPRS method for foreign language instruction in the classroom. Participation in both workshops is FREE! *Part 1 – What […]
The National Italian Exam is an official AATI national language contest held among middle and high school students. The NIE is not only as an assessment tool, which provides teachers and students with diagnostic feedback and positive backwash to help inform high school instruction and curricula, it is also as an opportunity for visibility and […]
Since 2017, Every Child annual conference aims to empower adults who surround our children on their role in children’s wellbeing within all areas of their growth and development, as well as to attest to the public’s growing awareness of Every Child’s basic rights. In the past two years, Comites SF partnered with Early Days Autism […]
Location: St. Robert Bellarmine School – 154 N. 5th St., Burbank, CA Fee: $110 – Registration deadline is November 4, 2019* Any teacher wishing to teach Italian at a public Middle or High School in California must pass two parts of the Italian CSET. The Italian CSET is the exam that serves to […]
When we teach Italian basic language, culture and language are inseparable. However, what we decide to teach our students about culture can be any number of things and is always changing. Canonical art, literature, music, food, social issues, politics, migration and the everyday are just some of the myriad of topics. However, when we consider […]
Saturday & Sunday September 14 & 15 2019 Pepperdine University – Malibu, CA8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The College Board-endorsed two-day AP® workshop organized by Fondazione Italia in collaboration with Pepperdine University will provide teachers with in-depth training in AP® courses and teaching strategies. Participants engage in pedagogical and content rich training […]
The Erasmus + Language Magician project is a videogame with a grip on children that can also be useful to teachers in evaluating the progress students make in learning foreign languages. The project, which was joined by the Schooling Office of the Italian Consulate in London since the beginning of 2015 and by the Italian […]
July 18–21, 2019 | Orlando, FL AP Annual Conference AP Italian Language and Culture for New and Experienced Teachers Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:30am to 4:00pm Subject: Italian Language and Culture During this AP Italian Language and Culture training, you will explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you […]
Each year the Dante Society of America awards the following prizes to recognize excellence among undergraduate and graduate students and secondary school teachers in North America in promoting a greater understanding of Dante’s life, time, and works: The Durling Prize for secondary school educators The Dante Prize for the best undergraduate student essay The Charles […]
Application for the Year 2019 The Coccia-Inserra Award honors a teacher of Italian at the K-12 level, and is generously donated by Coccia Foundation in the name and memory of its founder, Cav. Joseph Coccia, Jr., and by Mr. Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. Founded in 1994 by Joseph and Elda Coccia, and now under the […]