Teacher/Educator

TEACHER

Subject: ENGLISH

  • Teacher in Online Courses @ CLAT – Università di Genova * October 2015 – December 2016
  • Teacher in A1-A2 English One-to-one Courses @ Benedict School, Genoa, Italy * April – July 2015

 

Subject: ITALIAN

 

EDUCATOR for children

  • Creative lab leader, Storyteller @ Association “La Piuma Blu”, Conegliano, Italy * November 2007 – July 2013
  • After school activities tutor @ Cooperative “CSA – Centro Servizi Associati”, Conegliano, Italy * March – May 2013
  • Ludoteca’s Educator @ Servizio Ludoteche del Comune di Venezia, Venice, Italy * January 2011 – January 2012
  • Ludoteca’s Educator @ Ludoteca Comunale, Conegliano, Italy * September 2010 – June 2011

 

TUTOR

  • Tutor for online courses @ CLAT – Università di Genova * October 2015 – December 2016
  • Students’ tutor @ ca’ Foscari Harvard Summer School, Venice, Italy * June – July 2011

 

Academic Training

November 2014 – Present / Dottorato (PhD course) in Digital Humanities – Languages, cultures and technologies. Project on narrative learning and foreign language teaching.

September 2009 – October 2011 / Laurea magistrale (2 years, Master’s Degree) in Applied Linguistics, with a specialisation in Teaching of Foreign Languages and of Italian as Foreign/Second Language.

September 2004 – November 2007 / Laurea Triennale (3 years, Bachelor’s Degree) in Linguistics.

OTHER CERTIFICATES

August 2013 / TOEFL – Test Of English as a Foreign Language (Score: 117 / 120)

March 2012 / CEDILS, Certificato in didattica dell’italiano a stranieri (Certificate for teaching of Italian to non-Italian speakers).

OTHER TRAININGS

While at Susquehanna University

  • Technology in Education – Prof. Heather Ryder
  • Teaching Foreign Languages with a Communicative Approach – Prof. Wanda Cordero PonceWorkshop “Humor & Multimedia: Engaging the Net Generation in the classroom”, Prof. Ronald A. Berk

While at Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

  • Progetto Quadro – Cooperativa Logogenia, Padova – a.a. 2005/06
  • Progetto FSE “Recupero e sostegno dei soggetti afasici” – Università ca’ Foscari, Venezia – a.a. 2003/04
  • Progetto FSE Ob.3_Mis. E1 “Digital Divide, strumenti linguistici per l’integrazione socio-culturale e la lotta al digital divide” – Università ca’ Foscari, Venezia – a.a. 2003/04

While at St Joseph’s College

  • Professional Development for Teachers of Italian on CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) – Prof. Graziano Serragiotto – Organized by COASIT and VATI (Victorian Association of Teachers of Italian) – Melbourne, 25 novembre 2012
  • Professional Development Workshop “Differentiation in the classroom” – St. Joseph’s College – Echuca, 28 maggio 2012
  • Professional Development Workshop “Understanding by Design” – St. Joseph’s College – Echuca, 19 novembre 2012
  • Professional Development Workshop “Groovy Grammar” – St. Joseph’s College – Echuca, 29 ottobre 2012

Others

  • Webinar “Sharing stories: The creative protential of storytelling in EFL” – Instructor: Luke Vyner – MacMillian Education – 6 marzo 2013
  • Erasmus+ Training Course on non-formal methods of education “Storytelling: Senses & Competences” – Organizer: Babbel Education, Timisoara, Romania – 22-27 febbraio 2015