Ciao!
Date and place of birth: 8th December 1976, Mantova, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Female
Work Experience:
• Private Lessons with Norwegian people (level advanced).
• Italian Teacher, BISS, Stavanger, Norway (Academic Years: 2011-12; 2010-11) “Italian Club” (30 hours teaching each academic year): Italian lessons to children Italian mother tongue speakers. Different activities for ages (5-7 and 7-11) in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. (http://www.biss.no/).
• Pre School Teacher, Comune di Mantova, Italy (2002- 2007) In Italian Pre school there are children 3, 4, and 5 years old. The classes are composed by pupils from different ages and genders. The main targets in Pre Schools are: autonomy, competency, self-identity and, citizenship
responsibility. These are achieved by direct environment exploring, self discovering, playing, listening, teacher activities, peer edit.
• Teacher Assistant, Casa del Sole, Curtatone, Mantova, Italy (2001 - 2002) The “Casa del Sole” is a private school established in 1966 for children with special needs. http://www.casadelsole.org/
• Educator Assistant, Villaggio SOS, Mantova, Italy (2000 - 2001) The “Villaggio SOS” is an international association created in 1949 and today is
present in 132 Country in the World. Its target is to support, help and take care of young children with familiar difficulties.
http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/pages/default.aspx
http://www.sositalia.it/Cosa-Facciamo/Dove-Aiutiamo/Europa/ITALIA/Mantova/
Education
• University for Foreigners of Siena (2011) DITALS 1 certification on teaching Italian as a second and foreign language.
To get DITALS 1 certificate I did 30 hours of stage to “Italia eksperten” (http://www.italiaeksperten.no/ in Stavanger) into different levels (B2, C1, C2).
• University for Foreigners of Siena (2011)
On-line educational courses to prepare DITALS 1 examination test:
1- Analisi di testi e materiali didattici - Analysis of texts and teaching material (April 2011);
2- Progettazione di materiali didattici- Design of learning materials (May 2011);
3- Gestione della classe -Classroom Management (June 2011).
• University of Trento, Italy - Degree in Sociology (1999) Sociology of Education: “ The “Casa del Sole”: an educational proposal for disabled
children”. Presentation of an educative method, history, and structure of “Casa del Sole” located in Mantova, Italy.
• Istituto Magistrale Isabella D’Este, Mantova, Italy (1995) - High School Certificate (required certificate to teach in Pre School and Primary School)
Partecipation to Scientific Conferences
• University of Verona: Music Therapy Conferences in 2002 - 2003 - 2004.
Other skills
• Computer: Windows (Office Suite, Internet Explorer); Macintosh (Safari, iPhoto, iMovie, Adobe Professional).
• Languages: Italian mother tongue language; English (good- C1); Norwegian (basic- A1).
Additional Informations
• Private Life I am married to Luca since April 2004, and we have two daughters. As a family we lived in India, New Delhi (March 2007 - August 2009), and in Fort Worth, Texas (USA) (September 2009 - July 2010), Norway (August 2010 - July 2012). As a family we live in Inverurie (Aberdeenshire, UK) since August 2012.