 Italian Consulate - Educational Support
The Italian Consulate offers support to Italian language organizations and schools.
Education Office
2590 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
tel: (415) 292-9203 fax: (415) 931-7205
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The
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened the Education Office in
October 2006 to promote the study of Italian language and culture in
the consular area of San Francisco (Northern and Central California,
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and American
islands in the Pacific Ocean).
Education Offices are in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, New York and Washington D.C.
Presently, the director of the office in San Francisco is Marco Salardi.
In
Italy, Marco Salardi was principal in High Schools for sixteen years.
He obtained his degrees in Philosophy at Pisa University and before
taught History and Philosophy at Classical and Scientific High Schools.
The Education Office coordinates and supervises language and culture courses by collaborating
(a) with schools interested in the teaching of Italian as part of their curricular activities.
(b) with associations involved in promoting Italian language and culture.
The Education Office’s primary responsibilities are:
•
supporting language and culture courses, both for children and adults,
in collaboration with Italian American associations and
cultural/educational institutions;
• establishing agreements with
the State/County Departments of Education and with school districts
aimed at implementing Italian language instruction, mostly at the
elementary and middle school level and where the Italian American
community is present;
• collaborating with the professional associations of teachers of Italian to improve the teaching of the language;
• developing workshops for teachers, in collaboration with Italian and local universities;
• participating in conferences on the teaching of foreign languages.
The
Italian language courses are offered in public or private schools as
part of their curriculum, or as after-school activities.
Nonprofit
local organizations (Enti Gestori) collaborate with the Consulate’s
Education Office for the above purpose. The Ente Gestore Italian
Cultural Society organizes Italian courses with the Education Office’s
supervision and with financial contributions from the Italian
Government, at present in the Bay Area and in the Sacramento Area.
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