The Director of the Coccia Institute is delighted to announce the 2019\u00a0Coccia-Inserra Award\u00a0for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12). Recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have established this significant award.<\/p>\n
Our donors will be awarding a very generous prize of $5000 as the monetary component of the\u00a0Coccia-Inserra Award\u00a0for Excellence and\u00a0Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12) for academic year 2019. These funds are to be allocated as follows:<\/p>\n
a) $2500 is to be used exclusively to advance the Italian language and culture curriculum and programming within the recipient\u2019s classroom;
\nb) $2500 is to be dedicated to the professional development of the winning teacher (for direct payment of academic fees to an institution of professional development in Italian language and culture at home or abroad).<\/p>\n
We strongly encourage full-time language teachers certified in Italian who are teaching a minimum of two classes of Italian at the K-12 level to apply! Please note: The deadline for applications is\u00a0Friday, July\u00a0<\/strong>26, 2019<\/strong>.\u00a0All applications and supporting material must be submitted electronically.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Coccia-Inserra Award\u00a0will be presented on\u00a0Friday,\u00a0<\/strong>October 25, 2019<\/strong>\u00a0during\u00a0our twelfth\u00a0annual Teaching Italian Symposium-Workshops,\u00a0the Coccia Institute\u2019s signature professional development program for teachers of Italian, offered in collaboration with ÌÇÐÄvlog\u2019s Italian program. The recipient\u2019s travel and lodging expenses will be assumed by the\u00a0Coccia-Inserra Award\u00a0committee.<\/p>\n A copy of the application and guidelines can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n