From the Brantford Expositor This year marks the tenth anniversary of the international practicum to Italy organized by Nipissing University’s Schulich School of Education, and the Brantford community has been a big supporter. In 2009, just four days before the Nipissing students were scheduled to depart to Italy, the city of L’Aquila was devastated by […]

Our last update for the 2015 Course: We have just finished a very successful and packed teaching experience in Sulmona. We were amazed at how quickly we bonded with our students, associate teachers and the community and will miss them very much. It was very difficult to leave such an embracing environment. All of us […]

Italy Update #3 In addition to teaching in the schools, we have had the opportunity to experience some of the rich history and culture of Italy. On Sunday, we travelled four hours by bus to Pompeii to learn about this remarkable ancient Roman city first hand. Our tour guides were very informative and we left […]

2015 Program On Tuesday, May 5th, the Nipissing teacher candidates had a full day of teaching in Sulmona! We became familiar with the infanzia (nursery school), primaria (grade 1-5), media (grade 6-8), superiore (secondary school), and adulti (adult education) school locations where we are teaching for the duration of our placement. While the schools all […]