By Lucia Lachina

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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci Firenze
Socrates Programme  Laboratoire Climatique
Virtuel 
Clim_at_tic
Meeting Liegi 27,28-01-2006
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The institute Leonardo da Vinci was founded by
the Florence City Hall at the beginning of the
20th century to provide a specialized type of
Technical School.
The presence of this School has been very
important and particular for more than 100 years
in the Florentine background.
During these years, it has contributed to the
productive development of our town and
consequently to the improvement in the industrial
sectors of Tuscan region.
It has always followed the request of the
industries but more often it has anticipated
them.
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Hangar year 1936(Foto Bruno Baldi)
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Department of mounting and repairing of
airplanes, year 1936(Foto Bruno Baldi)
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Aerial view of the school
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The School offers 6 different Specialisations in
the Technical Institute and 12 technical areas
of study at the Vocational Institute.
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Technical Institute
Electrotechnics and Automatisation Computer
technology Mechanical Engineering
Chemistry Building Electronics and
Telecommunications
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Vocational Institute
Operator
Thermal hydraulics Thermal Engineering Photographi
c communication Graphic industry Biologic
Chemistry Dental Technicians
Electronics Electricity Telecomunications Mechanic
al Engineering Motor mechanics Watchmaking
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SCHOOL LIBRARY
The school Library is the biggest of the school
libraries in Tuscany, full of scientific and
technical books, rare editions of novels,
magazines and newspapers. There are almost 33.000
publications. The real pride of the library is
the nineteenth century fund of 3.000 volumes and
rare editions of the eighteenth century.
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The Institute has a large gym, a swimming pool,
many sport yards, a great indoor stadium where
the students can play a great variety of
sports Athletics, Football, Mountain Bike,
Swimming, Basketball, Volleyball, Body building,
Rugby, Ski, Tennis, Sail, Golf.
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The Institute has created and promoted many
different activities of integration School-work.
The aim of this programme is to put in a closer
contact our students and the industries present
in Tuscany.
Every year different groups of students spend
two or more weeks in the most important
Florentine industries.
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An example of active learning in the study of
foreign languages.
To make the learning and improvement of English
among the students of the Vocational Institute
easier, we have simulated different real
situations in which the teacher and the students
played a role. The situation in the photo
simulates the repair of a car. The performance in
English has been filmed and studied both in the
school garage and the classroom.
15 / 12 / 2003
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci is a certified center
for Trinity College Examinations Trinity's
spoken English examinations for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) are a progressive series of
twelve graded levels in spoken English
examinations, taking students from their first
steps in English to near first-language fluency.
In 2000 Trinity signed a Protocol of
Understanding with the Italian Ministry of
Education and in 2002 an Agreement with CRUI
(Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities).
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The School is a Training Agency accredited by the
Tuscan Regional County. It carries out training
projects funded by the ESF for apprentices,
unemployed and employed people, women and
Advanced Technical Educational Course after
Secondary School Diploma (IFTS Courses). It is
certified Committed to Excellence in the
framework of the quality model EFQM, European
Foundation for Quality Management..
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The Institute has carried out many European
Projects European Projects  Leonardo da Vinci 
Programme  
WOTEC Pilot Project 1998-2001-
Partner The aim of the project was to
introduce women to the technical professions
usually considered a male prerogative.
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The Institute has carried out many European
Projects European Projects  Leonardo da Vinci 
Programme  
ARTLUX - Pilot Project 1998-2001-
Promoter This project aims at laying down
the basis for a future training course about the
works of art illumination, and the birth of an
expert having high competences in the history of
art , technical competences about the nature and
the behaviour of the materials used to make a
technical light and a lighting system.
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci Firenze
The Institute has carried out many European
Projects European Projects  Leonardo da Vinci 
Programme  
ELS European Languages for Secretaries
Partner The objective of the project was to
develop and manage an on line Internet portal for
language learning in business context of four
European languages.
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European Projects  Socrates Programme
Teenagers and food in Europe - Socrates Comenius
1 School Project 2004-2005 Promoter Analysis
about eating habits of teenagers and their
families in four European countries and training
to improve healthy eating habits.
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Projects coordinate by Pixel for schools
Socrates eurEAU_at_ctions
Socrates MultimediART
Socrates Mankind Memorial
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci is promotor of the
following National Projects Advanced Technical
Educational Courses after Secondary School
Diploma (IFTS Courses)
for electrical systems planners
for experts on biomedical instruments
IMPEL
TEC-BIOMED
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci is promotor of the
following National Projects Courses after
Secondary School Diploma
Training course of Domotics for buildings
Training course for Precision Micromeccanics
Operators
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci is promotor of the
following National Projects Projects for The
Unemployed
Training course of ancient clocks restoration
BESTIMP
Training course for plumbers
Training course for thermic systems operators
MMITFL
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ITI-IPIA Leonardo da Vinci Firenze
Indirizzo Via del Terzolle, 91 50127
Firenze Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]
E-mail
itiprogetti_at_comune.firenze.it URL
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