Progress comes little by little. For those of you interested in more information about the program, I have added a link to the umbrella website for all of the SYA locations and also a link to the SYA Italy site. Feel free to look around to get more of a sense of what SYA is and to see some of the particulars about the site in Viterbo.
The math courses at all of the SYA sites are taught from a set curriculum so there is little for me to do to prepare. Amy, on the other hand, has had an inventory made of the available books and chosen her texts for her courses next year. This will be her first year of teaching AP courses. The syllabus for that is fixed and the issue is more one of planning how to cover the lines than in choosing material. The course for students who are beyond AP allows more freedom and flexibility but at a cost of more preparation.
The director in Italy is in the process of completing the paperwork for his portion of our visa. For a vacationing visitor from the US, no visa is necessary. You only need to arrive with a valid passport which won't expire too soon. The process to stay for more than 90 days and to work during that time is more complex. Right now they are working on the nulla osta, translated roughly as no obstacle. It is basically exactly what the name implies. It is the local authorities verifying for the consulate here that there is no obstacle to our coming to Italy to work. We aren't taking a position which could be held by an Italian and we won't be a drag on the resources of the state. We have a place to live provided by our employer and sufficient insurance so that we can participate in the medical system. We need to have the nulla osta with us when we present ourselves for our visa. The local authorities should issue that by the end of April and we will have it shortly after that.
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