PiGreco Apprendimento APS

PiGreco is a learning center based in Faenza (Italy) funded in 2017 to provide students (in particular with learning difficulties) with educational and motivational support during their studies.

Our mission
It comes from the Feuerstein center in Rimini and it goes: “If I can’t learn the way you teach, could you please teach the way I learn?”

Person centered approach
Every student is a whole world, and we believe that it is our job to provide them with a personalized and holistic approach, in order to offer the support the school teachers (often dealing with too many pupils in each class) cannot provide.

A place of cooperation
PiGreco center is a place where youngsters with and without specific learning disorders can meet and cooperate in their learning process and improve their studying skills. The work environment itself is aimed at promoting interaction and cooperation, not only in the student-teacher relationship but also between students.

Our target groups
Our main target group is composed by high school students, aged 14-19 (for the one to one study support activities), middle school students, aged 11-14 (for the after-school activities) and kids aged 6-11 years old.
However, we also work with retired people interested in learning new digital tools, or with asylum seekers in need of non formal activities to integrate in the community.
Furthermore, we work with adult education, for instance teaching a foreign language to professionals.

Differences are a value
The center’s goal is to be a place of cooperation, meeting and cultural development with a deep ethical foundation. Hence PiGreco represents an intercultural meeting point managed respecting differences as a value.

Where
PiGreco works in 2 offices in Faenza (Piazza Martiri della Libertà n. 39, Via Cavour n. 37) and in Brisighella (Via Matteotti n. 5).

Who
Nowadays, PiGreco counts about 400 students (including after-school students), about 25 tutors/educators, about 600 hours per month of study support.

Our values
Fun: our motto is “Learning is fun”
Passion: our staff is not only passionate about their subjects, but also about teaching and sharing knowledge.
Competence: Work hard play hard, and always keep updating competences and skills.
Active listening: There is no other way of teaching!
Environment: We want to work in harmony with other people and living beings sharing the planet with us.

Networking
PiGreco cooperates closely with a large number of stakeholders, local and international, non profit and businesses.
Non profit: For instance, we cooperate closely with SE.M.I. (youth mobility); A mani libere (supporting kids with autism); Cooperativa Zerocento and Amici Mondo Indiviso (2 organisations hosting asylum seekers); ANSI (National Association of Italian Schools); Progetto Policoro (supporting youth entering the work environment); CEFAL (vocational training centre); Istituto Oriani (technical high school); Cooperativa LibrAzione (managing the youth information centre and developing projects to tackle early school leaving) etc.
Businesses: Since 2019 PiGreco is part of BNI (Business Network International), meeting weekly with more than 40 business representatives to share good practices and support each other generating synergies, especially during the pandemic.