Photo: Press Service of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow. Evgeny Samarin

For additional education, Moscow uses the potential of not only schools, but also colleges, enterprises, universities, museums, theaters.

The circle movement in Russia is on the rise. This was stated by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting held at the Palace of Children's Creativity on Sparrow Hills. The event dedicated to the development of additional education was attended by the Minister of Education and Science of Russia Olga Vasilyeva, and representatives of executive authorities of other regions, heads of educational institutions and teachers.

“We need to think about how best to disseminate the experience that existed before, and the experience that is emerging today. Of course, we strive to have as many modern, well-equipped clubs and sections as possible,” Dmitry Medvedev noted, adding that a new model of education is being created in Russia. It is based on an individual approach to the development of each child. The core of the new model will be children's technology parks and additional education centers. By the end of the year, about 40 technoparks should appear in Russia. “We have singled out additional education as a separate priority project within the framework of those projects that the Government is involved in,” the Prime Minister noted.

Additional education and circles help children understand who they would like to become in the future. Dmitry Medvedev explained: "This is very important, because after all, such an early professional orientation allows the student to prepare for studies, especially when it comes to studying in complex technical institutions."

Sergei Sobyanin, in turn, noted that in recent years the number of children who receive additional education in Moscow has almost doubled - now there are more than 800 thousand. “It became obvious to us when we analyzed the situation in 2011-2012 that, by and large, Moscow's potential is much greater than the one that was used. In 2012, just over 400,000 children received additional education in Moscow,” he added.

The city began to use the potential of not only schools, but also colleges, enterprises, universities, museums, theaters. “In fact, we have created a project in which our school, an ordinary comprehensive school, has become the center of integration of the entire urban space,” said the Mayor of Moscow.

Additional education is in great demand by parents, and Moscow will actively develop it. It will also be possible to use the resources of the Moscow E-School for classes and sections. Sergei Sobyanin stressed: “In our opinion, within a year or a year and a half, a maximum of two years, this project will already be a daily routine, an ordinary story, without which it will be difficult to conduct modern lessons in general, including in the field of additional education.”

Exhibition of pre-professional additional education

The meeting participants also viewed an exhibition of city projects in this area. Several Moscow ones were also presented at it. At the stands dedicated to medical classes that appear in the capital's schools, interactive first aid simulators, a telementor (a simulator in the field of telemedicine), digital laboratories in biochemistry and physiology were shown. As part of this project, master classes are held on laboratory analysis of food products, injections and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Sergei Sobyanin said: “Schools are equipped with medical equipment, they can provide both basic pre-profile knowledge and additional ones, for this you don’t need to run somewhere, you can get a whole set of pre-profile skills at your school. The same goes for engineering and academic classes.”

For the project "Engineering class in a Moscow school", educational institutions received equipment for an engineering laboratory complex. Schools organize master classes on the use of digital laboratories and 3D modeling on interactive drawing boards. At the booth, which tells about the competition of autonomous robots, you can see robot football games and a demonstration exam in mobile robotics. Also on display are robots designed by students who won the World Junior Inventors Expo in Japan.

In addition, the exhibition presents the Neuropilot project. These are master classes on controlling quadrocopters using a neural interface. And the Circle from the Champion project includes master classes by the winner of the WorldSkills Professional Excellence Championship in the Chemical Laboratory Analysis competency.

"The city as a school": additional education for children in Moscow

An extensive system of additional education has been created in the capital, which includes circles and sections in general education, sports, music, art schools and centers for children's creativity, as well as at the place of residence. As part of the City as a School project, universities and scientific organizations, theaters and concert halls, museums and sports schools, parks and estates, industrial and transport enterprises, children's art schools and veteran organizations have joined in the additional education of young Muscovites.

Since 2013, a system of unified electronic registration of children in sections and circles has been operating in Moscow. Parents can find out full information about the programs implemented in the city system of additional education on the portal.

The city portal provides a convenient search for the desired circle or section near the house, convenient registration of the child, consolidated personalized records of children attending circles and sections, regardless of departmental affiliation, an individual educational trajectory for each young Muscovite.

Circles and sections are developing most actively now in general education schools, which are most convenient for children and parents.

Compared to 2012, the total number of circles in the city system of additional education has grown 2.5 times - from 48 thousand to 120 thousand. The number of children involved in them has almost doubled - from 429,000 to 841,000.

At the same time, one child can attend several circles and sections.

Indicator
						Over 120 thousand
children involved		444 thousand	472 thousand			841 thousand

In 78 percent of the circles, children study for free, in 22 percent - on a paid basis. The cost of paid classes and the amount of benefits are set by the organizations themselves based on the decision of the governing council.

The areas that help to ensure successful socialization and professional careers of the younger generation have become priorities for additional education: engineering, medicine, science and technology, and integrated security. The number of children enrolled in these programs has increased in recent years. The share of those participating in technical circles increased from 6 to 12 percent between 2015 and 2017, and in science circles from 16 to 18 percent.

There are also projects in Moscow that integrate general and additional education into a single system: "Engineering Class" - 60 schools and more than three thousand students, "Medical Class" - 72 schools and more than 3.5 thousand students, "Academic Class" - 10 schools and 500 students, "Cadet class" - 168 schools and 12.5 thousand students.

Of great interest are the "Saturdays of the Moscow schoolboy". They include several projects. For example, 60 universities participate in "University Saturdays", which hold more than 2.5 thousand events annually for 340 thousand participants. As part of the “Activist Saturdays” project, trainings and master classes are held for 3.8 thousand people, more than 15 thousand young Muscovites participate in the “Saturdays of Courage” project. And the Professional Environment project involves 42 colleges that organize 600 master classes for 47,000 participants.

On behalf of the President of Russia in Moscow since September 1, 2016 the project "A circle from the champion" is being implemented. Schoolchildren - winners of All-Russian and international Olympiads, as well as college students - winners of the WorldSkills and Abilympics professional skills championships, conduct classes in 400 circles with more than 4.5 thousand schoolchildren.

The following projects are also being implemented in Moscow:

- "Preuniversity" - 11 universities and over 3.5 thousand students are involved in it;

- "Vocational Training" - the project covers 52 colleges and 135 professions. 1,700 schoolchildren received professional certificates;

- "Lesson in the Technopark" - in the Technopark "Mosgormash" 120 school students and 130 college students study geoinformatics, modern astronautics, robotics, more than 200 schoolchildren are engaged in additional education programs; in the technopolis "Moscow" about 300 schoolchildren study the modules of the subject "technology". Children's technoparks called "Quantorium" are also open here;

- "Masterslavl", "KidZania", "Kidburg" - children's parks - cities of professions.

The capital regularly takes part in the championships of professional skills "Young Professionals". At the WorldSkills competitions (their participants are from 18 to 23 years old) in 2017, the Moscow team took first place in the team standings, winning 32 medals, including 22 gold ones. The Moscow team also won the JuoniorSkills championship (for children aged 10 to 17) this year, winning 27 medals, including 17 gold.

Sparrow Hills: Moscow's main children's address

The Palace of Children's Creativity on Sparrow Hills traces its history back to 1936 - from the moment the City House of Pioneers and Octobrists was opened on Stopani (the current name of the lane is Ogorodnaya Sloboda).

For decades, the Palace of Pioneers has been the largest and most famous center for children's creativity in the country. There have always been many children's creative associations, studios, art groups, circles and sections of technical, natural science, physical culture and sports, art, tourism, local history and socio-pedagogical orientation. In total, more than 1.3 thousand circles and sections work in the Palace.

In 2014, it was reorganized into the educational complex "Vorobyovy Gory" - a multidisciplinary educational institution that combines the functions of a kindergarten, school, college and its main specialization in additional education for children.

It included 12 institutions of additional education, two kindergartens, three secondary schools, one college and a year-round educational center "Command".

The total area of ​​the buildings of the complex is 104.7 thousand square meters, the total area of ​​the territory is 70 hectares.

Now about 30 thousand children are engaged in it. Among them are 272 preschoolers, 2773 schoolchildren, 380 college students and 29.5 thousand children involved in the program of additional education (22 thousand of them are on the main site of the Palace of Pioneers).

It was successfully completed by 76 graduates of the 11th grade. Of these, 43 people scored at least 220 points in three USE subjects. 19 graduates were awarded the gold medal "For Achievement in Teaching". Among the graduates of 2015-2017, there are ten laureates of the Prize of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the field of supporting talented youth (biology, ecology, technical creativity), five winners of the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren in Moscow (biology, astronomy, history, Italian language), three winner (social science, physics) and eight winners (astronomy, history, physics) of the Moscow School Olympiad.

Every year, the Vorobyovy Gory educational complex holds more than 700 events as part of city festivals and holidays, in which students and their parents participate. Particular attention is paid to children with disabilities, orphans and families with many children.

The educational complex employs 2.3 thousand people, including 1.3 thousand teachers. Irina Sivtsova, Honored Teacher of Russia, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, General Director of the Vorobyovy Gory GBPOU.

In 2010, there were about 1,800 general education schools in Moscow, in which almost 800,000 children studied. At the same time, there were even more preschool institutions and approached the level of Soviet times. Several hundred public and private institutions of higher education in the capital each year open their doors to a million students. The number of non-state educational institutions cannot be counted. A good education comes with a price, but it often comes at a pretty high price. Will paid education be of better quality? How to choose an educational institution within your means and not make a mistake? There are quite simple ways that are applicable to all educational organizations without exception.

Specify the year of foundation of the educational institution: the older, the stronger the traditions and the smoother the work. Compare the number of courses or services offered: quantity does not mean quality, but it can indicate an attempt to provide a well-rounded education. Does the organization have branches in different parts of the city? The opening of the second branch probably speaks of the demand and successful activities. Does the school provide feedback? Is it possible to find all the necessary contact information in open access on the Internet: surname, name, patronymic of the director, telephone number for information, e-mail address? Does the organization offer tuition deferrals? Is it possible to attend a trial, demo lesson for free? Does it provide students with teaching aids and necessary equipment?

Part 2

The choice of a nursery and a kindergarten in Moscow is a rather arbitrary matter, since usually children are assigned to a preschool institution at their actual place of residence in advance. Without a Moscow residence permit, getting a place will be oh, how not easy, because the distribution of such children among kindergartens follows the residual principle. A child with disabilities will be sent to a specialized kindergarten: speech therapy, orthopedic, for children with vision problems, etc. True, the latest decisions of the Moscow Department of Education in relation to such preschool institutions suggest that this specialization can be completely curtailed, and the child's health problems will become the sole concern of their parents.

Many people think that private or commercial kindergartens are more prestigious, but in reality, everything is not so simple. The fact is that public kindergartens are under constant inspection by government agencies for nutrition, a schedule of classes in groups, medical supervision, and so on. All kindergartens in Moscow have recently been attached to some school and even share the same number with it. Therefore, when choosing a kindergarten, find out which school it belongs to. Attachment does not oblige parents to send their child to this particular school, it simply guarantees a place there. It also happens that several gardens are attached to one school at once. Considering that many schools are also kind of "attached" to universities, an interesting picture emerges about the attachment of a young citizen to an educational institution from childhood to adulthood as part of civic education.

Part 3

Before you go in search of a school, take special tests for the child, which will tell about his interests, inclinations, talents. Look for an educational institution that can maximize your child's abilities. Study in detail the teaching staff of the school, as well as the number of students in the classes. Less is better. Remember that in education there is nothing more beautiful than individual lessons with a good teacher! Visit the website of the school, college, or training center that interests you. Does he exist? Is it updated? Good organization in one thing is a sign of organization in many ways. If the site has a forum, look at the messages: from them you can learn a lot about the internal kitchen and the state of affairs.

Visit the website of the school, college, or training center that interests you. Does he exist? Is it updated? Good organization in one thing is a sign of organization in many ways. If the site has a forum, look at the messages: from them you can learn a lot about the internal kitchen and the state of affairs. How many students of this educational institution passed the USE with 80+ points? What was the average score? The average USE score in Russia for 2015 was 59.47 points. Compare it with the data for the school of interest and draw conclusions. If an educational institution does not advertise the results obtained by students in the final exam of the Unified State Examination or the OGE, this also says a lot. In general, the suppression of data by an educational institution is a worrying factor. Does this school or gymnasium participate in city or regional olympiads? Is it regular? What are the successes?

Part 4

Go to several Moscow job market sites and see a selection of job offers for university graduates. The number of mentions of the university per 100 vacancies will give you the first clue about the demand for the educational institution among employers. Look at the information on the official website of the higher education institution. Divide the total tenure of 20 faculty members in your department by 20. An ideal figure would be between 10 and 25 years. If the average experience is below ten, this may mean an imbalance towards young professionals, if it is higher, then perhaps this educational institution lacks “fresh pedagogical blood”. Specify the average work experience in this particular institute: a low indicator indicates staff turnover.

The quality of higher education is usually directly proportional to teachers' salaries. If an educational institution charges high fees for educational services, and at the same time, the salaries of teachers are not up to par, you should not expect good things, since teachers usually devote their efforts not to students, but to finding additional income. Unfortunately, this is especially true for many public universities. For non-state educational institutions, the most relevant information is the length of service in the field of education. The fewer years the university has been functioning, the less organization and coherence can be expected in the educational process of the educational institution, the less stable the knowledge of students at the output will be. In all sections of the catalog, we have added the ability to leave feedback about the educational institution, some of them will also help you make the right choice.

At the Moscow Center for Technological Modernization of Education, about 2,000 children study annually in the following creative circles, studios and associations:

3D modeling and prototyping

Moscow schoolchildren can understand all the variety of 3D technologies and plunge into the exciting process of prototyping at exciting master classes conducted by the best specialists of TemoCentre. For high school students, three-dimensional modeling programs based on the three-dimensional editor Autodesk 3ds Max and 3D printing have been developed. Children will learn about modern 3D printing methods. After working on modern 3D printing equipment, a full-fledged 3D model will be made from simple three-dimensional figures. And for younger students, entertaining master classes have been developed. With the help of 3D pens, the children will draw three-dimensional figures of their favorite cartoon characters or fairy tale characters, a tree of friendship with their names or “avatars”, create and assemble technical structures from simple mechanisms, make a real stained-glass window or decorative decorations for their home.

Children's TV School

The Children's Television School is an opportunity to learn the basics of television professions, to take part in a real television production. In our studios, and there are more than 10 of them, they teach how to work in the frame, master the basics of cameramanship, television directing, and video editing. Students go to the shooting, interview famous people, broadcast their programs. The works of television training studios are regularly aired on the Moscow Educational Internet TV channel.

School of Multimedia Journalism

The goal of our school is to help children master a promising and exciting professional direction, which one day will help our students proudly say about themselves: “I am a journalist!”. Journalism contributes to the development of communicative and organizational qualities, teaches the ability to work in a team and competently plan one's time. The “School of Multimedia Journalism” of TemoCentre is a partner of such media as: Moscow Educational Internet TV Channel, multimedia project “Russia Beyond the Headlines”, youth magazine “Vverkh”, festival “Penguins of Pera”.

School of the Young Programmer

If the guys plan to become developers of computer games or mobile applications, they want to learn network administration and practical cybernetics, then they can learn this at the Moscow School for Young Programmers, opened in TemoCentre. Scratch Game Science, Game Programming, Samsung IT School and 10 more courses related to programming! Numerous events are held at the School for students aimed at developing interest in IT education. School partners are leading IT companies: Kaspersky Lab, ABBYY, 3D-quality, Yandex, SAMSUNG.

Scientific and technical creativity

How are special effects created in blockbusters? How are 3D and 2D cartoons made? How to build your own robot and teach it to follow commands. How to beat a grandmaster in chess and what is tavreli chess? How to create a miracle using a computer, a sheet of paper and a camera? How to ask a question in a search engine and build a diagram? What is augmented reality and how to create it? Our teachers will help students find answers to these and many other questions during classes in circles of scientific and technical creativity.