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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The Polytechnic University held a ceremony to present professional retraining diplomas to graduates of the second cohort of the joint educational program "Digital Drawing Teacher" between the Civil Engineering Institute of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Russian engineering company NanoSoft Development.
Welcoming remarks were addressed by Veronika Rebrova, Chair of the Leningrad Region Committee for General and Vocational Education; Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education at SPbPU; Oleg Egorychev, Director of Programs for Developing Interaction with Educational and Scientific Organizations at NanoSoft Development; and Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering. The event was moderated by Ksenia Strelets, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Programs at SPbPU's Institute of Scientific Research and Head of the Digital Drawing Teacher program.
The program was developed by faculty from the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's Institute of Civil Engineering with the support of the Russian engineering software developer NanoSoft Development, based on the nanoCAD software product. Its goal is to revive high-quality teaching of the subject "Drafting" in Russian schools, in accordance with the directive of the President of the Russian Federation.
The second cohort of the program was successfully completed by 50 teachers from various regions of the country: 34 teachers from St. Petersburg, 11 teachers from the Leningrad Region (Murino, Bugry, Yanino, Kuzmolovskiy, Vsevolozhsk District, Yalgelevo, Gostilitsy, Lomonosov District, and Gatchina), three teachers from the Republic of Tatarstan, and two teachers from Murmansk.
Teachers mastered modern drawing teaching methods using the domestic nanoCAD software and gained practical skills in digital design and modeling.
Professional retraining diplomas, certificates from NanoSoft, and commemorative Polytechnic badges were presented by Marina Petrochenko, Ksenia Strelets, Dmitry Tikhonov, and Oleg Egorychev.
Special thanks were extended to Dmitry Molodtsov, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction, and Elena Knyazeva, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Design and Architecture, for their contributions to the program's development and training of teaching staff.
At the end of the event, guests were treated to a tour of the innovative educational space "FabLab Polytech," led by its director, Nina Yuretskaya.
"The contribution of teachers to shaping students' careers cannot be overstated. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to support educators with the "Digital Drawing Teacher" course, which aims to lay the foundations for engineering education in schoolchildren. We hope that your students will be among the future students of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University," said Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering.
When I started teaching drafting classes at school, I never imagined that, as an artist, I would be so captivated by the world of engineering. Thanks to NanoSoft and the Civil Engineering Institute, I'll be able to teach my students so much more! Yulia Rakhmanova, a teacher of fine arts, drafting, and technology at Kuzmolovskaya Secondary School No. 1, is confident.
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