The three best social educators will represent the Vitebsk region at the competition in Minsk

September 25, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Three social educators from district educational institutions have won the right to represent the Vitebsk region in the final of the republican competition "Social Educator of the Republic of Belarus-2009", which will be held in November in Minsk. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the regional Institute for the Development of Education. The best social educators of the region became known based on the results of the regional stage of the professional skills competition, in which seven specialists took part. The winner was Irina Azarova from Secondary School No. 18 named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Polotsk), the second and third places were awarded by the jury to Lyudmila Khilko from Braslav Gymnasium and Elena Minchukova from Secondary School No. 2 of Novolukoml (Chashniki district). The participants of the regional final performed several competitive tasks: they presented their skills and abilities in the self-presentation competition, conducted educational events in an unfamiliar audience, and also passed tests in pedagogy and psychology and defended their socio-pedagogical projects. All educators demonstrated great creative potential, professionalism, and a high level of culture, so the jury found itself in a difficult situation when awarding prizes, the institute noted. At the same time, the jury members specifically noted the relevance and significance of the socio-pedagogical projects presented by the participants. The winner, Irina Azarova, is implementing the project "The Art of Living in a Family", the goal of which is to organize joint work of the family and school in the upbringing and development of children. Lyudmila Khilko presented the project "Professional Self-Determination of Gymnasium Students through the Modernization of Career Guidance Work", which provides for the creation of a school career guidance center and the opportunity for students and their parents to receive qualified assistance in self-determination. Elena Minchukova developed the project "Resistance", aimed at preventing addictions in adolescents, ensuring the formation of a physically, mentally and morally healthy personality, as well as improving the situation in dysfunctional families. -0-