About the Palace of Pioneers Vorobyovy Gory ah, one thing can be said: this the best place Moscow, and at the same time - the place is not Moscow at all. It is not clear how it exists in this city, it is not clear how it exists at this time. The asymmetrical green area is obliquely dissected by a regular grid of asphalt paths. On one side is a fifty-meter stainless steel flagpole. On the other, there is a light, elongated building with an observatory dome and a canopy on disappearing columns. In the center - like a piece of glass from a typical Soviet cinema. There are modernist panels on the facades, and everything is very literal: pioneers, bonfires, trumpets, Lenin - where without him. Ash and nut trees grow behind the buildings connected into one complex. It’s quiet, there are no cars, schoolchildren are walking along the paths - even late autumn In 2014, the hope-filled 1960s reign here.
The Palace of Pioneers began to be built immediately after the VI World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957, and opened on June 1, 1962 - six months remained before the publication of “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”, and an eternity before the tanks in Prague. At the parade of pioneers, Nikita Khrushchev himself cut the red ribbon of the new building. The Palace of Pioneers is the physical embodiment of the thaw and all the best that happened in the Soviet Union. The first post-war generation grew up in the country, which did not have to fight for its existence. And to satisfy their creativity needs, for the first time in Soviet history a place of eternal celebration was created for children.
Palace of Pioneers
on Vorobyovy Gory
A masterpiece of Soviet modernism, the team of authors was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR
in Architecture 1967
Architects: Igor Pokrovsky (supervisor), Felix Novikov, Victor Egerev, Vladimir Kubasov, Boris Paluy, Mikhail Khazhakyan, Yuri Ionov (engineer)
Years of creation: 1958–1962
Complex area: 48 hectares
Number of students: 15,500 schoolchildren
The construction of the complex was an event in architectural life USSR: several concert and theater halls, swimming pools, a winter garden, an observatory and exhibition spaces were combined in one extended building. The competition was won by young and unknown architects under the leadership of Igor Aleksandrovich Pokrovsky (the future author of the development of Zelenograd) - everyone in the team of seven people was under 35 years old. The project became their path to life: when the State Prize of the RSFSR in the field of architecture was established in 1967, the creators of the Palace of Pioneers were the first to receive it.
The solution of Pokrovsky’s team was radically different from everything that had come before: these are very light, elegant buildings that fit well into the natural environment, united by a common laconic and clear style - the complete opposite of the excessive late Stalinist neoclassicism. Despite their half-century anniversary and the need for renovation, they still look fresh, modern and diverse. True, the architects were never able to complete everything they had planned: already in 1963, funding for the continuation of construction was curtailed.
The Palace of Pioneers on Vorobyovy Gory is not reduced to just a square or a modernist ensemble executed with undeniable taste. It is much larger than its components, and when you enter this space, you can feel a touch of the sacred. Architecture is not only bricks, glass and reinforced concrete. Architecture always expresses the ideology and mood of society: judging by the difference between the spacious New Arbat and the bulky Academician Sakharov Avenue, it is easy to imagine the difference between the beginning and end of the Brezhnev era. The Palace of Pioneers is a living utopia from a time when people believed that they would soon subjugate thermonuclear fusion, create a just society and fly to distant planets on a shiny rocket. And this is his paradox.
This complex lives in parallel reality- By the end of the 20th century, humanity experienced a crisis of faith in progress. No one is interested in a bright future anymore: why explore real space if you can in social networks discuss space adventures in Christopher Nolan's new film? And even more - the hope that things will be better in the future has been replaced by a fear of change and a desire to isolate oneself from the future, forget about its existence and return to the past, or at least leave everything as it is. But, being on Vorobyovy Gory, you don’t feel this hassle: progress is great, and the future cannot but be wonderful. Because if it is not beautiful, then why live at all?
On the square near the Palace of Pioneers, it’s easy to believe that everything will be fine. At least for this reason, in late autumn 2014 this is the best place in Moscow.
Photos: Polina Kirilenko
In our previous publications (see below), we actually described the criminal activities of the so-called “parental” committee of the Moscow State Duma (Yu)T, the real purpose of which is to eliminate the protective status from the territory of the Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills, which will allow construction companies to implement their grandiose projects in a volume that is familiar to them and deadly for all living things. It is important to emphasize that half of the so-called “parents” who entered this ill-fated Republic of Kazakhstan have not had children in the Palace for a long time and, perhaps, never studied at all. Moreover, among the most concerned activists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, mainly persons affiliated with banking structures and construction complex. IN Lately However (after our publications), the ranks of the criminals thinned out somewhat, and two employees of the Societe Generale Bank sharply reduced their illegal activity (apparently, a stable banking career is more valuable than the uncertainty of a black raider).
Here's a real estate specialistLev Vladimirovich Moiseev(http://www.board.7-1.ru/main/subject-1088/pbb_32_5979/), on the contrary, he sharply became more active and with his own hand (or, to be more precise, with the help of a fountain pen with the inscription Inkom Real Estate) wrote a letter to Himself on behalf of as many as 15 thousand children studying at the Palace. Well, as one would expect, this public opinion was signed by fourteen more members of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the most honest employee of the Palace, Svetlana Mikhailovna Kosteva, who clung to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The opinion of another 14,986 parents of children studying at the Palace, or at least another 22 parents who are part of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is not reflected in this letter.
You don’t need to read the second and third paragraphs of the letter; they contain purposeful mumbling in order to lull the reader’s vigilance. It must be admitted that God did not offend Lev Moiseev with his literary talent, which, unfortunately, cannot be said about his moral and ethical status.
The most interesting thing is the fourth paragraph, which directly says: “the protection status of the Palace must be changed.” And then: “only you can do this, Vladimir Vladimirovich.” It is impossible to imagine that Moiseev could not know that there is not a single legal way by which Putin could remove the protective status from the Palace. This question falls under the exclusive competence of the Moscow government. Nevertheless, a Cossack sees a Cossack, as we know, from afar. Moiseev’s logic is clear as daylight, namely, “what does it cost for a person who won the elections on March 4 to resolve the issue of protective status just as easily and naturally.”
Further, Moiseev grovels in an extremely nauseating manner: “We hope that upon completion of the entire complex of work, you (Vladimir Vladimirovich) will personally cut the ribbon on the opening of the second stage and the entire updated complex.” Well, and, of course, he congratulates VV on his worthy victory in the elections, and wishes the “winner” successful management of our great state.
Moiseev, apparently, had already transmitted the letter through people interested in construction and having access to the “body”. And to honest people resisting development who had the misfortune of joining this ill-fated Republic of Kazakhstan, Moiseev sends out letters with the following content: “My strong point is to treat fools... with harsh methods!”
The full text of the letter and the names of the signatories are presented below.
To the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Putin V.V.
103274, Moscow, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, 2
From the Parent Committee of MGDD(Yu)T
(Moscow Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills)
119311, Moscow, Kosygina st., 17.
Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich.
Parents Committee of the Moscow City Children's Children's Association (Yu)T, representing the interests of more than 15,000 children and their parents , turns to you in search of a wise and responsible decision about the future of the largest educational center in Russia, known to all of us from our childhood, the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills.
The Palace of Pioneers dates back to 1936, from a modest building in Stopani Lane. The current buildings were erected for the 40th anniversary of the Komsomol, in 1962. N.S. Khrushchev personally supervised the construction and opened the first stage of the Palace. The leader of the state attached such significance to this event. Throughout the 75 years of its existence, this world’s largest Palace of Children’s Creativity has been a “cradle of talent” for hundreds of thousands of young Muscovites. From its walls came out into great life a lot famous people, whose names everyone in Russia knows. Artists and writers, politicians and diplomats, Olympic champions and journalists... The list of those to whom the Palace gave a start in life is enormous. Among the graduates different years- A. Mitta, V. Vasiliev, T. Sinyavskaya, L. Kasatkina, N. Gundareva, R. Bykov, Y. Bogatyrev, S. Nikonenko, I. Kvasha, O. Kabo, Y. Trifonov, Y. Averbakh, D .Rogozin, M.Koshevaya, A. Alipov, B.Morukov, E.Velikhov, N.Drozdov... and many, many others. And throughout the country, our Palace is a unique multidisciplinary educational and methodological center, disseminating its enormous experience among other institutions of additional education, and is the flagship of educational processes creative personalities, the vanguard of worthy citizens of Russia. The importance of the Palace is difficult to overestimate. The task of its careful preservation and development, strengthening the material and technical base, modern equipment worthy of the 21st century, to continue fruitful work for the benefit of our entire society is an important and noble cause.
Over the past 50 years, the buildings of the Palace of Pioneers have become very worn out and aged. New premises would help a lot without interrupting educational process, free the main building for a comprehensive restoration. The city government has repeatedly renewed attempts to complete the construction of six buildings of the second stage, originally designed, but not built due to a lack of budget funds. Now funds have been found, as Mayor Sobyanin reported to Dmitry Anatolyevich. However, there is a difficulty preventing construction from starting.
The fact is that the complex of buildings and the territory have protected status. The Palace Park, which today is a “Monument of Landscape Art,” was protected by its status for many years from numerous attempts at commercial development. In order to build new buildings, which are necessary like air for the Palace to function normally, the security status needs to be changed. Such a change will undoubtedly lead to fatal consequences. The frozen commercial projects of residential, office and retail and entertainment buildings will be immediately activated and the area will be developed. The children's park will cease to exist. The Palace itself will be under threat of closure.
In these difficult conditions, we see the only possible decision, which only you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, can make.
The Parents Committee asks you:
1. Issue a document allowing the construction of the second phase of the Palace without removing or changing the protective status.
2. Take under your personal control the entire range of works and the process of budgetary financing of construction.
3. To guarantee the preservation of the integrity and inviolability of the territory and complex of buildings of the Palace to fulfill its main function - accessible and free additional education for children.
Only in this way can we ensure the preservation of the pearl of our city - the Palace on Sparrow Hills - for current and future generations. We count on your understanding of the significance of the problem and your support. We hope that upon completion of the entire complex of work, you will personally cut the ribbon at the opening of the second stage and the entire updated complex.
Taking this opportunity, allow me to sincerely congratulate you on your worthy victory in the elections of the President of Russia and wish you successful governance of our great state. Let me also invite you to us, at the Palace, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the MGDD(Yu)T complex on June 1, Children's Day.
Sincerely on behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan……..
1. Kozlov O.V.
2. Gorbachevsky P.V.
3. Moiseev L.V.
5. Skotnikov D.A.
6., Shatalova T.B.
7. Krutsko S.P.
8. Kastko T.V.
9. Achkasova O.G.
10. Strakhova G.S.
11.Piskulov D.Yu.
12. Dodukalova N.N.
13. Glebova O.A.
14. Nilova L.L.
15. Khalzova M.
16. Yudkina M.G.
17. Employee of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (Yu)T Kosteva S.M.
I know where the dream lives, even if it has come true. She lives high. On Sparrow Hills. She is guarded by Malchish-Kibalchish. Remember? “Steamboats are sailing - hello to Malchish! Pilots are flying by - hello to Malchish! Steam locomotives will fly by - hello to Malchish! And pioneers will pass - salute to Malchish!”
This is how Arkady Gaidar's "Tale of a Military Secret..." ends. And another one begins - a modern one.
Now minibuses and trolleybus No. 7 rush past Malchish-Kibalchish along Kosygina Street. And at its foot is buried a capsule with soil from the grave of the writer Arkady Gaidar, buried above the Dnieper in the tiny city of Kanev. The monument to Malchish was opened on the territory of the Palace of Pioneers on Vorobyovy Gory on May 19, 1972 - on the day of the 50th anniversary of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. The capsule with soil was buried two years later. And also on Pioneer Day.
This year the main Palace of Pioneers of the Union (and now Russia) celebrates its 80th anniversary.
Back in (as it seems now) 1936, people from all over Moscow went to Stopani Lane to pursue their dreams. More precisely, the children were traveling to make their dreams come true, since they could simply dream in the Tagansk communal apartment, where there was one washbasin for 43 people (like, for example, the future theater and cinema prima Natalya Gundareva), and in the Spanish gateways of the Arbat (like the actors Rolan Bykov and Igor Kvasha), and in the elite Government House overlooking the Kremlin on Serafimovich Street (as writer Yuri Trifonov)...
You could dream anywhere in pre-war Moscow. But the dream could only come true in the Palace. At the Palace of Pioneers. "The winter of 1937-38 was alarming and difficult. I still remember... the feeling of festive, chilling excitement... I almost ran down the alley to old house, all the windows of which were illuminated... a warm, festive house. ...Disputes, discussions, mutual destructive criticism, most interesting lectures - all this came later. They gave me something very important, without which I would not have become a writer,” wrote the author of the novel “House on the Embankment” Yuri Trifonov about the literary studio of the House of Pioneers. Writers Yuri Trifonov, Sergei Baruzdin, and Sergei Baruzdin grew up in the literary and creative studio on Stopan. Anatoly Aleksin, Sergey Lvov... Life here, albeit a little, was ahead of the reality in which children existed.
Life was made up of gray everyday life: eternally tired parents, an unkempt and often hostile courtyard, irritated teachers who, it seems, unfairly stamped “twos” and “threes” in your diary... And in the Palace of Pioneers “life as it is” fabulously turned into "how it could be." As it should be. In a bright future.
In Belarus, the Loktev Ensemble, the Young Muscovite Theater, and the “Pioneer” choir are well known; in Moscow they admire the “Chabarok” dance ensemble, the “Krynichka” choir, and the “Praleska” folklore ensemble. In short, we are family friends...
Eighteen-year-old student Vladimir Stein created a Puppet Studio here, which very soon became world famous. As a six-year-old girl, Tamara Sinyavskaya, the daughter of ordinary Moscow workers, joined the ballet group of the Vladimir Loktev Song and Dance Ensemble (at that time the group did not yet bear the name of the great maestro). And she became a world famous opera singer. Sergei Nikonenko was brought to cinema by love... No, not only by art - by an ordinary girl with freckles. Because of her, he stayed in the theater studio of the Palace of Pioneers.
Igor Kvasha was pulled out of the criminal raspberry of Arbat by Rolan Bykov. And he brought me to the Palace of Pioneers. The children's theater showed their friends a guiding star.
In 1962, the Moscow City Palace of Pioneers moved from Stopani Lane to Vorobyovy Gory.
All the palaces and houses of the pioneers had a “military secret” - they kept the dream and gave its embodiment to those who wanted it more than others. The palaces of the pioneers were the territory of good faces, sparkling eyes, good hearts, true friendship... You went into your black and white life with a torch inside. Maybe just an inch, but more mature, more inspired, freer...
What about now? Has the romance faded from the walls of the Palace of Pioneers over 80 turbulent years? How does the current Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills differ from its “great-grandfather” in Stopani Lane? - I bombarded with questions general director Palace of Pioneers Andrei Shashkov.
It is impossible to correct, let alone replace, a classic. And why?! - Andrei Anatolyevich reflects on my question. - An aura of creativity, search, self-improvement has moved into our Palace of Pioneers on Kosygina Street from Stopani Lane... There are things that do not change their value over time. Kindness. Love for children. Responsibility. Ability to make friends. The ability to listen and hear. The desire to help each other. These are personality-defining qualities, without which one cannot move forward. We tried to preserve them. Both craftsmanship and moral qualities are passed on, as they say, by word of mouth, and the vast majority of our teachers are graduates of their native Palace of Pioneers.
Another thing is what they are teaching now, what skills they are imparting. We have preserved everything classic: aircraft modeling, ship modeling, robotics, space, chess, military-patriotic training, ecology... Everything that was and will be in demand of time. Hundreds of other disciplines have been added. Let's say practical astrophysics. We have our own observatory, our own planetarium...
There is even a star, named after the Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills.
Yes. And this is something to be proud of. As well as the fact that two cosmonauts, Heroes of Russia, Sergei Ryazansky and Boris Morukov, emerged from the walls of the palace. Biochemist and cardiologist. Both studied in the ecology club of our Palace of Pioneers.
We try to give children education at the intersection of sciences, at the intersection of subject areas.
The child must have a choice. Every child is talented. We must be able to discern and develop this. Want a unique fact?
The famous mathematician, academician Alexey Semenov studied in our palace in a cooking circle. Now Alexey Lvovich is a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, rector of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Leader of the group that created new concept development of education in Russia.
The future of the country begins in schools and in the palaces of pioneers, in the palaces of creativity. He who controls childhood controls the future.
Andrey Anatolyevich, did you visit the Palace of Pioneers as a child?
Necessarily. I can’t call myself a graduate of the palace, but at the age of nine my father brought me to the chess section. True, then I moved to another sports school- "Sambo-70". And when he became its coach-teacher, and then its director, he dreamed of creating a chess class at the school. (A.A. Shashkov, in addition to being a candidate of pedagogical sciences, is also an honored coach of Russia. - Author)
So you are a sambo wrestler with a chess bias?
Well, if you like... - Shashkov laughs.
The Loktev Song and Dance Ensemble of the Palace of Pioneers is a living legend not only of the Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills, but also of the entire Russian culture. This is a factory of stars - cinema, ballet, theater... Loktevites tour a lot around Russia and the world. They also happen in Belarus. They especially liked Kid `s camp"Zubrenok." In “Zubrenok”, young Muscovites combine business with pleasure - they relax, gain health, and delight their Belarusian peers with their skills. In turn, the teams of the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth visit Sparrow Hills. As they say, they are friends with families.
Famous graduates of the Palace of Pioneers
Writers Anatoly Aleksin, Sergei Baruzdin, Grigory Gorin, Sergei Lvov, Yuri Trifonov... Actors and directors Vladimir Andreev, Yuri Bogatyrev, Ivan Bortnik, Rolan Bykov, Natalya Gundareva, Olga Kabo, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Igor Kvasha, Avangard Leontyev, Alexander Mitta , Olga Naumenko, Sergei Nikonenko, Alexander Pashutin, Stanislav Rostotsky, Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, Daniil Spivakovsky, Victoria Tolstoganova, Vladimir Stein... Prims and premieres of the Bolshoi Theater Natalia Bessmertnova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Tamara Sinyavskaya. Cosmonauts Boris Morukov and Sergei Ryazansky. Chess players Yuri Averbakh, Mikhail Kobalia, Alexander Nikitin, Andrey Rychagov, Valery Chekhov, Artur Yusupov...
15.06.2017Today we are publishing one of the interviews taken as part of the special project "". Victoria Vdovina, art teacher at the Vorobyovy Gory State Educational Institution and member of the Teacher trade union, spoke about the problems at her workplace.
“I work at the Vorobyovy Gory State Budgetary Educational Institution. Previously, it was the Palace of Pioneers federal significance- the same one on the Lenin Hills. Now several institutions have been merged into one large organization under this name, and the same story is happening as with the merger of schools into educational complexes - the quality of education is falling.
Abbreviations
I’ll tell you about the first scheme that happened in 2014 - it happened, apparently, everywhere. At first, they began to cut us the positions of the so-called middle management: studio heads, laboratory assistants, teacher-organizers, and methodologists. These were very important specialists who did everything according to their own job descriptions and received wages under an employment contract: it was very difficult to violate their rights. But gradually these rates were reduced.
They laid them off in a special way: they forced them to sign a “transition” paper, promising that all previous responsibilities would remain in the form of functionality. This functionality means that it is somehow described and paid for. And you yourself understand that the position of a teacher is something that is protected labor legislation, and the functionality is the will of management, it can always be removed. This is what happened almost six months later with a large number of employees. Thus, all those undesirable were either fired or had their salaries cut.
Our teachers have become, you know, these unidentified flying objects - everyone now flies on their own. We have neither a team, nor a common goal, nor communication around some artistic task.
Reorganization and salary reduction
Our situation has worsened not only because mid-level specialists have been laid off. We were given template papers to sign: “Please transfer me to the landscape science department.” Why should we artists sign this? The answer is: “this is a formal reorganization.” At the same time, we learned that there is not a single landscape science group in this department... But there is a boss there, and, apparently, he needs help to sit further in his chair.
This boss is not at all interested in art education. He doesn’t need anything at all: neither the implementation of the program, nor trips, nor plein airs. Thus, by moving to a department that has nothing to do with us, we simply lowered our qualifications. We are no longer artists, but “employees of the landscape science department.” At the same time, almost all teachers signed this - no one is aware of their labor rights.
Those who did not transfer began to be put under pressure. Already in the summer people were told: “you don’t work for us anymore, you haven’t done the transfer, but your department doesn’t exist.” When was the day open doors, they didn’t even provide us with tables, and the children weren’t enrolled with us until December, although classes were being held. The leader came and said: “these teachers don’t work for us, we don’t know them, they’re from the street.” And all this in front of the parents. We had to catch up with some of the new people and explain what was what.
The “transfer” of artists into landscape science ended with our salary becoming eighteen thousand, and that of the others who agreed - twenty-five. This is the starting bid. It is believed that everything else on top is a premium for “ Good work" There are no criteria. I would really like to. We have long forgotten that there are some kind of bonuses. Then we went to court, and the unpaid money was returned to us. Now we all get twenty-five.
Salaries are not calculated transparently. The management somehow even managed to say that the system by which it is calculated is “secret information.”
There is demand, but no money
Art education is very popular, we have huge sets. But we cannot agree with our leadership that we need an additional teacher, additional hours. Every year a struggle begins: the administration overloads the groups so much that the quality of our education declines. If the standard is from eight to twelve children, then I have twenty-five, and if up to twenty, then I have fifty children who want it. We report all this, we write office notes, we say that we need to make changes to the curriculum and hire a new teacher. But even for the vacancy of an employee on maternity leave, they, violating all laws, do not give us a person.
For absent employees, we fulfill an additional requirement for the same salary. And not only for the children, but also for the functionality that was removed.
There are three levels of programs: introductory, basic, and advanced. Basic and advanced ones need to be confirmed. Wherein basic program requires at least, it seems, fifty percent of the participants in various competitions and at least thirty percent of the winners. In-depth means eighty percent of the participants and half of the winners. This was decided by the Department of Education, and we are obliged to comply with the order. But such an order contradicts all logic - there are not even so many competitions in Moscow! Where should a teacher send children? And where to look for these competitions if the administration does not offer anything at all?
The department released a list of competitions, but they could be counted on one hand, and we took part in them all, even doing an exhibition project. We, the children, and the parents are happy with the results: when we don’t win somewhere, we definitely take the laureate’s diploma. But this still cannot cover the standards if each teacher has seven groups, like mine. And the percentage of winners is calculated for each group separately, and not for all students.
Moreover, we must simply study without anything. We don’t have plaster, we don’t have materials, and the administration can’t even properly process documents for plein air or travel. For example, we came to draw at the Botanical Garden and found ourselves at closed doors, although the lesson was planned.
We protect both our rights and the rights of our students. First of all, we want the number of children in the group to be adequate, so that the room is equipped (ours doesn’t even have blinds). But no money is allocated at all. And this is the budget. We are openly told that there is no funding for anything.
“If you want to earn money, there are a lot of great places where you can do it faster and better” ©
There is an opinion that a teacher is such a slave. The administration has various reasons for removing a disobedient slave. We were told that our center has always only had technical education (it is called the House of Technical Creativity), so we will remove artists from here. This contradicts even the decree that there should be within walking distance in every district different types additional education (we no longer have art studios). My parents, thanks to them, defended the building with us.
The director was then removed for abuse of power. At the same time, he got a great job in the next building - with an even better salary and in a separate office.
At the same time, absolutely wonderful personnel left us. Everyone, including the “rebels,” was either laid off or their salaries were terribly delayed. People simply quit at will“, because there was nothing to support the family. For example, Eduard Shalvovich Sanadze, a musician, left. At the same time, in addition to budget ones, he also led paid groups, but even for them he was not paid a salary.
Until we went through this whole school of survival, we always followed the verbal orders of our superiors. Moreover, they sounded, for example, like this: “We won’t give you more hours.” And that’s it - they simply don’t give it to you, and you don’t complain anywhere. Or, let’s say, like mine: “we are eliminating your position as studio manager.” On what basis? Reorganization? It's also unclear.
When the prosecutor's office took up this issue, the boss was fined and, apparently, ordered to return the position. But they didn’t return me to the post of manager, but made me the project manager, which was also a deception - the project was then closed without explanation.
Our children are often not enrolled in the budget or they resist it in every possible way. They reject the documents, they say that there are no places... They did a terrible thing with physics, for which there were a lot of applicants: the teacher was bullied and fired (or, rather, asked to quit) because there were too many children in his budget group. He was an excellent teacher, and students who, for example, had to study two hours later, came earlier to sit in an extra lesson.
After preschool education made it paid, they announced to us that now all programs from the age of nine (some even from ten) will also be extra-budgetary, and they need to be rewritten. Then many of us left again - they were ashamed to tell those children who studied with them for free that tomorrow they would have to pay. And these are quite large amounts for large families or parents of children with disabilities. There are absolutely no benefits.
All teachers, using the oral orders of their leaders, of course, rewrote and approved new program. But we stubbornly resisted: at that time we were already collaborating with the Teacher trade union, writing articles in the media... I said that I would not rewrite anything, because I had not seen a document stating that I had to do this. “No, this is not written, this is a decision of some methodological council of the department...” I say: whatever, just let me see, and I will immediately obey.
Of course, nothing was provided. As a result, the department released the paper: from the age of seven - yes! - you can do it for free. Even from six, if the child is already at school. And all of Moscow received free additional school education.
Tidbit
This summer, documents about the inspection of Vorobyovy Gory and information about the theft by our director (we are talking about Andrei Shashkov, the former director of the institution - editor's note) of an amount of fifty-two million were published on the Internet. He did not receive a criminal sentence. Moreover, he now runs the Center for Patriotic Education. He has a very honorable position.
Expert opinion. Vsevolod Lukhovitsky, co-chairman of the interregional trade union of educators "Teacher"
On the formation of the salary fund for teachers and NSOT
The wage fund (WF) is formed by the school independently from the funds that the school receives as a budgetary educational institution. The more students there are in a school, the greater the payroll - this is the normative per capita principle of financing. In the end, it is the director, as the employer, who determines the employees' salaries. But, unfortunately, neither workers nor parents have any way to influence what standard a particular region will adopt. Calculations of standards are not published, although they are directly related to the rights of children to education and teachers to decent wages.
How exactly the payroll is distributed must be specified in the school Regulations on remuneration. If a school has a strong teaching staff, it may insist on a fair distribution of available funds. But most often, school Regulations copy the exemplary ones recommended by the regional education department.
In 2008, the transition to New system wages (NSOT). The general one for the whole country was cancelled. tariff schedule, teacher salaries can now differ significantly even in neighboring schools. According to NSOT, the salary is divided into 2 parts: basic (that is, guaranteed) and stimulating (depending on the “quality of work” of the teacher, which cannot be objectively assessed). From the point of view of the law, incentives are a type of bonus, and no one is obliged to pay a bonus; it is the director’s right to award someone a bonus if he deems it necessary. In addition, according to the current system, it turns out that if all employees work efficiently, their salaries do not increase, because the part of the wage fund allocated for incentive payments remains constant and the “cost” of one point simply decreases. Teachers from the same institution must compete with each other for points, which makes the very idea of mentoring and transfer of experience impossible. Now an experienced teacher sees in a young person only a competitor who will take points away from him if he teaches well.
When NSET was introduced, school funding was increased to show the benefits of NSET. Now, with a general reduction in funding, teachers have realized how they were deceived. Demands to abolish the NSOT are increasingly heard.
On the reliability of Rosstat figures
How is the average salary for a school calculated? A few simple tricks that are not deception in literally words.
Firstly, teachers are forced to take on a heavy workload. According to the Center sociological research The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in April 2015, almost half of the teachers worked with overload: 38% at 1.5 rates, 8.4% at 2 rates. In addition to their main work, 82.9% of teachers had additional workload: educational - 47%, organizational - 15.5%, educational - 9.5%, worked individually with students - 11.7%. 65% were engaged in cleaning the classroom and area. Since then, the workload on teachers has increased even more.
Secondly, the statistics do not include part-time teachers and teachers with a workload less than the rate.
Thirdly, many schools have paid educational services. So this money is added to the basic salary, so parents help report on the implementation regional authorities"May decrees".
On the implementation of the “May Decrees”
In 12-13 there was an increase in funding in a number of regions. But officials quickly realized that instead of increasing funding, they could force directors to lay off teachers and increase the workload of those remaining. Especially during the general economic crisis.
It has long been clear that the “May” decrees cannot be implemented. Even the ONF and the Ministry of Education started talking about this. In some regions, governors directly say that the “May” decrees are not regulations, but wishes.
About the demands of the “Teacher” trade union
Now the situation in Moscow is still better than in many regions. Several years ago, our main complaints against the Moscow Department of Education were related to the so-called reorganization educational institutions. Unfortunately, neither we nor our parents were heard, and it was not possible to organize serious resistance then.
The second complaint is related to the lack of transparency in the formation of standards. The current standards have not been revised for 6 years. And, most importantly, no one answers the question of how this standard was calculated. For example, in a number of regions coefficients are provided for boarding schools, gymnasiums, etc. There is nothing like this in Moscow.
As for the all-Russian requirements, they are obvious:
1. Recognize the transition to NSOT as a mistake.
2. Establish uniform minimum rates for the entire country wages teachers, educators, lecturers and other teaching staff, tied to the average level of payment in the country; regions are given the right to increase rates, but not reduce them. Before making such changes, annually index the standards of per capita financing of educational institutions in accordance with the level of inflation.
3. Change the methodology for calculating the average salary in the region: determine the salary in terms of the hourly rate. This will make it possible to stop the practice of formally increasing teachers’ salaries by dismissing some of them and imposing an unbearable workload on the remaining ones.
4. Enshrine in legal acts a categorical ban on the forced involvement of teachers in performing work not provided for employment contracts and job responsibilities.
5. Issue a regulation guaranteeing payment for teacher work over 36 hours a week as overtime.
6. Ensure payment of compensation to teachers for all types of work at the State Final Certification.