"The basis for the creation of the Empathy Foundation is based on my deep conviction in the special role of teachers. They are the people whose daily work is to lay the foundation for future society. They educate our children for 11 years, shaping them as individuals. For this alone we should say thank you to teachers. That is why the first step of Empathy was a program of financial support for teachers," said Mikhail Shelkov, creator of the Empathy Foundation.
In a new Forbes partner article, Mikhail Shelkov told readers about the idea of creating the Empathy Foundation, the stages of its development and the results it has achieved.
Together with Mikhail Shelkov, the editorial staff of Mel looked into what makes a teacher advanced and modern.
Award ceremony for the winners of the "Teaching as a Calling" contest
Those who have already stood at the blackboard know for sure that a teacher's everyday life is filled with a lot of difficulties that are carefully hidden from the prying eyes of students and their parents. Lyudmila Gennadyevna Babkina, a French teacher from the city of Tula, shared with Letidor the main fears and doubts of a modern teacher, as well as suggesting how to overcome them. (Photo: Freepik)
One of the jury members of the regional competition "Teaching as a Calling", Commissioner Andrei Aleksandrovich, in an interview for the publication Arguments & Facts, spoke about the trends in pedagogy, about the joint work of teachers from different disciplines, the importance of cooperation between schools and private business, as well as the need for the participation of entrepreneurs in such competitions.
The winners of the competition were awarded in the Tula Region
The Empathy Foundation presented cash prizes to Verkhnyaya Salda graduates who passed the Unified State Exam (USE) with 100 points.
The Empathy Foundation and VSMPO-AVISMA, the town-forming enterprise of Verkhnyaya Salda, will donate 100 000 rubles (1400 USD) to flood victims.
Mikhail Shelkov, creator of the Empathy Foundation, and Alexey Dyumin, governor of the Tula Region, signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement kickstarted a new regional contest for teachers in Tula, titled "Teaching as a Calling". The foundation will award three winners in each of the 11 categories with cash prizes.
Tula will launch a competition for teachers, titled "Teaching as a Calling". The winners of the contest will receive a single payment of 100 000 rubles (1400 USD) or 15 000 rubles (200 USD) and 20 000 rubles (275 USD) monthly during the year. In total, the foundation plans to allocate 8 million rubles (110 000 USD) to support the winners of the contest.