Draft:Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education

The Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education is a higher education institution of communal ownership, subordinate to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council. It is a leading institution in the system of higher education of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which provides a comprehensive system of training, retraining and advanced training of pedagogical, scientific and pedagogical workers, management personnel, provides training of professional junior bachelors, bachelors, masters and postgraduate students.

Located in the city of Dnipro.

History
On December 21, 1939, the Resolution of the Presidium of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Executive Committee No. 350.: was adopted on the reorganization of the regional methodical cabinet into the Institute for the Improvement of Teachers' Qualifications. At first, the institute had 5 educational and methodological offices (pedagogy, language and literature, history and geography, physics and mathematics, primary school); its staff consisted of only 9 people.

The first acting director was O.T. Smolyar, deputy director - M.S. Buryak, and in September 1940, E.T. Nikolayenko was appointed to the position of director.

In 1941-1943, during the Nazi occupation, the activities of the institute were suspended.

The activities of the institute were resumed immediately after the liberation of Dnipropetrovsk on October 25, 1943. Initially, M.V. Pavlov was appointed as the director. Some time later, in connection with the transfer of M.V. Pavlov to another position, V.P. Novak became the director of the institute and united the team of the methodological service.

At the beginning of 1982, A.R. Grechyn was appointed the director of the institute, who made his contribution to increasing the efficiency of the institute's employees and strengthening its material base. Thus, in 1986, a large educational building and a nine-story dormitory were built.

During the 50s and 70s of the 20th century, M.F. Lukin, P.Yu. Novytskyi, K.T. Nikolayenko, P.T. Kononenko, I.I. Smolyarenko, V.I. Maksymenko, Ya.I. Klymenko served as directors of the institute.

The institute was directly subordinated to the regional department of public education.

In March 1989, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences G.I. Shcherbakov was appointed to the position of director. During his leadership, the institute was renamed, and since 1994 it was known as the Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Postgraduate Education of Pedagogical Workers.

Already in June 1997, the institute received a new status and name - Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Education, it was headed by Candidate of Historical Sciences (later Doctor of Public Administration, Professor) L.L. Prokopenko. 7 departments were created, each of which had laboratories, thereby a new structure of the educational institution was formed.

In July 2000, the institute was reorganized and named the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education. The rector of the institute became Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, and later  Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor M.I. Romanenko. The activities of the institute's structures were gradually reoriented to the implementation of new technologies that must be provided to teachers for further professional self-development, scientific activity was updated, the scientific paradigm of the philosophy of education was discovered, the work of scientific and scientific-methodical councils was organized.

On October 11, 2017, by decision of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education changed its status and became the Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education (hereinafter referred to as the Academy). Viktor Sychenko, Honored Education Worker of Ukraine, Doctor of Sciences in Public Administration, Professor, was elected Rector of the Academy. Along with the already developed directions in the educational sphere, new vectors were chosen - bachelor's, master's, and postgraduate courses were opened, specialized junior bachelors were trained, one-time specialized councils for the defense of theses began to operate, and specialized scientific publications were created.

Personnel and structure
The Academy employs 360 employees, including 220 scientific and pedagogical workers, including 16 doctors of science and 70 candidates of science.

Employees of the Academy have been awarded state and departmental awards, among them 5 Honored Education Workers of Ukraine, 2 have diplomas of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, badges of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: "For Scientific and Educational Achievements" - 1, "Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi" - 3, "Anton Makarenko" - 2, "Excellence in Education of Ukraine" - 31.

There are scientific schools of public management and administration and of philosophy, which provide training of scientific personnel.

The structure of the Academy includes :

– Educational and Scientific Institute of Management (Department of Public Administration and Law; Department of Philosophy; Department of Management of Information and Educational Projects),

– Educational and Scientific Institute of Pedagogy (Department of General and Special Pedagogy; Department of Preschool and Primary Education; Department of Social and Humanitarian Education; Department of Mathematical, Natural and Technological Education; Department of Education and Culture of Health; Department of Psychology; Department of Educational Management, State Policy and Economy),

–    Dnipro Vocational Pedagogical College as an Inseparable Unit of the Academy,

– Educational and Methodological Center for Improving the Qualifications of Pedagogical Workers, Which Includes 6 Educational and Methodological Laboratories,

– Training and Methodical Center for Ensuring the Quality of Education,

– Resource Center for Support of Inclusive Education.

During the years 1939-2024, the Academy upgraded the qualifications of about 700,000 teaching and managerial personnel of Dnipropetrovsk region. More than 30,000 students have graduated.

Areas of activity
– training of higher education specialists of various levels in accordance with state and regional orders and contractual obligations;

– professional development of teaching staff;

– retraining of pedagogical and other workers;

– specialization and training of specialists;

– scientific and methodical support of activities and development of preschool, general secondary, vocational and technical, extracurricular education;

– innovative activities for the development, approval, examination of new educational technologies and management models, promotion of their implementation in the activities of educational institutions;

– implementation of fundamental and applied research in the field of education, their implementation in practice;

– implementation of international cooperation and others.

Today, more than 25,000 pedagogical workers of the region take advanced training courses annually at the Academy. The number of students is 1,500.

Education levels
According to accredited educational programs, the Academy graduates students in the following specialties:

– Professional Preliminary Higher Education (Professional Junior Bachelor):


 * 012 Preschool Education;
 * 013 Primary Education.

– Bachelor:


 * 012 Preschool Education;
 * 013 Primary Education.
 * 053 Психологія;

– Master's Degree:


 * 011 Educational, Pedagogical Sciences - Educational and Professional Programs "General Pedagogy" and "Inclusive Education. Correctional Pedagogy";
 * 053 Psychology - Educational and Professional Program "Psychology";
 * 073 Management - Educational and Professional Program "Educational Management";
 * 281 Public Management and Administration - Educational and Professional Program "Public Management and Administration".

– Postgraduate Studies: 281 Public Management and Administration.

Periodic scientific publication
The Academy is the founder of a scientific professional publication, which is included in the Register of scientific professional publications of category B of Ukraine. "Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education Herald" was registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on November 19, 2021, includes the series "Public Management and Administration" and "Philosophy. Pedagogy".

The trade union organization of the Academy is the founder of the regional pedagogical newspaper "Dzherelo" .(in Ukrainian).

Awards and honors
2018

·                  Grand Prix "Leader of scientific and scientific and technical activity" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Scientific-methodical support and organizational interaction of state authorities and management bodies, post-graduate education institutions with OTG in the creation of a quality education system" at the Ninth International exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Psychological and pedagogical support of participants in the educational process under martial law" at the Tenth International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

2019

·                  Grand Prix "Leader of post-graduate education of Ukraine" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Creation and implementation of a system for monitoring the quality of education and educational activities in institutions of higher education" at the Tenth International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Honorary title "Leader of Innovations in Education" and an award at the Eleventh International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

Diploma of honor to the working team of the Academy from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council for the 80th anniversary of its foundation..

2020

·                  Grand Prix "Leader of scientific and scientific and technical activity" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Increasing the professional competence of pedagogical workers in the context of STEM education" at the Eleventh International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Innovations in the creation and implementation of the distance learning system in the conditions of modern challenges" at the Twelfth International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

·                  Rector of Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education Viktor Sychenko became a laureate of the public rating contest "Person of the Year of Dnipropetrovsk Region" in the nomination "Professional of the Year - 2020 in the field of public administration and the education system for the future generation".

2021

·                  Grand Prix "Innovative and scientific activity" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Development of the partnership of education and business as a strategic resource for training a competitive specialist" at the Twelfth International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Innovative technologies for the development of professional competence of teachers in the post-graduate education system" at the Thirteenth International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

2022

·                 Grand Prix "Postgraduate Education of Ukraine" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Creation and implementation of modern physical education lesson models in physical culture, health and sports activities of educational institutions" at the thirteenth International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Psychological and pedagogical support of participants in the educational process under martial law" at the Fourteenth International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

2023

·                  Grand Prix "Postgraduate Education of Ukraine" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Trajectory of the development of a teacher's professional competence as a meaningful tool of continuous learning throughout life" at the Fourteenth International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                 Honorary title "Leader of innovations in education", gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Application of innovative learning technologies for the development of digital competence of participants in the educational process" at the Fifteenth International Exhibition "Innovation in Modern Education".

2024

·                  Grand Prix "Post-Diploma Education of Ukraine" and a gold medal and diploma in the nomination "Educational Constants of the Affirmation of Ukrainian National and Civil Identity" at the Fifteenth International Exhibition "Modern Educational Institutions".

·                  Award and diploma in the nomination "STEM-TEAM" for the development of STEM innovations and outstanding work in the formation of the regional community (organizer: BF "Educational Initiatives Foundation").

Rectors and directors
In different years, the Academy was headed by:

1939-1940 acting director O.T. Smolar;

1940 – 1943 director K.T. Nikolayenko;

1943 – 1946 director M.V. Pavlov;

1946 – 1951 director V.P. Novice;

1951 – 1952 director of M.F. Lukin;

1952 – 1954 director P.Yu. Novytskyi;

1954 – 1958 director K.T. Nikolayenko;

1958 – 1959 director P.T. Kononenko;

1959 – 1965 director of I.I. Smolyarenko;

1965 – 1972 director V.I. Maksymenko;

1972 – 1981 director Y.I. Klymenko;

1982 – 1989 director A.R. Grechin;

1989 – 1997 director G.I. Shcherbakov;

1997 – 2000 director L.L. Prokopenko;

2000 – 2017 ректор М.І. Романенко

Since 2017, rector V.V. Sychenko.