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With the track New In Teaching (NIT), Master’s and PhD students can share their knowledge with others even if they don’t have any prior teaching experience – through a university-wide optional course of their own design.
The suggested course has to be different from the ones already offered at ITMO. For example, if there is already a Conversational Chinese course at the university, another such course won’t pass the selection process.
At the start of each semester, you will find an announcement about the optional courses competition, including the deadlines, on ISU and the Telegram and VK communities of the Staff Support Office.
Applications are evaluated by a committee featuring faculty deans and lecturers, as well as representatives of the Department of Academic Affairs.
Once your application is approved, the Staff Support Office will assist with setting the schedule, preparing a course description, and filling out the course’s curriculum. All student lecturers are assigned a mentor, an experienced lecturer at ITMO. You will also get access to an online course on organizing your classes, improving student engagement, and increasing the quality of learning.
The final decision on whether or not your course will run in a given semester is based on the amount of students who sign up for the course.
In the NIT track, the expected course workload is 1 ECTS (36 academic hours).
Find out more about the competition in this presentation (in Russian).
In this detailed manual (in Russian), you will find a step-by-step guide on filling out your application.
For any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to plus@itmo.ru or the Staff Support Office’s Telegram channel.