The Talent and Success Educational Foundation, together with leading teachers and experts of the Association of Sirius Partner Schools, has developed and runs the professional retraining programme “Talent Development Pedagogy”. It enables students of non-teaching degree programmes to obtain the additional qualification of “Teacher” and start working at schools across the regions of Russia.

Achieving Russia’s national priorities in science and technology requires the teacher training system to keep transforming so that it supports the country’s accelerated development.

One of the mechanisms of this transformation is the “Talent Development Pedagogy” retraining programme, developed by the Talent and Success Educational Foundation in line with the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation following the meeting of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees on 11 May 2022 (Pr-1224, item 3).

«Our goal was to train teachers for schools with in-depth study of subjects. We have a strong teaching staff, educators who are well known in the profession. Students also do internships at Association schools that rank among the country’s top 20 educational institutions. I believe that for employers a diploma from the Sirius retraining programme will be a strong argument and a sign of a highly qualified specialist»

Maxim Pratusevich

Programme Director, Head of Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239

Who the programme is for

The programme is designed for talented students of non-teaching degree programmes who have a solid grounding in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology or computer science and are considering working with schoolchildren studying these subjects at an advanced level.

Participants learn teaching technologies that improve the quality of education and the principles of integrating general and supplementary education, and master approaches to professional tasks that require analytical thinking and creativity. As part of the programme they do internships at schools of the Association of Sirius Partner Schools and at schools in Russia’s regions.

An important feature: together with the regional education authorities of the Russian Federation, Sirius determines each participant’s further professional path at schools in the region.

The programme provides post-graduate support for graduates who have started working at a school in their region. Mentor consultations help them overcome the difficulties of entering the profession.

Intakes in the 2025–2026 academic year

68
students enrolled in September 2025
50
students enrolled in January 2026

In the 2025–2026 academic year there were two intakes. Final assessment for the first group takes place in July, and for the second in December 2026. Participants will present individual projects covering the methodological and psychological-pedagogical aspects of teaching their subject at an advanced level.

A competitive selection will be held in June–August 2026, and a new group will start training in September 2026.

Information as of 1 June 2026.