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How to become a childminder

You can get into this job by:

• registering with a Childminder Agency
• registering with Ofsted

Other Routes

There are introduction to childminding briefings that cover everything you need to prepare to register as a childminder. Your local council can give you information on where to find one.

The aim is to make sure that you understand completely what is involved before making a decision about whether it’s the right career for you.

More Information

Registration

• If you want to care for children under 8 for more than 2 hours a day, you’ll need to register with one of the following:

  • Ofsted
  • a Childminder Agency (CMA)

  For this, you’ll usually need:

  • a home-based childcare course that covers the Early Years Foundation Stage framework
  • a paediatric first aid course
  • child protection training
  • a food safety qualification

  You may have to do a basic skills test to show that you have the minimum standard of English and maths needed to support the educational development of children in your care. You’ll also need to pass an assessment of your home and any equipment you will use.

  Childminder agencies can provide pre-registration training to become a childminder. They also have information on registering and further training once you are a registered childminder.

  Your first step is to look at Ofsted’s pre-registration briefing on becoming a childminder or contact a Childminder Agency (CMA).

Career tips

It’s a good idea to do some research where you live to find out if there is a demand for childminders in your local area.

You may need to budget to pay for courses, including first aid, health and safety, and safeguarding. There is a fee for registering with Ofsted or a Childminding Agency and you may need to pay for a medical check.

As you’ll be self-employed, you might find it useful to learn more about your responsibilities for tax and taking out insurance. You can get advice about this from GOV.UK.

Further information

You’ll find more advice on careers, courses and registration from:

• Foundation Years
• Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years
• Early Years Alliance
• OFCMA – the Organisation for Childminder Agencies

You can also learn more about childcare training routes on the early years career progression map.

What it takes

Skills and knowledge

You’ll need:

• 
  sensitivity and understanding
• 
  patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
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  the ability to work well with others
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  to be flexible and open to change
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  the ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
• 
  excellent verbal communication skills
• 
  customer service skills
• 
  the ability to understand people’s reactions
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Restrictions and Requirements

You’ll need to:

• pass enhanced background checks
• pass a medical check

What you’ll do

Day-to-day tasks

In this role you will:

• provide inspirational learning activities
• offer free play activities, both indoors and outside
• plan, prepare and serve meals
• change nappies and make up bottles for babies
• take children on outings
• take older children to and from playgroup or school
• work with other local childcare professionals to support children’s learning and development

Working environment

You could work from home.

Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding and outdoors some of the time.

Career path and progression

With experience you could expand your business and take on a childcare assistant. You could also become a network co-ordinator, supporting other local childminders.

With further training you could become a tutor on childminding courses. You could also move into a related job like nursery worker, playworker, community play leader or teaching assistant.

Current opportunities

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Registered childminders are self-employed carers who look after children in their own homes. They must be registered with the local Health and Social Care Trust if they’re paid to look after children they aren’t closely related to for more than two hours in the day.

What a childminder does

A childminder can care for up to six children under 12, including their own. Only three of these may be aged under five and usually only one child  below one-year old. There are some exceptions, for example, twins.

Every year the local Health and Social Care Trust inspects the childminder and their home to assure the standard of care the childminder gives children. The police check everyone aged over 10 living in the childminder’s home.

Many childminders are members of Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA). They can get guidance and training from NICMA.

Using a registered childminder 

The advantages in using a registered childminder are:

• they’re inspected annually by the local Health and Social Care Trust
• they have their own public liability insurance
• they can be flexible about their working hours
• they can provide care, fun and learning in a home setting
• they can care for children of different ages together
• they’re suitable for babies and children under two, who need to develop a close relationship with an adult through one to one care
• they can develop a close relationship with families as children grow up
• they can offer a school pick-up-service
• they’re often experienced mothers
• they’re eligible for the childcare element of Working Tax Credit

Information to check about a childminder

Before you employ a childminder, you should check:

• they’re registered with the Early Years Team in the local Health and Social Care Trust and have insurance
• their home is safe with plenty of play and learning opportunity
• the childminder has properly-fitted car seats in case your child will be in their car
• the agreed contract covers hours, pay, illness and holidays

Asking a childminder about childcare

To find out about the childminder’s standard of childcare, you should ask them:

• to give you contact information for parents of other children they look after so you can follow up their references
• how long they’ve been childminding and how long they’ll continue
• ages of the children they look after
• their routine for looking after children and activities they’ll do with your child
• about food they provide and if this is included in their fee
• if other adults will also be in the house
• who the childminder would call in an emergency
• about sleep, potty-training and setting boundaries on behaviour, it’s important to agree the approach for your child
• how the childminder fits in household work when they’re looking after your child, including shopping or taking other children to school 
• the costs, hours, holiday pay and other conditions
• for their last inspection report

You can also ask the local Early Years Team for the last inspection report.

Family Support NI

Family Support NI holds the public register of all registered and approved childcare providers in Northern Ireland. To search for registered and approved childcare providers in your area, go to:

• Family Support NI

Childcare partnerships

Childcare partnerships are operated by the HSC Board to offer information and support to childcare providers, parents and employers.

• Childcare partnerships

NICMA

NICMA is a charity and membership organisation which works to support childminders, parents and children by the provision of quality childcare and education in registered home based settings.

NICMA run a free information and vacancy service for information on NICMA registered childminders.

• Northern Ireland Childminding Association

Costs

Childminders are usually paid on an hourly basis, at a rate agreed with the parents. NICMA can advise on recommended rates.  You should discuss hours, holiday pay and other terms and conditions with the childminder.

Help to pay for childcare

There are different financial benefits and support available to help parents pay for childcare.

If you’re a working parent with children under 12 (or under 17 for children with disabilities), you can open an online account to pay for registered childcare. For every £8.00 you put in the account, the government adds £2.00. You can get up to £2,000 for one child. If your child has a disability, you can get up to £4,000 for one child.

• Financial support for parents

More useful links

• Health and Social Care Trust – Early Years team
• Northern Ireland Childminding Association

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Planit : Job Profiles : Childminder Childcare and Education

Childminders care for babies and children, aged up to 16. They usually work in their own homes.

The Work

You could be:

• making sure the children you care for are safe and well looked after
• changing nappies, cooking, feeding and washing the children
• giving emotional support to children, making sure they are secure and happy
• encouraging children to learn through books, toys and games
• taking young children to parks, toddler groups and playgroups, and encouraging them to play with other children
• taking older children to nursery and school and collecting them at the end of the day
• respecting the wishes of children’s parents about daily routines, diet and religion
• negotiating contracts and fees with parents.

You might specialise in looking after children with special needs.

Pay

The figures below are only a guide. Actual pay rates vary, depending on:

• where you work
• the demand for the job.

Childminders are self-employed and therefore negotiate their own rates of pay and working conditions. They are responsible for their own tax and National Insurance (NI) payments.

There is no national rate for fees but across Scotland current rates advertised are between £3.50 and £5.50 per child per hour. Most childminders offer a reduced rate if they look after more than one child from the same family.

In 2018 the average hourly rate for a childminder in Scotland was £4.29 per hour (from the Scottish Childminding Association Pay and Conditions Survey 2018, the latest report published).

Conditions

• You would be self-employed, usually working from your own home, so work arrangements vary.
• Young children need a lot of physical care such as feeding and toileting.
• Children can be noisy and demanding.
• You would probably have pre-school children all day and school age children before and after school, so hours can be long, including early mornings, afternoons and evenings.
• To some extent, you can set your own hours of work but you might need to be flexible and negotiate with the parents of the children you care for.
• Depending on your home, you can care for no more than 6 children under 16 (including your own children). No more than 3 of these may be of pre-school age and no more than 1 should be under 1 year old.
• If you provide a food service for the children, you will have to register with the local authority’s environmental health department.
• You could choose what ages of children to care for – some childminders do not take babies under 2, some do not take children over 12.

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Getting In

• You do not always need formal qualifications but previous experience with children is very desirable.
• If you want to study, you could take an NC in Early Education and Childcare or SVQs in Social Services (Children and Young People) (see Early Years Practitioner).
• The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) run a Childminding Induction Support Programme. This costs £200, but you may be able to fund this with an Individual Training Account (ITA).
• You must be registered with the Care Inspectorate to work as a childminder. Registration can take between 3 and 6 months.
• The Care Inspectorate will interview you and visit your home to check that it is safe for children. They may ask you to put in, for instance, stair gates. You have to meet fire regulations.
• You will require a satisfactory criminal record check from Disclosure Scotland to show that you are suitable for this type of work. Contact Disclosure Scotland for details on the type you would need. This applies to all members of your household aged 16 and over. The Care Inspectorate will do further checks each year.
• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You must be fit and healthy to supervise and care for children.

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What Does it Take?

You should be:

• practical and well organised
• aware of the needs of young children
• warm and friendly – to give children emotional support
• interested in the education and development of young children
• able to get on well with children
• able to multitask and look after several children at once
• able to remain calm and have lots of patience
• responsible
• confident.

You should have:

• imagination and initiative for planning activities
• common sense
• the ability to stay calm in an emergency
• an understanding of different cultures and parenting styles.

Training

• The SCMA runs approved short courses, usually in association with local authorities or colleges.
• The SCMA also offers a continuous professional learning (CPL) programme to keep your skills and knowledge up to date. Contact the SCMA for details.

Getting On

• You may wish to do further training to get a full qualification in childcare and education (see Early Years Practitioner). This will develop your skills but will not change the work you do as a childminder.
• You may choose to be a childminder if you have young children and then move into work as a nursery nurse when your children are older.

More Information

Remember that when you set up as a childminder you will have to pay for:

• your registration with the Care Inspectorate
• insurance to cover you in case of any accidents
• possible alterations to your house or garden to make them safe
• equipment, including high chairs, toys, games, books, smoke alarms, fire guards and fire blankets
• first aid training.

Total start up costs could range from £80 to £500, depending on how much you need to do to comply with regulations. Depending on where you live, you may get a grant to help with some of these items.

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Contacts

The following organisations may be able to provide further information.

Early Learning and Childcare Careers


Website:
https://childcarecareersscotland.scot/


Website (2):
https://childcarecareersscotland.scot/joy-search/

This website hosted by the Scottish Government provides information on how to get a career in early learning and child care.

Scottish Childminding Association


Tel: 01786 445377


Tel (2): 01786 449 063


E-mail:
[email protected]


Website:
http://www.childminding.org/



Twitter:
@ScotChildmind



Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ScotChildmind/

Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)


Tel: 0345 60 30 891


Website:
http://www. sssc.uk.com/


Website (2):
https://learn.sssc.uk.com/careers/



Twitter:
@SSSCnews



Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/thesssc

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Profession – educator, teacher of additional education

Choosing the profession of educator: pros and cons.

What personal qualities do educators and teachers of additional education need

Educator (or caregiver) and teacher of additional education are specialists in the education and development of young children. Everyone knows the teachers who work in kindergarten. They are engaged in the care, supervision, upbringing and education of preschool children while the parents are at work. The work of an educator is also in demand in orphanages, boarding schools and other educational institutions.

Teachers of additional education are specialists who organize sections, clubs, studios and clubs for preschoolers and younger students, where they provide in-depth knowledge of school subjects or develop skills that go beyond the school curriculum. Teachers of additional education conduct sports sections, dances, applied arts, theatrical skills, robotics, animation, soap making and thousands of other interesting educational activities for children.

What does a teacher do at work:
✎ Cares and looks after children
✎ Organizes games and holidays
✎ Teaches self-service skills, table manners, safety
✎ Teaches new skills and competencies in accordance with their profile (music, school subjects, sports, crafts)
✎ Follows the daily routine and the safety of children
✎ Interacts with parents and teachers of additional education
✎ Maintains documentation

Pros and cons of the work of an educator and teacher of additional education
The work of an educator is a socially useful and respected work. If you love children, want to help them grow and develop, you have nerves of steel and you are an optimist, then the profession is for you. Working educators highlight the positive and negative aspects of their work:

What universal competencies do educators and teachers of additional education need
Of course, the main thing in the work of an educator and teacher is to love children. But there are competencies that are necessary for the future educator and will definitely help him in his daily work.
✔ Sociability
✔ Competent oral and written speech
✔ Ability to speak well
✔ Emotional intelligence
✔ Self-confidence
✔ Friendliness
✔ Positive attitude
✔ Ability to empathize
✔ Good appearance
✔ Patience
✔ Stress resistance
✔ Organization
✔ Ability to motivate
✔ Creativity
✔ Curiosity

Average salary
Educators and teachers of additional education in state institutions, unfortunately, have low salaries. The salaries of private teachers and tutors, educators in commercial kindergartens are higher.
✔ 15,000 – 70,000 per month

Where to study
You can become an educator after receiving secondary vocational education in the following specialties: preschool education (44.02.01), pedagogy of additional education (44. 02.03) and special preschool education (44.02.04).
You can go to college after the 9th or after the 11th grade.
The term of training for a teacher after grade 9 will be 4 years, and after grade 11 – 3 years.

Colleges:
• College of Humanities and Law of the Law Institute of Moscow State Pedagogical University
• Pedagogical College “Arbat” MSPU (former PC No. 9)
• Pedagogical College “Dorogomilovo” MSPU (former PC No. 6)
• Pedagogical College “Izmailovo” MSPU (former PC No. 8)
• Pedagogical College “Medvedkovo” MSPU (former PC No. 14)
• Pedagogical College No. 18 “Mitino”
• Pedagogical College “Cheryomushki” MSPU (former PC No. 4)
• Pedagogical College No. 10
• Pedagogical College No. 15
• Pedagogical College named after. S.Ya. Marshak MGPU (former PC No. 13)
• Social College RSSU

Where to work
An educator and teacher of additional education can work both in public institutions and in private ones:
✔ Kindergartens (MDOU)
✔ Commercial kindergartens (Garden-Lyceum with the assistance of UNESCO “World of Wonders”, Classic boarding school at Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, English kindergarten “Gosyonok”, Private kindergarten “Magic Castle”, etc. )
✔ Houses of creativity
✔ Houses of culture
✔ Preschool Development Centers
✔ Work as a tutor, nanny

Demand
The work of an educator is one of the most widespread and in demand. And it will remain so in the future – it is not threatened by automation and reduction, because only very responsive people who are ready to empathize and give warmth to their pupils can bring up and educate children.

Author: Olga Bikkulova, Specialist of the Center for Humanitarian Technologies

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Category: Education and Pedagogy

Home caregivers work with children of preschool and primary school age. The specialist contributes to the mental and physical development of the child, is engaged in his moral education, and instills social skills. At first glance, working with one child is easier than working with a group in kindergarten. However, the home caregiver is fully responsible for the pedagogical process and interacts not only with the child, but also with his parents. He becomes a mentor to the pupil and an assistant to parents in matters of pedagogy. This means that a common language has to be sought both with a child, but also with the whole family. The home caregiver bears a high responsibility for the life and health of the child, his own daily routine is subordinated to the work and rest schedule of the pupil.

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Salary: how much does a home teacher

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Beginner: ,30000 ⃏ per month 9000,000,0006 Experienced: 40000 ⃏ Experienced one: 40000 ⃏ percent per month: 40000 ⃏ percent

Professional: 60000 ⃏ per month

* – information on salaries is given approximately based on vacancies on profiling sites. Salary in a particular region or company may differ from those given. Your income is greatly influenced by how you can apply yourself in the chosen field of activity. Income is not always limited only by the fact that you are offered vacancies in the labor market.

Demand for the profession

Currently, the profession of a home educator is extremely in demand. Specialists can work in families, in private kindergartens and non-state schools, where the emphasis is on the early development of children.

For whom the profession is suitable

It is impossible to work as a home educator without love for children, the ability to establish contact with them, the willingness to explore the world around them together with the pupils.

Important qualities:

• Emotional stability
• Observation
• High culture and erudition.
• Endurance
• Goodwill

Working conditions

Work takes place in conditions of great neuropsychic, communicative and emotional stress. Constantly having to adapt to the characteristics and requirements of the child and his parents

Career

After gaining experience, home caregivers usually organize their own business: they open a private kindergarten, a school, a center for additional education, or an agency for recruiting personnel in the field of education and upbringing to work in families.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of a specialist:

• Organization and control over the conduct of classes and the completion of homework by the pupil, the development of knowledge by the child in the volume of the corresponding class of a general education school and his preparation for passing exams for this class at school.
• In the process of education and upbringing, to study and develop the child’s abilities, instill in him the skills of independent work, train curiosity, purposefulness, initiative, etc.
• To ensure the general cultural development of the child – the basics of music, dance, the history of culture and religion, to introduce him to reading.
• Monitor compliance with the regime of work and rest, ensure healthy and active leisure of the child, involve him in physical education and sports.

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Kindergarten teacher: “Parents bring their children to us, and from now on you become their temporary mother” – News

Photo: Ekaterina Krasutskaya

(City of Kazan KZN. RU, September 27, Dmitry Nikitin). Today Russia celebrates the Day of the Preschool Worker. The work of an educator is painstaking and everyday, requiring a lot of love, patience, strength and full dedication. We were convinced of this by visiting a musical lesson in kindergarten No. 134 of a combined type with the Tatar language of education and training in the Kirovsky district of Kazan. Alsu Ismagilova, the music director of this preschool institution, told the KZN.RU portal about the peculiarities of working with children on her professional holiday.

“On the first day of work, the kids looked at me with open mouths and wanted me to play for them non-stop”

Alsu Dayanovna has been giving a piece of her soul to kids for over 26 years. “I was born in Aktanysh. Since childhood, I loved creative activity and did everything that was connected with music, ”said the teacher. In the fifth grade, she enrolled in a dance club, in which piano lessons were held 2 times a week. “Unfortunately, the classes lasted only 15 minutes, and I wanted to do much more,” recalls Alsu Dayanovna. “Besides, from the very first lesson I realized that I wanted to play the piano fluently.” There was no instrument at home, and the future music director began to slowly prepare her mother for her to enroll her daughter in a music school. “I had to use my ingenuity – in the evening after school I sat down in the house in the most prominent place, opposite the cast-iron battery, and began to“ play ”like the piano, and instead of notes I put different magazines in front of me,” Alsu Dayanovna shared her story. The trick worked, and after a while, her mother enrolled her in a music school, and six months later, a piano appeared at home. “Happiness at that moment knew no bounds. Many boys and girls had balalaikas, dombras, wind instruments at home, and I had a large keyboard instrument. For a 6th grade student who fell in love with music, this was one of the highlights of her childhood,” she said.

After studying at a music school for almost 5 years, the future music director entered the music department at the Leninogorsk Pedagogical College. From that time on, she realized that she wanted to work with children. “During my studies, I had a lot of practice in various schools and kindergartens. But I always tried to get practical training in preschool educational institutions, as I really liked working with young children. Then I realized that if you show children what music is from an early age, then perhaps at that moment they will want to become musicians and begin to study. Thus, another talented performer or composer will appear in the republic,” the teacher noted.

After graduation, Alsu Dayanovna returned to her native Aktanysh, where she began teaching music at secondary school No. 1. After working for two years and gaining the necessary experience, she moved to work as a music director in kindergarten No. 4 “Petushok”. “I remember my first day very well. There were about 30 kids in my class, and the youngest was only 6 months old. They looked at me with their mouths open and wanted me to play for them non-stop. At that moment, I realized that I was in the right place. 26 years have passed since then, and nothing has changed for me – I know that I am doing my job, ”Alsu Ismagilova emphasized.

In 2006, our heroine moved to Kazan and got a job as a music director in kindergarten No. 365 in the Aviastroitelny district. “Moving to the capital has become a landmark and emotional event. At first, the kids and parents did not want to let me go and urged me to stay. However, I decided that I want to develop creatively and improve my skills, thereby giving the children much more than it was then, ”she said. Working in a kindergarten, Alsu Dayanovna graduated from Kazan State Pedagogical University with a degree in music teacher. “Thanks to new knowledge, in addition to the main program, I began to introduce various methods into my work in order to further interest the child and bring out creative qualities in him,” recalls the teacher.

A music director is a musician, artist, screenwriter, director, costume designer, actor, make-up artist and sound engineer

After moving to the Salavat Kupere residential area, Alsu Ismagilova got a job in kindergarten No. 134 of a combined type with the Tatar language of education and training. “At that moment, a new page in my creative activity began for me. The new kindergarten has absolutely all the conditions to make music with children,” she said.

During this time Alsu Dayanovna learned to play many musical instruments. “If they tell me to play a part in an orchestra of folk instruments, I can sit down at least for a balalaika, even for a button accordion or an accordion,” she answered smiling.

Today Alsu Dayanovna teaches music to 7 groups, each of which has about 30 children. She noted that the role of a music director is, first of all, the organization and conduct of music classes in accordance with the training program, however, she builds any lesson based on her methodological ideas, thanks to which she manages to captivate the child and he shows a desire to continue to study music. “Each child is unique, just like a musical instrument. For some children, the piano is suitable, for others, percussion, wind, strings. It is important to understand this and help the kids make the right choice,” our interlocutor noted.

In addition to classes, Alsu Ismagilova constantly holds leisure evenings and various cultural events within the walls of the kindergarten. “Practically all parents try to come to such events to see how talented their children are,” said Alsu Dayanovna, explaining at that moment to the child how to choose the right chord.

Alsu Ismagilova noted that the profession of a music director is interesting because it requires being a musician, artist, screenwriter, director, costume designer, actor, make-up artist and sound engineer. “It is on the ability to master all these skills that the musical and creative development of children and the atmosphere of joy in kindergarten depend. Children, unlike adults, are very sincere and emotional. They are trusting and look at the world with open eyes. They exist in a state of complete openness, they have endless magic,” she stressed.

The musical director in kindergarten is a special profession, says Alsu Dayanovna. “The main life hack in our work is a good mood, an open heart and a smile. With this attitude, I go to work every day and meet the children, ask them how you are, how the evening went, how your mood is, she shared. – Sometimes you come to work – the mood is not very good. And the kids will hug you, stroke you, someone will make and bring a gift with their own hands, someone will sing and dance a song. And the world has already begun to play with new bright colors.

When asked how the educator manages to cope with a group of kids, she noted that being a tutor is not easy, there are difficulties and failures. The main difficulty is the colossal responsibility for children. “Parents bring their children to us, and from that moment you become their temporary mother. And like a real mother, you will treat him as the best and only. The total number of children in groups never frightened me, because every day they energize, give joy. Every time I have classes, they become little artists, ”said the music director.

“In kindergarten, every day is different”

“Kindergarten is the most amazing country, and its inhabitants are children. Every day is not like the previous one,” Alsu Dayanovna emphasized. Her working day starts at 7:50 with morning exercises accompanied by musical accompaniment on the piano. “Every day we try to play a new piece that the child has not yet heard, thereby expanding his horizons,” she said. Classes begin at 9:00, where the music director teaches children to sing, dance and play musical instruments. “Children of different ages come to classes and the ability to unite them into one friendly musical group plays an important role. I try to make every minute of the child’s stay in class exciting, useful and meaningful,” she said.

Another important part of the work was the preparation for various events. “Every day for me is a series of preparations for matinees, musical evenings and various city and musical competitions. Pupils of Alsu Dayanovna have repeatedly become laureates of creative events, among which are “Tatar Malae”, “Tatar Kyzy”, “Symphony of Mastery”, “Melodies of the Volga Peoples” and many others.

“These competitions, and even more so the victories in them, inspire children, and they begin to engage in creative activities more diligently,” said the music director.

Alsu Dayanovna also conducts classes in a speech therapy group, studies and prepares folk holidays for children within the walls of a preschool institution.

Our heroine has a son, he is 12 years old, who, despite the creative profession of his mother, is now actively involved in hockey. “He is a talented boy, he was dancing for a while, but then he said that he wants to play sports.