Realization of innovative project «The teacher-man – leader and mentor» in the Republic of Tyva

The article highlights the results of the implementation of the innovative project "Male Teacher – Leader and Mentor" in the general education system of the Republic of Tuva from 2014 to 2019. The purpose of this work is to review and summarize the regional experience of implementing the project to attract men to teaching. The study addresses the following objectives: studying the gender composition of the teaching staff in Tuvan general education schools; generalizing the methods of ethnopedagogical education used by male teachers in the educational process and popularizing them; assessing the effectiveness of the innovative project based on the analysis of the obtained monitoring data. The author used the methods of content analysis, generalization and systematization of statistical information to identify the gender composition of the teaching staff of Tuva and the prospects for the inclusion of male teachers in the educational and upbringing space of the republic, taking into account the ethnocultural characteristics of traditional education. The innovative project "Male Teacher – Leader and Mentor" is aimed at preventing offenses among students, mainly difficult teenagers, using the traditional culture of Tuvans. The implementation of the project has shown a decrease in the number of offenses, a decrease in the number of children under supervision in those schools where men hold the positions of deputy directors for educational work, teacher-organizers or mentors.