CASE-IN mentor Irina Lomshakova is an Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation

Irina Lomshakova, the curator of the specialized Program on vocational guidance for schoolchildren of the Reliable Shift Energy Group, was awarded the title of "Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation" by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

Irina Lomshakova graduated from Novocherkassk State Technical University (NPI) in 1994, and in 2016 she retrained at the Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), majoring in Management in Education and Computer Science Teacher. 

Irina Leonidovna began her professional career at the Krasnodon Electric Grid Company as an engineer in the automation and telemechanics department. Then she worked at the engineering consulting center "Mysl" as an engineer in the information support and software department. MBOU Lyceum No. 7 in Novocherkassk occupies an important place in her work: she started as a computer science teacher, and currently serves as deputy director for educational work.

I got acquainted with the Foundation's projects in 2009, when I became a participant in the Energy of Youth project. Irina Lomshakova was fascinated by working with talented young people, so she joined the project management team and over the next 10 years served as a supervisor and supervisor of students' competitive projects. 

"I was immediately interested in the project. I come from a family of power engineers, there are more than 10 power engineers in our dynasty, and naturally I couldn't stay away., – Irina Leonidovna recalls. – At first, she was involved in supporting students' project activities, which was possible in the era of face-to-face classes. Since 2010, she has accompanied groups of schoolchildren and students on summer educational shifts. The received energy, emotions and impressions from the created atmosphere were enough for a long time. I really miss that time now."  

In 2024, she evaluated the projects of college and technical school students as an expert of the League of Working Specialties of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, and now she is the curator of the Reliable Shift Energy Group.

"My tasks at the Energy Groups include organizing interaction between students and teachers, ensuring information exchange between all participants in the educational process, psychological and pedagogical support, and the formation of students' value orientations.", – Irina Lomshakova noted.

Irina Lomshakova is a professional and a man with a capital letter, the director of the Reliable Change Foundation is sure Artem Korolev: «She is distinguished by her love for her work and the ability to find a way out of even the most difficult situation. Today, she passes on her unsurpassed qualities and rich experience to schoolchildren who want to connect their fate with energy. I am sure Irina Leonidovna will help us implement many interesting projects and bring up a decent team of highly qualified specialists for Russia's leading industries."

The Foundation's projects help young people and teachers improve their knowledge and competencies in various fields, Irina Lomshakova believes."Although I have nothing to do with energy professionally, I was happy to attend lectures and solve cases with the guys, Besides, by teaching someone, the teachers themselves learn a lot, master communication and managerial skills., – she emphasized. – The projects provide young people with a good opportunity for self-determination, self-organization, additional training and development in general." 

The service record of the curator of the Energy Group includes a victory in the municipal stage of the professional skills competition "Teacher of the Year of the Don – 2012", a victory in the regional stage of the competition for computer science teachers "PRO – IT" in 2023, the semi–finals of the competition "Flagships of Education" in 2023, the final of the competition "Methodical Team of the Year" in 2024.

Irina Lomshakova's immediate plans are to develop professionally, travel and participate in new projects. She intends to make every effort to promote engineering education and counts on the support of the Reliable Shift Foundation.