The jury of the all-Ukrainian competition for physical education teachers in general secondary educational institutions "Football Teacher of the Year," which was initiated by the Ukrainian Football Association and the Institute of Educational Content Modernization at Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science, has determined the finalists and laureates of the competition. They will be invited to the final of the competition and an all-Ukrainian seminar on developing school football, which will take place at the end of the year in Kyiv.

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The competition is aimed at physical education teachers who inspire students to play football and lead a healthy lifestyle, implement modern teaching methods, organize health and sports events for their communities.

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The jury evaluated portfolios from nearly 200 registered participants from various regions of Ukraine based on criteria such as: implementing football in regular and extracurricular activities; introducing innovative educational technologies, modern methods in teaching physical education; their own pedagogical and methodological, scientific developments, publications; achievements and participation in sports and health events (competitions at different levels, festivals, challenges, sports holidays, etc.); applying an inclusive approach and implementing gender equality; leadership and activity in promoting a healthy lifestyle on social networks. Video lessons from participants with elements of football were also evaluated separately.

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The laureates of the competition are (in alphabetical order):

— Babienko Andriy Vasylovych (Mykolaiv region, village Migija, lyceum);

— Berezhnyi Maksym Vasylovych (Donetsk region, Dnipropetrovsk, NVK No. 3);

— Harašym Mariia Romanivna (Ivano-Frankivsk region, Dolyna, Lyceum No. 6 "European");

— Domnenko Yevhenii Sergiyovych (Kharkiv region, Berestin, Lyceum No. 5);

— Kovalenko Viacheslav Volodymyrovych (Kharkiv region, Derhachi, Lyceum No. 3);

— Kovalkyv Vitalii Volodymyrovych (Ternopil region, Shumske, OZZSO);

— Kukharenko Maksym Leonidovych (Chernihiv, Gymnasium No. 11);

— Makarenko Hanna Yuriiyvna (Kharkiv, Lyceum No. 93);

— Niga Mykola Mykolayovych (Chernivtsi, Gymnasium No. 15);

— Prokipchuk Yaroslav Ivanovych (Kyiv, Lyceum No. 309);

— Savko Ihor Andriyovych (Mykolaiv, Gymnasium No. 31);

— Yablonskyi Yevhen Pavlovych (Kyiv, Lyceum No. 30 "ECONAD").

The finalists of the competition are (in alphabetical order):

— Dudar Volodymyr Oleksandrovych (Kyiv region, Bila Tserkva, Bilotsersky Hetman Lyceum-Gymnasium);

— Lisak Oleksandr Ivanovych (Mykolaiv region, village Peresadyvka, lyceum);

— Tkach Maksym Volodymyrovych (Mykolaiv, Gymnasium No. 36);

— Filonenko Serhiy Vasylovych (Zaporizhzhia, school-internat "Kozatsky Lyceum");

— Chypko Oleksii Oleksiiovych (Zaporizhzhia, Gymnasium No. 33).