Curriculum Planning Department

 Head of the Academic Planning Department – Indira Okasovna Okas

    Contact Information:

         Tel: +7 (727) 272 63 84

      E-mail: okas.i@mail.ru

2001–2005 – Kazakh State Women's Pedagogical Institute
Specialty: Computer Science, Computer Science Teacher.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE:

• From October 2005 to January 2017 – Satbayev Kazakh National Research Technical University – Registrar’s Office. Position: Senior Manager;

• From January 2017 to October 2017 – Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University – Registrar’s Office. Position: Statistician;

• From October 2017 to September 10, 2020 – Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory – Academic Planning Department. Position: Senior Manager;

• Since September 10, 2020 – Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory – Head of the Academic Planning Department.

Functional Responsibilities of the Academic Planning Department:

1. Organizes and coordinates the work of departments on the development of academic plans and working curricula (WCs);

2. Participates in the development of the academic calendar, the schedule of the educational process, and time norms for calculating the teaching load of faculty members;

3. Together with the Registrar’s Office, forms academic groups and streams for calculating the teaching load of faculty and preparing class schedules;

4. Conducts expertise of working curricula considering the requirements of state educational standards (SES) and typical curricula (TC) of specialties;

5. Controls and is responsible for the formation and updating of WC information of specialties in the AIS “Platonus” program database;

6. Participates in verifying the compliance of teaching load calculations of departments with WCs;

7. Participates in checking compliance with normative distribution of teaching loads among faculty of departments;

8. Participates in monitoring the fulfillment of faculty teaching loads according to planned indicators;

9. Controls and is responsible for the formation of schedules for classes, exams, and practical work schedules according to approved WCs of specialties, educational programs, courses, and language divisions;

10. Controls the collection process and inclusion of individual lessons into the general schedule;

11. Monitors the organization of delivery of approved schedules of classes and exams to faculty deans’ offices;

12. Controls the formation of the summer semester schedule;

13. Oversees the established order of conducting academic sessions, compliance with the educational process schedule, class schedules, and exam timetables;

14. Controls optimal use of classroom resources;

15. Informs deans and department heads about violations by faculty of the educational process order (lateness, missed classes or exams, unauthorized rescheduling);

16. Consults and assists departments on planning and organizing the educational process;

17. Assists departments in preparing documentation packages for licensing new specialties;

18. Works on contract preparation and synchronizing WCs with partner universities within the framework of internal academic mobility;

19. Organizes and is responsible for preparing documents (transcripts, individual study plans) of students under internal academic mobility;

20. Prepares draft orders jointly with the Registrar’s Office for internal academic mobility implementation;

21. Consults departments and the International Office on external academic mobility issues regarding credit transfer and recognition under the ECTS system;

22. Develops internal regulatory documents on educational process regulations according to credit technology;

23. Prepares summary reference materials and statistical data upon requests from higher authorities;

24. Assists the Educational and Methodological Department in preparing and participating in university rankings;

25. Participates in forming the catalog of elective courses for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs;

26. Assists the Registrar’s Office in verifying the accuracy of graduate documents (diplomas, transcripts, diploma supplements);

27. Develops proposals to improve the efficiency of educational process planning;

28. Carries out assignments from the Head of the Academic Planning Service regarding the department’s activities.