Mariia V. Mochalina

Modern conditions of the rapidly developing labor market dictate the need to improve the competitiveness of secondary vocational education (SVE) institutions’ graduates. The main problem in the training of future specialists is the insufficient level of practical training in the context of rapidly developing and changing technologies. The solution to this problem requires an integrated approach to modernizing the educational process in educational institutions, as well as developing partnerships with direct industrial employers. Such innovative spaces as technology parks are becoming the most important element of the educational system infrastructure and can play a key role in the development of professional training of highly qualified specialists necessary for the modern economy. The problem of the research is to study the potential and conditions for implementing a partnership between the secondary vocational education system and the vocational education technology park to improve the effectiveness of students’ professional training and ensure their competitiveness in the labor market. The aim of the study is to determine and substantiate a model of professional training for SVE students in partnership with the vocational education technology park of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, aimed at increasing their competitiveness in the labor market and ensuring compliance with the requirements of the innovative economy. In the process of studying the problem, the authors made an analysis of the conditions necessary for the effective implementation of professional training for students of secondary vocational education in the framework of partnership with the technopark of vocational education. As a result of observation, monitoring and analysis of the technoparks activities in the Nizhny Novgorod region in the field of studying the potential of the sites provided by technoparks, they identified the specific features of the partnership between vocational education institutions and the technopark of vocational education, the factors influencing the effectiveness of professional training for students of vocational education in the conditions of this technopark. The analysis of the monitoring results showed insufficient integration of the vocational education technopark into the educational process aimed at training personnel capable of carrying out both pedagogical and engineering activities. To solve the problem, a model of professional training for students of secondary vocational educational institutions in partnership with the technopark was developed. The developed model of professional training for students of vocational education in partnership with the vocational education technopark is aimed at creating an effective education system that will ensure the training of necessary specialists capable of successfully integrating into the modern labor market.