Keyword: «competitions of professional skills»

Competitions of professional skills occupy a special place in the formation of advanced pedagogical experience. Today, the competitive movement is actively developing. The paper substantiates the idea of studying the competitive materials of the winners of the All-Russian competition «Teacher of the Year» as an advanced pedagogical experience that is useful for future teachers to form professional competencies. The purpose of the study: to study and generalize the pedagogical experience of the best primary school teachers (winners and participants in the All-Russian competition «Teacher of the Year»). Research methods: analysis, synthesis, classification, comparison, generalization; study of advanced pedagogical experience, analysis of activity products; methods of mathematical data processing. During the study, it was found that among the absolute winners and laureates of the competition there are both teachers from cities and small settlements. The work studied the pedagogical methods and techniques used by the contestants – primary school teachers. The findings can be used in the practice of primary school teachers to improve the efficiency of their activities, as well as to expand the professional competencies of current and future teachers.