Keyword: «professional growth»

The paper discusses the questions of organization of methodical support of physical development at pre-schools through new approaches to providing methodological support and assistance to teachers in their professional development through the organization of various forms of innovative activity of the teaching staff. The authors underline the importance and necessity of work aimed at formation of professional skills of educator, as an important condition of effective organization of the process of physical development in preschools.

The article is devoted to the problem of professional development of teachers in the system of continuing education, taking into account the priorities and leading directions of state policy in the field of education. The author reveals the key concepts of "professional development", "professional growth of a teacher", "professional competence", and analyzes the professional formation and growth of a person. According to the author, only through professional orientation, professional competence and emotional flexibility of the teacher is possible to realize not only the creative potential of the individual in professional work, but also the development of her profession. It is concluded that not only the internal environment of an individual is important for the professional development of a teacher, but also the need for self-realization.

The article reveals methodological approaches to the quality management of primary general education. The regulatory and legal aspect of management is considered. It is concluded that the starting point for the formation of a quality management system should be the construction of a" model " of a graduate of an educational organization as a set of qualities, the development of which should be directed to the educational process.

The article "Stimulating teachers' participation in professional development programs: aspiration and motivation" discusses the importance of teachers' active participation in the process of improving their skills to ensure quality education. The article considers two key aspects: the desire for self-development and motivation for teachers to act. The approaches to stimulating participation presented in the article include the creation of attractive educational programs, a variety of learning formats, flexible schedules and availability of educational resources, as well as the provision of in-centives and support from the administration and colleagues. The author concludes that the successful stimulation of teachers' participation in professional development programs requires an integrated approach and constant analysis of the results to ensure continuous professional development and improve the quality of education.

The social order of the state to improve the quality of education in order to ensure the competitiveness of higher education organizations among world universities determines the need to develop effective modernization strategies in this area. The aim of the article is to update the problem of improving the quality of higher education for further substantiation and testing of the system model of the scientific and methodological university center, which can improve the quality of higher education. The implementation of the article goal was carried out on the basis of systemic, competency-based and personality-oriented methodological approaches. The article analyzes trends in the internal system of quality assurance of higher education in the context of European requirements for scientific and pedagogical activities of teaching staff and substantiates that the introduction of the model of the scientific and methodological university center will contribute to the formation of an integrated system of interconnected information, diagnostic, methodological and other subsystems for further planning and coordination of professional growth of university teachers, as well as the introduction of the scientific and methodological center as a permanent structure in higher education organizations that determines the functioning of the educational and developmental environment of their personal and professional development and self-development. In order to substantiate the relevance of the problem of improving the quality of higher education, an empirical study was conducted among teachers of the branches of the V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University - Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy (Yalta) and Yevpatoria Institute of Social Sciences. Based on the obtained results, it was found out that there is a motivational request for coordination of the process of improving the quality of professional growth among teachers of higher educational institutions, which, in turn, is an important structural element in the management system of educational activities quality. The theoretical significance of the article lies in describing the essence of the concept of "quality of higher education" and examining the scientific and regulatory framework for interpreting this term, as well as justifying the need to introduce a systemic model of the scientific and methodological university center into the educational process of a university, which can improve the quality of higher education. The practical significance of the article lies in defining the theoretical and methodological basis for further implementation and testing the effectiveness of the proposed systemic model of the scientific and methodological university center to ensure the criterion of higher education quality.