Keyword: «professional subjectivity of the teacher»

New standards of professional activity for teachers of various specialties establish a demand for teachers of the general education level to master a system of modern professional knowledge, skills, abilities, and competences. This system is innovative; however, not all elements of this system (professional competences, professional knowledge, etc.) are fully formed in teaching staff. The activities of educational organizations of the additional professional education system are aimed at their formation through the development of additional professional programs for advanced training, diagnostics of professional teachers’ deficiencies, organization of appropriate training, implementation of individualization of teacher education, etc. It is important to include a teacher in training, in which he/she is the subject of his/her educational activity, relying on his/her own professional subjectivity. The aim of this article is to present the specifics of the professional subjectivity of a teacher through the description of its main functions: motivation, organization, reflection. The basic foundations in our study were: evaluation of scientific sources on this issue and identification, description of the functions of the professional subjectivity of a teacher. The article resulted in the identified and described functions of the professional subjectivity of a teacher. The motivation function involves initiating activity, self-motivation for educational activities in an educational organization of additional professional education. The function of organizing the educational activities of a teacher in an educational organization of additional professional education is realized in a situation where a teacher independently develops his/her own educational activities and controls them. The reflection function is ensured by performing the procedure of comparing the set goal and the obtained result of the educational activities of a teacher in an educational organization of additional professional education. The theoretical significance of the study lies in identifying and defining the specifics of the professional subjectivity of a teacher. The practical significance of the article lies in creating characteristics of the main functions of the professional subjectivity of a teacher.