TO THE ISSUE OF THE CONTENT OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS MANAGERS

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical aspects of the content of postgraduate education of heads of general secondary education institutions, who work in the forward zone of the modern educational changes.In the context of key postgraduate education objectives and its characteristics such as a focus on sustainable professional development, adaptability to socio-cultural conditions, and prognostic and advanced kind are considered emphasis on certification training of school managers, in particular in the formats of formal, non-formal, and informal education.The role of postgraduate pedagogical education institutions in the processes of the professional standard of the school managers’ implementation and gradual transition of schools functioning in the mode of organizational, personnel, academic and financial autonomy is emphasized.The status of the autonomous educational institution director raises urgent issues of administration, material, technical and financial support of the institution, which expands the list of manager professional competencies. Formation, improvement, and strengthening of such competencies lie in the plane of postgraduate education tasks, which for this purpose is a resource-filled space.Attention is also drawn to the need for managers to master the technology of building an individualized professional development trajectory, which will help strengthen their vitality.The content of school managers’ postgraduate education on a flexible educational route should also be focused on their individual educational needs and include issues of self-knowledge and personal-professional self-improvement.The article emphasizes the importance for postgraduate education institutions to play a facilitative role in the dialogue between school leaders, the founders and other social institutions, which to some extent affect the functioning of the school.Lifelong education is noted as an important investment in school managers’ competitiveness and professionalism. Keywords: professional development; postgraduate education; lifelong learning; manager of general secondary education institution; formal, non-formal, informal education; modernization of education; professional standard of the director of general secondary education institution; trajectory of professional development; motivation; self-improvement.