ACTUALIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES AND PERSONAL QUALITIES OF THE PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION METHODOLOGIST

The article explores one of the important aspects of the problem of forming the managerial competence of the head of an educational institution. The aim of the work was to update the professional and personal characteristics of one of the heads of a preschool education institution as an educator-methodologist.The author describes the basic requirements for professional competencies and specific personal qualities of an educator-methodologist. The specifics of professional competence of an educator-methodologist are substantiated as a dynamic combination of general and special personal-professional characteristics that reflect gnostic, correctional-gnostic, constructive, communicative, organizational, and research skills necessary for effective implementation of methodological tasks of preschool education in modern challenges. In addition, the author clarifies and characterizes the personal mobility of the educator-methodologist as one of the key professional characteristics and defines its criteria. An analysis of the personal qualities and abilities of the educator-methodologist, which are not purely professional, but are necessary for the successful management of the educational process in the preschool institution. The conclusions note that the combination of high professionalism and development of relevant personal qualities and abilities of the educator-methodologist, in general, represents a modern, dynamic, creative, and competitive manager of the new generation of educational process in preschool education. The presented study is incomplete. In the future, it is planned to develop modern forms, methods, and technologies for preparing the future manager to perform the duties and functions of an educator-methodologist in a preschool institution. Keywords: methodologist; preschool education; professional competence; conditions; tasks; innovations; reforms; mobility; modernization; functions of a preschool education methodologist.