Activation of cognitive activity of teachers of preschool educational organizations in the process of raising the level their professional competence

Relevance. The effectiveness of the Russian system of preschool education is due to the high level of professional competence of teachers of preschool educational organizations (PEO). In the structure of their educational activities, an important role is played by the process of increasing the level of professional competence, carried out once every three years. At the same time, an opinion has been established on the advisability of organizing annual courses-seminars on topical issues in preschool education institutions, education and upbringing of preschoolers. In the course of the research, the structure and the content of year-round courses-seminars for advanced training of teachers of preschool education, related to the formation of the profiling component of the personal physical culture of children 6-7 years old, was developed. The article presents data on the features of this process, with focused attention to increasing the level of activity of teachers based on the systematic application of active learning methods (ALM). The purpose of the study is to substantiate the structure of courses-seminars, increasing the professional competence of teachers, in connection with the integrated development of the profiling component of the personal physical culture of children 6-7 years old. Research methods: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, modeling, design, survey. The study was conducted on the basis of the Municipal Autonomous Preschool Educational Institution of the Municipal Formation of the City of Krasnodar «Center for Child Development - Kindergarten No. 63» Results of the study. The organizational features of courses-seminars for improving the professional competence of teachers of pre-school education institutions, including the total volume of classes and the structure of the program of courses-seminars, have been substantiated. The article contains the content of the lesson on the topic «Promising directions for improving the system of physical education in pre-school education» using the method of active learning «Brainstorming». Conclusion. The results of pedagogical experiments confirmed the feasibility of using ALM in the course of increasing the level of cognitive activity of teachers in the part of: - improving the quality of professional competence; - formation of the basis for the use of ALM in accordance with the topic of the lesson; - increasing the number of educational and methodological documentation developed on the basis of practical recommendations on the problem of intensification of the development process of the profiling component of the personal physical culture of preschool children.