Additional professional program of increasing ethno-cultural competence of teachers

This article discusses additional professional programs aimed at enhancing the ethno-cultural competence of teachers. Additional professional program “Ethno-cultural competence of the modern teacher”, “ethno-cultural component of the basic educational program of preschool in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Preschool Education” aimed at development of professional competence of teachers in ethno-cultural education sphere and increasing their ethno-cultural competence. The program “Cross-cultural corporate governance” is improving teachers' skills in a multinational team of management students. It is aimed at developing students’ tolerant attitude to the representatives of different cultures, skills development of business cooperation in a cross-cultural environment. Particular attention is paid to the methods of overcoming cross-cultural barriers in the communication process with the “alien” cultures. Additional professional program “Ethno-pedagogical workshop: theory, problems, exercises” aimed at developing audience-scale representation of the real possibilities of construction of educational process on the basis of learning and creative use of progressive folk pedagogical traditions.