On the problem of setting tasks for regional innovation sites

innovative activity in education is recognized by scientists as one of the most effective means of developing educational systems and institutions. Exploring the features of innovation activity in Russian education system the author addresses the problem of planning experimental activities as a possibility of determining priorities in the content of the activities of innovative sites and increasing their effectiveness on this basis. An analysis of the tasks contained in their research programs was carried out on a sample of applications from regional innovation sites in St. Petersburg, while the principle of task decomposition was used. In the process of the analysis are revealed the following: features of planning the work of innovative sites in modern conditions, the fact of the variety of innovative products is confirmed and the possible reasons for this condition are explained, recommendations are formulated for the heads of educational institutions that can be used in the design of innovative activity of institutions and allow optimizing the process of setting tasks, planning innovative activity, formulate its expected results, etc.