Team teaching as a promising technology for advanced training of teachers

The problem of research and justification of its relevance. This article actualizes the problem of team teaching. The outpacing nature of additional professional education, acute social demands, increasing requirements for graduates of educational organizations motivates the search for new teaching technologies. The goal of research is to adapt the technology of team teaching for advanced training of teachers. Methodology (materials and methods). The author analyzed the work of foreign researchers, identified the main models of technology, variations in the composition of teaching teams in order to adapt the technology of team training to improve the skills of teachers. Two forms of team training: joint planning and conducting classes, interaction only at the methodological level, are identified and justified. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that models of team teaching in the implementation of additional professional training programs for teachers: partner team training; dialogic teaching; facilitating team training; monitoring team training; parallel team teaching; differentiated team training; alternative team training, were developed for the first time on the basis of research performed. Results. Nine of the most promising areas of use of this technology have been proposed. The teaching staff, the measure of responsibility and the leading models are defined in each direction. The conditions for the effectiveness of team training have been clarified. The practical significance of the study consists in the applied adaptation of team teaching technology to the specifics of additional professional education of teachers, identifying its strengths and weaknesses. The author tracked the effectiveness of team training in teacher training courses. The result showed a high level of listener satisfaction, a significant practical value of the developed portfolios, and the development of professional competencies. The perspective of team teaching in training on additional professional programs for teachers ' professional development has been proved.