The model of monitoring of the teacher' professional competence level

The modernization of Russian education determined the qualitatively new characteristics of educational activities and requirements for teachers, whose professional competence is considered as a key factor in the education quality assurance. The problem of continuing improving of teachers' professional competence is relevant in virtue of dynamic development of society, which imposes the requirements on the system of education. Teachers' professional activity should correspond to current demands. There is a need for specialists to increase continuously their professional level, respond quickly and effectively to new challenges. It is necessary to find the effective means of qualitative support of continuing teachers' professional development. Monitoring is considered one of these means. The article describes of the developed and experimentally tested model of monitoring of the teacher' professional competence level.