Informal advanced training as a condition of scientific and methodological support for teachers-leaders of preschool education

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The federal project “Teacher of the Future”, which is part of the National Project “Education”, aims at introducing a national system for the professional growth of teachers, covering at least 50% of teachers in educational institutions. One of the options for professional growth is educational leadership. However, practice shows that accompaniment of leaders of preschool education is discrete and depends on the timing of their preparation for events at the regional or Russian level. The one-time nature of events does not correspond to the logic of continuing education and contributes to the fading of leadership. The above allows us to make an assumption about the lack of continuity, consistency, integrity and indicates the presence of problems of scientific and methodological support for leaders of preschool education. The study of the educational needs of teachers - leaders of education revealed the problem of the unified methodological support of their professional growth...