Continuous education of teachers: Russian and European models

The article is concerned with the actual problem of the continuous education of teachers. Historical background of the tendency of life-long learning is covered in it. The article considers the system of teacher education in European countries, engaged in self-education and improvement of professional competence throughout the life and values of the Bologna Declaration, whose aim is to harmonize education systems. It reveals a model of excellence in Europe, including models to provide feedback, thus giving the possibility to adjust the operation of institutions of excellence and to bring them to school. Special attention is paid to the Russian system of teacher training in the light of the requirements of the professional standard of the teacher, the variety of its formats. The author focuses on the forms of training teachers of foreign languages, are realized in the Chelyabinsk Institute of retraining and advanced training of educators, and offers new forms of teacher training.