Continuous professional development of teachers: modern approaches

The article is devoted to the modern approaches to the organization of the continuous professional development of teachers with the priorities and leading trends of state policy in the field of education. Based on the experience presented by the Chelyabinsk Institute of Retraining and Improvement of Professional Skill of Educators (CIRIPSE) in the organization of continuing professional education, the possibility of further introducing innovations that allow them to respond quickly to new challenges of the system of general and continuing professional education is justified. The main functions of modern continuing professional education are distinguished: professional, social, personal. The author analyzes the results of study about the level assessment of professional competencies of teachers of Russian language and mathematics, conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2017. Based on the analyzed data, conclusion is made about the insufficient promotion by the institutions of additional professional education, on the one hand, and the underestimation of educators of additional professional programs aimed at the development of psychological, pedagogical and communicative competences among teachers, on the other...