The main directions of changes in the system of additional professional education of school heads

Research problem and rationale for its relevance. The problem of the research is to determine the formats of changes in additional professional education of school directors. The issues of modernization of additional professional education of school principals in the context of state educational policy are actualized. The goal of the research is to analyze the results of the implementation of the concept of development of human resources of the education system of St. Petersburg in 2011 - 2022 to determine the need for changes in additional education of school heads, based on a review of the state of the educational system. Methodology. Retrospective review is used as a means of projecting prospective directions of modernization of additional professional education of school directors. The idea of updating the concept of additional professional education of school directors is substantiated. Results. The previously unpublished results of the authors' 2021-2022 research on education management are highlighted and presented. Relying on the requirements of professional standards and the results of the analysis, the authors outline and argue the current opportunities of additional professional education as one of the formats of professional growth of school directors. These are: - organization of training of heads of educational institutions in the technologies of self-development; - formation of innovative educational behavior of school heads; - supporting principals in their research, as well as their coordinated inclusion in the analysis of research results of regional and Russian levels; - presentation of innovative developments and best management practices in regional and national education systems; - designing trajectories of professional development for executives using various formats, including those outside of the Additional Professional Education system; - training in technologies of school interaction management with participants of relations in the field of education and social partners; - targeted advisory support in individual or group (by category) formats, taking into account the heterogeneity of the “director's stratum” and the wide range of their professional tasks and interests.