Features of supporting the continuous professional development of teaching staff in a digital educational environment

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The article actualizes the problem of continuous professional development of teaching staff in the conditions of digitalization of education. The goal of research is to analyze the conditions for supporting the network interaction of teachers and managers for continuous professional development in a digital educational environment through the functioning of a network information and methodological platform based on the official website of the gymnasium. The results of the literature review are presented, indicating that professional development is characterized by continuity, integrativity and is carried out in an educational environment. The methodology of the research consists in the study of the continuous professional development of teaching staff as a process based on the principles of individualization, continuity, fundamentalization, variability, autonomy in choosing the pace and content of learning. The formulated features of the functioning of the information and methodological platform as a virtual platform for the continuous professional development of teachers have a scientific novelty. The results obtained correspond to the ideas of the regional project “Excellent School” (formerly “Home Lesson”), are an information resource that allows solving the problem of overcoming professional deficits and contributing to the implementation of professional requests for continuous improvement of professional skills and the development of new pedagogical practices through the formation and implementation of individual educational routes. The practical significance of the research lies in the possibility of applying its results to build a system of continuous professional development of teaching staff using a virtual platform in any educational organization.