Tutoring support of teachers in forming readiness for work with a personal professional blog

The problem of having a personal professional blog of a teacher is updated. The features of pedagogical blog are described, and its possibilities for use in the field of education are revealed. The empirical data of the ascertaining experiment are presented. The possibilities of tutoring support are highlighted and the necessity of realizing this kind of pedagogical activity is shown to form the readiness of teachers to work with a personal professional blog. The mechanism of tutoring support is graphically presented. It consists of several main stages: diagnostic-motivational, implementational, realizable, and analytical. The detailed description of each stage is given. Diagnostics of teachers' interests is carried out at the diagnostic- motivational stage, and also the prospects for using a personal professional blog are revealed. The projecting stage is aimed at assisting the tutor in the issues of formation of his/her educational and cognitive route. The implementational stage deals with assisting the tutor to implement the planned route. The analytical stage is aimed at organizing and holding the tutor of the final event.