Opportunities of pedagogical internship in the development of flexible skills of teachers

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The article discusses the prospects of informal professional development of teaching staff and its opportunities for the development of flexible skills among teachers. The analysis of the situation in the field of continuing education of teachers was carried out to substantiate the relevance of the problem and revealed a contradiction, the solution of which is associated with the adaptation of additional professional programs to the pedagogical needs and interests of teachers. The goal of research is to substantiate the influence of internship practices on the development of flexible skills among teachers. Methodology (materials and methods). The general methodological basis of the study was system, activity and acmeological approaches. Also as the basis of the research methodology, it was assumed to use methods of studying and analyzing literature, comparison, classification, generalization; modeling and design methods, questionnaires and surveys, expert assessments and self-assessments; methods of mathematical processing of research results. Results. The problem of continuing education in the form of an internship is actualized. The objectives, content, advantages and potentials of pedagogical internship in the system of advanced training of pedagogical personnel are analyzed from different positions. The importance of using the resources of educational organizations included in the innovative infrastructure of the region for the implementation of internship programs for teachers is shown. The article describes the experience of an educational organization of the Chelyabinsk region, which has developed and implemented a professional development program on the problem of mentoring in education in the form of an internship. The effectiveness of pedagogical internship as an informal professional development in the development of flexible skills of teachers was studied during an experimental study with the participation of a control and experimental group of teachers. The reliability of the research results is confirmed by the methods of mathematical statistics. The article is of interest to practical teachers of the system of general and additional professional education and researchers.