Zhyhir’ V. І. Conceptual Framework of Constructing the Model of the Education Manager: Competency-Based Approach

Zhyhir’ V. I., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Professional Education, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University.

Abstract
The article focuses on the current state of the system of higher education and the challenges of the professional training of education managers. It outlines the possible directions of the improvement of professional training of prospective educational establishment administrators in the context of competency-based approach. The notion of the model of the specialist is discussed, the need for its construction is justified, and the basic principles that determine the process of model development are listed. The existing models of the manager of an educational establishment are analyzed in terms of their efficacy and the principal types of activities constituting the work of the education manager are determined, including scientific, methodological, innovative, organizational, administrative, and economic. On the basis of the education manager’s professional activity structure consisting of the lists of spheres, objects of professional activity and its different types, as well as the qualificational characteristics, a competency-based model of the education manager is described. This model embraces the peculiarities of the education manager’s activity and includes all types of professional competencies that ensure that the professional activity of the education manager is carried out effectively. These competencies are described in the form of the skills necessary to deal with educational and administrative situations.

Key words: education manager, professional training, professional activity, professional competence, competency-based model.

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