MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL WORKERS: MOTIVATIONAL MECHANISM, CRITERIA OF EFFICIENCY

Abstract

The article considers the theoretical and practical aspects, and the necessity of application of the motivational mechanism of management of professional development of pedagogical workers. The essence of the motivational mechanism for managing the professional development of teachers is interpreted by the author as a set of actions of objects and subjects of management aimed at transforming external management influence into internal impulse – motive – based on the interests and needs of interacting parties.
It is determined that the management of professional development of teachers on the basis of the motivational mechanism involves the development and application by management of a system of teacher incentives, means to stimulate motivation and influence upon the cognitive and activity sphere of professional development of teachers.
The criteria of efficiency of management of professional development of pedagogical workers on the basis of the motivational mechanism are defined, namely: normative-administrative, financial-economic, social-psychological. The normative-administrative criterion reflects the extent to which the subjects of management are guided by the professional interests, needs, requests of teachers and act through legal norms. The financial and economic criterion indicates the financial capacity of management to provide material incentives for teachers to professional development and act taking into account the results of professional growth of teachers and educational performance. Socio-psychological criterion is based on the use of management subjects of moral incentives to work and act in the interests of professional development of each teacher and improve the quality of activities of the educational institution. A number of problems that need to be solved in order to effectively manage the professional development of teachers are outlined.