Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of theoretical and practical aspects of the organization of methodological activities in a preschool education institution. The author proposed different approaches to defining the concept of «methodological work», identified common features, showed the purpose and tasks of methodological work, presented a list of regulatory documents that regulate the activity of methodological service in a preschool education institution. Specific provisions for the activity of a teacher-methodologist, defined in the professional standard of a teacher of a preschool education institution, are indicated. The directions of the organization of methodological work in a preschool education institution are described (selection and methodical processing of modern achievements in the field of preschool education; development of methodological recommendations for the introduction of innovations in the preschool institution’s work practice; development of sample development manuals for various types of work with children; provision of practical assistance in organizing children’s life activities; systematic study and analysis of the state of the educational process; coordination of the activities of the methodological office with various structures; prevention of conflict situations in the teaching staff of the preschool education institution, etc.). The article defines the principles (priority of humanistic pedagogical values; expansion of the teacher’s self-awareness; activation of subject-subject interaction; priority of the interests of the customer of educational services; continuity of methodological support; implementation of individualization of pedagogical activity, etc.) and functions of activity (motivational, corrective, stimulating, stabilizing, developmental, prognostic) of a methodologist of a preschool education institution. The author systematized, compared, and tabulated the functions, principles, and directions of activity of the methodologist of the preschool education institution, showing their interdependence; indicated the expediency and importance of systematic and purposeful activities of the methodologist for the effectiveness of the educational process in the preschool education institution. Keywords: methodological activity, methodologist, principles of activity, functions of activity, methodical service, methodological office.
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