Концепт Lifecomp: ресурс управлінської діяльності в системі дошкільної освіти

Abstract

The article outlines the relevance of the research of the manager’s competencies in the preschool education system in view of his individual experience in solving tasks of activity and abilities that provide a socio-contextual level of interaction with colleagues, parents of children, and the public. It is argued that the manager’s competencies ontologically correspond to professional functions and at the same time should be complemented by the requirements of interaction in the «person-person» system. The significance of the combination, complementarity in the activity of the head of the ability to ensure the functioning of the preschool education institution and his socio-emotional and metacognitive competences has been proven. It is about the manager’s development of his potential, self-regulation of his own emotions, thoughts and behavior, overcoming the challenges of activity and interaction, manifestation of his professional and personality agency, which corresponds to the LifeComp in European Framework of Key Competencies. It is recognized that life competences can increase resilience and become a resource in the implementation of professional functions by the manager. This conclusion is based into account the partial concordance of LifeComp with aspects of the manifestation of the management style. The closeness of the content elements of the personal/social sphere of life competences and the personal/situational aspect of the management style indicates the similarity of epistemological attitudes, in the semantics of which the ability of the manager to organize cooperation with others, taking into account the meaning and value context of joint activity, appears. Similar results apply to the comparison of LifeComp and the competencies of the Professional Standard «Head (director) of a preschool education institution». Emphasis is placed on the need to increase the productivity of the manager’s self-realization through the cognitive, reflective, emotional, regulatory, communicative, interactive, and valuable components of experience. Keywords: management, preschool education, manager, life competencies (LifeComp), professional competencies, personal and professional growth.