Adaptation of young teachers to professional activities in an innovative educational environment

Abstract

Introduction. Qualitative improvement of professional training of specialists, reduction of staff turnover in educational structures is a serious and well-known problem. The field of education is regularly replenished with a significant number of new graduates of pedagogical universities. Numerous studies have demonstrated the existence of a clear pattern: the initial period of "embedding" in the profession is characterized by the greatest intensity. This largely determines both the personal and professional development of a specialist.Having considered the features of the introduction of new educational standards in a number of educational institutions, we can conclude that among the basic factors of the formation of a teacher is the ability to professionally adapt to the new, to be ready to introduce various innovations.Materials and Methods. The article discusses the views of foreign and Russians scientists which studied the process of adaptation of future teachers to professional activities in an innovative educational environment. Methodological basis of the research: cultural approach, competence approach, environmental approach, individual elements of the strategic approach, as well as humanistic and system-structural principles. The main research methods: the method of expert questions, questionnaires, experimental methods, comparative and systematic analysis, the study of thematic publications, the author's own observations.Results. The result of the analysis and interpretation of the studied sources is on the problem of pedagogical support of future teachers to professional activities, it was revealed that the main purpose of pedagogical support is to help a novice teacher to understand himself, the causes of emerging professional problems, in order to mobilize his internal resources, knowledge and skills, for the development of new professional competencies and further self-development.Discussion and Conclusions. We have identified and considered the difficulties and complexities of the process of adaptation of future teachers to professional activities, justified the relevance of the study. We associate the further direction of the research with the development of a program for pedagogical support aimed at the successful adaptation of future teachers to professional activities in an innovative educational environment.