Gradual procedure for application of the new professional standard of an educational organization head

Abstract

The article relates to the problem of the development of a mechanism for the application of the professional standard ‘Head of an educational organization (management of a preschool educational organization and a general educational organization)’, which was enforced on March 1, 2022. The relevance of the presented results of the research is confirmed by the demand from the Russian regional and municipal authorities in the field of education, and the heads of secondary schools and kindergartens; what is more, there is a lack of development of this issue in the theory of management of educational systems. As the key research methods, the content analysis of the normative documentation and the analysis of the research publications on the composition of professional competence and the regulation of the activities of educational organization heads were used. Methodologically and normatively, the mandatory application of the considered professional standard is substantiated. The paper considers a step-by-step procedure of introducing the professional standard into the system of personnel management at the municipal and local levels of school administration. The authors consider the qualification requirements for the position of a school head, the relevant education, practical work experience requirements, alongside with the special conditions for admission to the work of a school head. The legal capacity of the regional and the municipal authorities in the field of education – the ones that act as employers for the heads of schools and kindergartens - is outlined in the context of the development of the standard-appropriate job descriptions, ‘inventory’ and revelation of the human resources in terms of their compliance with the qualification characteristics. School heads certification is also scrupulously studied. The risks and challenges of the founder in the implementation of the professional standard of the head of the educational organization are identified. The outcomes of the study presented in the present article can be used as the basis for the development of regulations for the application of the professional standard of the head of the educational organization, as well as the scientific and methodological basis for designing other measures for the practical implementation of the professional standard.