At the present stage of the development of the Ukrainian state, which is the stage of active modernization of the education system, special attention should be paid to the revival, restoration of everything pedagogically valuable that has already been accumulated by mankind. In view of this, the article analyzes the contribution of native pedagogues (Feofan Vyshenskyi, Ioann Serhiiev, Ivan Uspenskyi, Serhii Rachynskyi, Vasyl Zenkovskyi) to the development of issues of teacher preparation for the upbringing of the younger generation. To reach the goal, the following methods of scientific cognition were used: general scientific (analysis of scientific sources, synthesis, generalization and systematization of collected material), historical (comparative and historical, structural and systematic, retrospective, actualization) and chronological updates. The analysis of the works of Feofan Vyshenskyi, Ioann Serhiiev (Kronshtadtskyi), Ivan Uspenskyi, Serhii Rachynskyi, Vasil Zenkovskyi suggests that these teachers paid great attention to the issues of preparing the form teacher to the organization of educational activities with students. According to the pedagogues, the leading qualities that a teacher should have include: the presence of a vocation, which is manifested even before joining the teaching specialties by students; honesty; justice; thorough preparation for every lesson; constant self-improvement; availability of scientific knowledge necessary for the professional activity; continuous improvement of every next lesson; trying to make lessons more engaging, understandable and accessible; love for children, which does not end even when the students are ungrateful, do not appreciate the good attitude and abuse the teacher’s love, etc. It has been found that the analyzed works regarding the preparation of the teacher for organizing the educational activity of the younger generation are notable for the harmony of pedagogical ideas of past years with the present, namely: the development of a child should correspond to his or her physical and spiritual abilities, natural abilities; the upbringing of a child cannot be linked with his or her physical and moral abuse; upbringing is a multidimensional process carried out by educators, teachers, parents, etc.; the education process should be carried out by specially trained people.