Conditions of activities of the federal innovative site "Pedagogical Leadership"

Introduction. This article discusses the problem of developing the creative potential of a teacher. The theoretical and methodological approaches to this problem are analyzed. The theoretical basis of the study was the work of the idea of innovative activity as a factor in the development of the school and the general education system as a whole (V.N. Averkin, A.G. Kasprzhak, N.M. Martynova, N.A. Sadovsky and others); general issues of innovation (V.A. Bolotov, V.I. Zagvyazinsky, A.G. Kasprzhak, M.V. Klarin, V.A. Slastenin, etc.); ideas of pedagogical innovation and the role of the teacher in the development of innovative processes (Yu.K. Babansky, V.I. Zagvyazinsky, G.A. Ignatiev, A.P. Tryapitsyna, A.V. Khutorskoy, etc.).As a result of the study, it was found that one of the leading tasks in the development of the lifelong education system is the orientation of educational programs towards teaching the skills necessary for innovative activity, including analytical and critical thinking, the pursuit of new things, the ability to constantly learn, readiness for reasonable risk, creativity and enterprise, willingness to work in a highly competitive environment. At the same time, the practice teacher must be psychologically prepared for pedagogical activity in the new sociocultural conditions, make original non-standard decisions, plan the educational process and predict possible results, be prepared for innovative activities. One of the possible ways of professional development of a teacher-practitioner is his participation in federal innovation platforms. Under the conditions of the federal innovation platform, the development of the scientific and innovative potential of educational organizations, the introduction of innovative educational programs, the inclusion of students and teachers in design and research activities aimed at unlocking the creative potential of educational institutions is being updated.The work emphasizes that according to the research of modern scientists (V.Zhabina, S.N. Tolstov, etc., innovative activity is inseparable from creativity, because it provides the generation of new ideas, the implementation of which become innovations. As a result, the purpose of the study is actualized: development of the teacher’s creative potential in the context of the activities of the federal innovative platform “Pedagogical Leadership”. Materials and methods. A model of complex psychological and pedagogical support for professional self-determin