Pedagogical sciences / 2. Problems of training specialists

 

I. S. Kotlyarova

Communal establishment of Sumy regional institute of postgraduate pedagogical education, Ukraine

 

The professional competence of the head of the rehabilitation institution: the concept of it

 

The statistics of the growth of infant sickness rate in Ukraine includes concrete

children whose lives are burdened by illness or family problems, they "lost" in life and can't find their social niche. First of all, these are children with special needs: persons with disabilities, orphans, children from low-income families.

Changes in the socio-economic climate of the country in the context of globalization and the transition to the information society, affect not only the overall perspectives of development of the education sector, but also put forward  fundamentally new requirements for all of its structures, and in particular to the management skills of heads of educational institutions, including rehabilitation.

Competitiveness of rehabilitation institutions in the modern market of educational services depends on the level of professional competence of the head, the effectiveness of his control mechanisms upon institution of education, introduction of new correctional, social-psychological, information technologies; innovating pedagogical tools and psycho-pedagogical support. Therefore, the issues of formation and development of professional competence of the head of the educational institution of rehabilitation profile is relevant, and requires further study.

Certain aspects of the problem of development of the head’s competence are disclosed in the scientific works of such native and foreign scientists, as M. Golovan’, I. Darmans’ka, I. Liniova, L. Olifira and others. According to them, the competence of the head must combine a set of methodological, general and special theoretical knowledge and adequate for their realization technological skills; professional growth of head of rehabilitation institution is the key to its successful development.

Besides, the analysis of scientific-pedagogical literature revealed that majority of interpretations of "competence" refers to the person who has the appropriate competence, or about the institution and the authority that has the right to resolve any issue.

 For example, J. Equal defined the competence as a specific ability which is necessary for the effective implementation of specific action in specific subject area, which includes highly specialized knowledge of a special kind of subject skills, ways of thinking, and a sense of responsibility for their actions. To be competent means having a set of specific competences of different levels. V.Bolotov, A. Khutorskii, V. Serikov, I. Zimnya in their works defined the semantic components of the concept of competence, namely: motivation (willingness to get the competence), cognitive (to have concrete knowledge); activity (accurately of the ways of activity); axiological (mastering of the values, responsible attitude to professional activities and personal growth) [2].

The definition of "professional competence" made it possible to note that the "Encyclopedia of education” interprets it as "integral characteristics of business and personal qualities of a specialist, that reflects the level of knowledge, skills, and experience, which are necessary to achieve the goal of a certain type of professional activity, as well as the moral position of a specialist"; researchers V.Zagvianskiy, I. Ziaziun, C. Kan-Kalik, Y. Colutkin study the concept of "professional competence" from the position of the evaluation category, which determines the level of development of the human ability to formulate qualification judgment, the ability to adequately and responsibly make decisions that lead to a rational solution of the stated goals; B. Hershunskiy defined professional competence as the result of personality’s development; a dynamic category and the goal of post-graduate pedagogical education, self-education and the development of pedagogical professionalism at the level of self-development; it is determined by the level of own professional education, experience and individual abilities of the person, his or her desire for continuous self-education and self-improvement, creative attitude to work.

The process of formation of professional competence of the head passes appropriate stages of formation, development and improvement, which today, in particular, are characterized by the following changes: improvement of methods, forms and technologies of management of the educational process in the educational institution; the complication of requirements for the implementation of professional development during the execution of official duties; the necessity of mastering  by heads the economic, financial and legal foundations of the institution; the necessity of "criteria" management; the adoption of the principles of integrity, continuity and individualization in the training of heads, etc.

The typical features of the professional competence of the head of rehabilitation institutions are: constant changes, future orientation, the ability to make a choice according to the particular situation; motivation of the continuous self-educational activity. So, Z. Riznichenko states, that the manifestation of a high level of head’s managerial skills of concrete profile is to achieve highly productive management activity, based on the totality of professional managerial knowledge, skills and abilities, that are implemented due to developed professionally important qualities, with minimum expense of personal and industrial resources" [6]. According to N. Bila - professional competence of the head of the rehabilitation institution is defined as a complex personal and professional formation, which integrates professional theoretical knowledge, practical skills, professional and personal values and quality, and ensure the adequate implementation of the management activity and conscious choice of the behavior. The competence of the head of the institution is the desire and ability to realize their potential (knowledge, skills and personal qualities) during the creative professional activity, recognizing the social importance and personal responsibility for the results of this activity and the need of constant improvement [1].

According to the character of the problem, the professional competence of the head of the rehabilitation institutions is considered as the ability to implement professional tasks qualified; to achieve the planned results of activity, the ability to think creatively, to foresee the consequences of their own decisions, to assess critically their capabilities and achievements, the knowledge of innovative technologies in the professional and managerial fields, the ability to select, formulate precisely, a consistent and thorough analysis of the problems of the educational institution and find out from the greater number of alternative approaches for their solution the most appropriate and effective to the particular situation of the institution [4].

Thus, various definitions and approaches to the concept of professional competence of the head of the rehabilitation institution and its content, suggest a multidimensional psychological and pedagogical basis of this concept. In the conditions when the problem of formation of professional competence of managers of educational institutions was studied by researchers mainly in the educational context, there is the limit of opportunities for the creation of effective mechanisms of formation of competences of managers of rehabilitation facilities. At the present stage of reforming the system of higher professional education this problem requires a detailed analysis, synthesis, classification and characteristics for the creation of scientific support, the development of mechanisms and models of formation of professional competence of the head of rehabilitation facilities.

 

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