ПІДГОТОВКА ТА ПРОФЕСІЙНИЙ РОЗВИТОК УЧИТЕЛЯПОЧАТКОВИХ КЛАСІВ НА ШЛЯХУ ДО НОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

The central link of any education system can be considered training of pedagogical staff, the quality and level of which determine the prospects for the development of education in the country. Reforming education in Ukraine is part of the process of adapting the national educational system of changes that have taken place in the last two decades in European countries and is related to the recognition of the importance of knowledge as a driver of social welfare and progress. Therefore, the issue of ensuring equal access not only to education, but to quality education, is key to the development of not only the educational sector, but the entire society as well. Inconditionsofnation-buildinginthecountry, theideasofthesocialideal, theconditionsoflife-formationandself-realization, andhencethewaysofdevelopingandimprovingthesystemofnationaleducation, arethekey. Educationitself, as a socialinstitution, isresponsiblefortheprofessionallevelofthepersonnelofthespiritual, industrialandmanagerial spheresofallmoderncountries. Educationthroughscienceandrelatedproductionandthelatesttechnologyaffectseconomicdevelopmentofthepostindustrialsocietyas a whole. Realizingthedecisiveinfluenceofeducationonalllife-givingsocialprocesses, developedcountriesseektodevelopitinaccordancewiththerequirementsoftime. Theroleofpostgraduateeducation, asanindependentpartoftheeducationalpsychologicalandpedagogicalprocess, hasincreased inconditionsofmarkettransformationsofUkrainiansociety. The purpose of the article is to reveal the role of training and professional development of primary school teachers in the context of the implementation of the concept of the “New Ukrainian School”. It is concluded that the request of the society on the results of school education, the current conditions of professional activity of the primary school teacher, connected with the diversity of educational systems, the variability of the content of primary education and the technical and technological provision of the educational process, the expansion of opportunities for information technology for students and the need to predict the results of professional activity – all this leads to the identification of directions for updating the content and nature of the preparation of the future teacher of primary school