IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHER QUALIFICATION IN THE SPHERE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIVERSIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Abstract

The paper deals with the problems related to the dynamics of the provision of educational services for diversification of professional development of teaching staff in Ukraine, which is conditioned by the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine «On Education» and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution «Some Issues of Professional Development of Teaching and Research Staff». The results of a study conducted on the example of an administrative unit – Kharkiv district have been published. The study was implemented in cooperation with the Department of Creative Pedagogy and Intellectual Property of the Kharkiv City Council Department of Creative Education and the Intellectual Property Department of the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy with the involvement of the specialists of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University within the framework of scientific and research work №19-01 DB «Theoretical and methodological foundations for improving the skills of education system employees in the field of intellectual property». The importance of creating separate modules within 30 hours (1 credit) for the formation of certain special competences of teaching staff based on the results of self-assessment has been substantiated. The emphasis is placed on the formation of their special competence in the field of protection of intellectual property rights, which enhances the individual self-esteem of employees and stimulates the further innovative development of secondary education institutions. The importance of theoretical, methodological and content substantiation of individual modules material and determination of their place in the general concept of professional development within each individual program is emphasized. Particular attention is paid to the role of higher education institutions' websites in this process.