Program of the Special Course on Preparation of Future Social Educators to the Formation of Vital Competence of Adolescents in General Education Institution

У статті окреслено актуальність проблеми професійної підготовки майбутніх соціальних педагогів щодо формування життєвої компетентності підростаючого покоління. Визначено мету та завдання фахової підготовки соціальних педагогів до роботи з підлітками в умовах сучасної школи, а також виділено ключові професійні компетентності для реалізації актуальних педагогічних завдань щодо формування життєвої компетентності дітей, які мають набути майбутні фахівці із соціальної педагогіки. Висвітлено особливості фахової підготовки соціальних педагогів у вищій школі, зокрема програму спецкурсу щодо оволодіння майбутніми фахівцями соціальної сфери професійними знаннями й уміннями в напрямі формування життєвої компетентності підлітків у загальноосвітній школі.The article outlines the urgency of the problem of the future social educators' professional training regarding formation of the younger generation's vital competence. The purpose and tasks of the social pedagogues' professional training for work with adolescents in the conditions of the modern school are determined, the knowledge and skills of future social pedagogues in the direction of implementing the main aspects of competence-oriented education are outlined, and also key professional competencies are allocated for implementation of the actual pedagogical tasks concerning formation of the children's vital competence, which should be acquired by future social pedagogy specialists. The peculiarities of the social pedagogues' professional training in higher school are highlighted, in particular, the program of a prospective specialists' special course on mastering by the social sphere professional knowledge and skills in the direction of forming the adolescents' life competence in a secondary school. The program of the special course "Theory and practice of forming the adolescents' life competence in school" is built on the modular principle and involves students studying three content modules in its structure: "Theoretical basis for the formation of the children's life competence in a secondary school", "Specificity of social and pedagogical work with adolescents in school" and "Practicum of social and pedagogical work in school with adolescents on the formation of their life competencies", each of which includes a thematic unit that covers specific knowledge on the problems of organizing social-pedagogical activities in general education institution, on the problems of the teenage environment and the peculiarities of constructing work with adolescents, on issues of forming the adolescents' life competence with the help of modern pedagogical means. The special course also provides students with creative tasks - development of social-pedagogical projects on the formation of key skills for the adolescents' life, as well as the creation and presentation of a scenario for an interactive educational activity for adolescents aimed at building their vital competencies. The future social pedagogues' assimilation of the developed special course's basics, which has an interdisciplinary character and is based on the person-oriented learning of students in higher school, will allow them to specify and deepen professional knowledge on the issues of competence approach in education, as well as promote their effective implementation of socio-pedagogical functions in practical work