Competence development of the schoolmasters of preschool education schools in the context of lifelong education

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Vilniaus miesto ikimokyklinio ugdymo mokyklų vadovų ir jų pavaduotojų kompetencijų įgijimo, jų įsivertinimo, tobulinimo poreikių ir kompetencijų plėtotės galimybių atitiktis. Taikoma empirinio tyrimo rūšis – atvejo tyrimas, kokybinio ir kiekybinio tyrimo metodaiThe analysis of the data confirmed that the major part of the schoolmasters and assistants in Vilnius preschool education schools had before worked as edu- cators in the same or other preschool education schools. More than a half of the respondents having started working a managing job felt a lack of some certain abilities and skills that comprise competence. These included such abilities as the ability to use the computer's hardware and software, the ability to create a strategy and to prepare a strategic plan, as well as the ability to communicate in a foreign language. Schoolmasters and their assistants in preschool education schools consider their competence abilities to be on quite a high level. The competence that the respondents evaluated as being on a high level includes the ability to create conditions for the improvement of employees career and qualification, the abihty to communicate with sočiai partners and the ability to learn seeking for consistency in life and career. Most of the respondents affirm having obtained formai manag- ing competence. It is obvious that they consider formai managing competence to consist of not only of diplomas given by university studies but also of their qualification category that is given through assessmentVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij