Challenges for School Pedagogue

Suvremenu školu karakteriziraju mnoge promjene koje su uvjetovane globalnim civilizacijskim promjenama, a neke od njih vezane su za postmodernizaciju, demokraciju i informatizaciju. Perspektiva rada školskog pedagoga u njegovom je razvijanju i mijenjanju osnovnih zadaća kako bi sačuvao svoj identitet stručnog suradnika u školi. Isto se tako suvremena škola mijenja i razvija s ciljem očuvanja identiteta društveno-pedagoške funkcije koju ima kroz povijest. U članku se navode izazovi s kojima se susreću sudionici odgojno- obrazovnog rada, a posebno školski pedagog: motivacija učenika, razvoj individualnosti, stvaranje identiteta škole, organizacija rada u suvremenoj školi, organizacija stručnog usavršavanja u školi, timski pristup radu, poticanje učenika na uspjeh, razvijanje smisla za inicijativu i poduzetništvo i dr. Naglasak je na suradnji pedagoga sa sudionicima odgojno-obrazovnog procesa, ostvarivanju kurikuluma škole, te na određivanju odgojno-obrazovnih potreba učenika. Za uspješno ostvarivanje postavljenih ciljeva i za svladavanje izazova pred kojima se nalazi školski pedagog, između ostalog, unapređuje i razvija svoju kreativnost, inovativnost, odgovornost te ostale kompetencije. Jedan od najvećih izazova je informatizacija društva u cjelini i demokratizacija odnosa među članovima društva. Školski pedagog u svom radu, između ostaloga, osmišljava stručne procese i primjenjuje ih u svakodnevnom radu s ciljem unapređivanja odgojno-obrazovnog rada. Rezultati ostvarivanja stručnih procesa svakako će doprinijeti svladavanju izazova koji se postavljaju pred školskog pedagoga kao i pred suvremenu školu.Contemporary school is characterized by many changes which have been caused by global civilization changes, and some of them are related to post modernization, democracy and computerization. The perspective of work of school pedagogue is in his development and changing of his fundamental tasks, in order to preserve his identity of research assistant at school. In the same way, contemporary school changes and develops with the aim of preserving the identity of its social-pedagogical function it has had throughout history. In the article, the challenges with which participants in the educational process are faced, and especially school pedagogue, are stated: students’ motivation, development of individuality, creating school identity, organization of work in contemporary school, organization of professional development at school, stimulating students for achievements, developing the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship etc. The emphasis is on cooperation of the pedagogue with participants in educational process, realization of school curriculum and determining of educational needs of students. For successful realization of set goals and conquering the challenges that he is faced with, school pedagogue, among other things, promotes and develops his creativity, innovativeness, responsibility and other competencies. One of the greatest challenges is computerization of the society in its entirety and democratization of relations among the members of society. In his work, school pedagogue, among other things, designs professional processes and applies them in daily work in order to promote educational work. The results of realization of professional processes will certainly contribute to conquering challenges that school pedagogue, as well as contemporary school, are faced with