Abstract
<jats:p>The article highlights the experience of training vocational education teachers to manage educational activities. Based on an analysis of the professional standard «Teacher of Vocational Training», the professional competencies, practical skills, and abilities of the educator are presented through the stages of the educational management cycle: planning, organization, motivation, control and correction. A model for transforming the traditional professional competencies of vocational education teachers – those involved in managing the educational process within vocational education institutions – into modern innovative competencies is proposed. The structure and content of the «Management of Educational Activity» academic subject for undergraduate students in professional education are characterized. The first module, «Education as an Object of Management», introduces students to the tiered system of educational management in Ukraine, the legal framework, principles of state policy in educational management, and the management system of educational institutions. The second module, «Management of Educational Activity in a Vocational Education Institution», focuses on the concept of educational activity and its content, alongside the core levels of management within a vocational institution (strategic, tactical, operational, and control-analytical levels). A wide range of pedagogical technologies used during the implementation of this module is characterized, including game-based technologies, the project method, situational modeling technology, and problem-based learning. The third module, «Management of the Educational Environment», introduces students to the components of a modern inclusive educational environment, resource management principles, the socio-communicative aspects of management, foundations of constructive interaction, management of innovative processes, and educational quality assurance. The conclusion emphasizes the relevance of the «Management of Educational Activity» discipline amidst the transformation of the vocational teacher’s role from a «knowledge translator» to a «manager of the educational process».</jats:p>