How and when will teacher certification take place, its purpose, benefits and consequences? What is currently known from available official sources? EtCetera found out about this.
WHAT IS CERTIFICATION?
According to Article 51 of the Law “On Education”, certification of teaching staff is an external assessment of a teacher’s professional competencies (including pedagogy and psychology, practical skills in using modern teaching methods and technologies), which is carried out through independent testing, self-assessment and the study of practical work experience .
WHEN WILL CERTIFICATION START?
The final and transitional provisions of the Education Law indicate that certification for teachers is expected starting in 2019. By the end of 2018, the Government will normalize the certification procedure.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CERTIFICATION?
The purpose of certification is to increase the prestige of teaching work and stimulate teaching staff to personal and professional growth.
HOW TO CARRY OUT CERTIFICATIONS?
1 Testing of professional knowledge and competencies (conducted by a specially authorized government agency).
2 Monitoring the work of a teacher - practical skills in applying modern teaching methods and technologies, studying the practical experience of a teacher (carried out by the State Service for Quality Education).
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION?
Teachers who:
- work for at least three years in educational institutions that provide complete general secondary education;
— carry out teaching activities and/or have a teaching load.
Teaching staff who receive certificates will have the right to:
- a monthly 20% additional payment to the official salary (wage rate), in proportion to the volume of the teaching load for 3 years (this is how long the certificate is valid);
— introduce and disseminate competency-based training methods and new educational technologies;
— participate in procedures and activities related to quality assurance and the introduction of innovations, pedagogical innovations and technologies in the education system.
CERTIFICATION RESULTS AND CONSEQUENCES
In case of successful certification, the teaching staff:
— there will be no need to undergo certification;
If a teacher does not receive a certificate, he will receive the right to undergo certification again no earlier than in a year.
DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR CERTIFICATION?
Free certification will be carried out every three years.
Number of tests: 3 tests (each test has 2 training attempts and 1 final)
Duration: within one day, at a time convenient for you and at a convenient pace
AGREEMENT-OFFER for the provision of services for voluntary certification of professional competencies of specialists
Purpose of professional training certification:
Confirmation of the professional status of a teaching worker (manager), his level of qualifications in any area of pedagogical (managerial) activity.
Who can get certified: teachers, methodologists, members of the administration of all types of educational organizations.
Documents issued:
1. Certificate of completion of certification of professional teacher training indicating the topics and number of points scored;
2. Expert opinion on the certification results, which presents an analysis of the certification results and provides recommendations on areas of further professional training;
3. Extract from the Register of competent specialists who have successfully passed certification in the ANO DPO "Innovative educational center for advanced training and retraining" My University".
4. Permission to use the mark of conformity
- in the portfolio during certification;
- in documents and presentations;
- in a resume during employment;
- on personal websites (blogs, pages on social networks) of the holder of the Certificate of Conformity.
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How to receive documents - electronically or in the original by mail, you choose yourself!
Why is it important to obtain professional training certification:
Currently, many innovations are being introduced in the field of education, which are designed to certify and standardize this field of activity, to link together the draft Professional Standard for Teachers, the National System of Teacher Growth and the process of certification of teaching staff.
The procedure for certification of teaching staff of organizations engaged in educational activities establishes that certification of teaching staff is carried out on the basis of an assessment of their professional activities.
One of the mechanisms aimed at creating a system for assessing the compliance of teaching staff with the requirements of the professional standard of a teacher is a new form of qualification assessment proposed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation in the form of a professional exam or certification.
Certification of professional training of a teacher is a process through which managers and teaching staff confirm that the level of their competence and qualifications meets the requirements of the professional standard for the type of their teaching activity.
Certification of professional training of a teacher is a form of assessing the qualifications and competencies of a teacher for compliance with the requirements of a professional standard, job descriptions, and regulatory documents for the implementation of educational activities.
Thus, by undergoing certification, you:
1. Check whether your educational documents meet the requirements for certain qualifications
2. Assess your qualifications
3. Check your competencies for compliance with the requirements of the professional standard, job descriptions, and regulatory documents for the implementation of educational activities
4. Confirms your professional suitability
5. You receive documents that increase your professional rating in the eyes of the certification commission and the employer.
How is certification carried out:
1. You get acquainted with the Certification Agreement
2. You apply for certification. Be sure to attach your education documents to the application (Education Diploma, Retraining Diploma, etc.)
3. Pay for certification
4. After we receive payment for completing the Certification, our manager will contact you via email specified in the application and provide access data to the testing system.
5. You get acquainted with the tests, take practice tests at a time convenient for you and at a convenient pace.
6. If you wish, you can ask the expert your questions on the forum
7. You take the final test
8. The expert analyzes the results you received, and if they are positive, documents are drawn up and sent to you: Certificate, expert opinion, extract from the register.
By completing our Professional Training Certification, you are guaranteed to receive TWO VALUABLE GIFTS:
We are confident that you will successfully pass the teacher training certification
and confirm your professional suitability!
Applying for certification
To carry out certification, the applicant sends an application to the Certification Body (ANO DPO "MCITO") in one of two ways:
By filling out the application form online, you will be sent a message via the email specified during registration with a list of documents and their forms that should be sent for certification.
Making a decision on the application
The applicant receives a response on the decision on the received application within no more than one month after receipt of the application. If a negative decision is made on the application, the Certification Body informs the applicant with reasons that it is impossible to carry out certification.
Payment for certification work
All costs associated with the preparation and implementation of certification, including inspection control of compliance, are paid by the applicant applying for a certificate of conformity.
Scientific, pedagogical and ergonomic examination of the certification object
The examination is organized by the Certification Body in accordance with the methodology approved by it. The certification object is assessed by experts from the conformity assessment laboratory. All experts have an academic degree and are competent in assessing educational, methodological and scientific publications.
Issuance of a certificate of conformity and permission to use the mark of conformity
If the result of the examination is positive, the applicant receives a certificate of conformity, a certificate of publication in the bulletin of teaching aids of a unified educational collection, and permission to use the mark of conformity on a certified object.
The validity period of the certificate is established by the certification body, taking into account the results of the inspection (assessment), but not more than 5 years.
Supervision of compliance of certified objects
Inspection control is carried out during the entire validity period of the certificate. Based on the results of supervision, the Certification Body may suspend or cancel the validity of the certificate and the use of the mark of conformity. Re-issuance of a certificate of conformity for an object is carried out in accordance with the procedure established by this System.
Result
- certificate of conformity of the Certification Body;
- certificate of publication in the newsletter of the teaching aids of the unified educational collection;
- permission to use a conformity mark and 4 “Recommended” holographic protection sticker signs for a certified training aid.
Certificate authentication
You can check the authenticity of the certificate on the website by indicating the document number (RU.I1052.04ZHZHH0*** or RU.I1684.04ZHZHH1***)
The Government and expert communities are discussing the addition of the national project “Education”. It includes 9 major federal projects, and also lays the foundations for a new approach to testing the professionalism of teachers. In particular, the All-Russian Popular Front proposes to abandon the current certification system and instead introduce a unified professional exam. And although the goals of testing the level of training of teachers will not change, the new exam will allow educators and teachers to build plans for their professional development, independent experts say.
The ONF emphasizes that the exam must meet the requirements of the professional standard of a teacher and the federal educational standards of general education.
It is not known whether officials will agree to such a proposal, but now another experiment is taking place in the Russian Federation - a new model for teacher certification is being tested within the framework of the same national project “Education”. Its main difference is that teachers must undergo an independent qualification assessment based on the use of unified federal assessment materials. No portfolio, certificates or other materials proving that a specialist teaches children well will be needed. It is planned that certification will begin in 2020 using the new model. At the same time, the division into mandatory and voluntary will remain, and the frequency of inspections will not change.
What is the current time frame for certification?
Certification for compliance with the position held in a preschool educational institution of a teacher (2019) is carried out, depending on its type, in the following terms:
- Certification of teaching staff in order to confirm compliance with the position held. It is mandatory and takes place within the time limits determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation. It must be carried out at least once every 5 years. This type is a test of professional suitability for the position held.
- Certification of teaching staff to establish a qualification category is voluntary and is carried out at the request of the employee. This type is a test of professional suitability for promotion.
If the category is valid for 5 years, you can be re-tested after 2 years from the date of receipt of the previous category. If an applicant is denied re-examination, he or she may reapply 1 year after the denial.
According to the regulations on the planned certification of teachers, the period for confirming compliance with the position held is 5 years. Consequently, in 2019, teaching staff certified in 2014 will be sent to it.
To undergo verification of suitability for the position held, the employee is sent by the head of the educational institution.
If the category is not confirmed on time, it will be cancelled.
- an employee who has the first category must apply for certification to receive the first category and go through the general procedure;
- if a teaching worker had the highest category, then it will be demoted to the first, and there is no need to wait two years to apply for the highest category (this means if the person has already held this position for two years).
At the same time, qualification categories assigned before 01/01/2011 remain valid for the period for which they were assigned. However, the rule according to which a teacher who has worked in the profession for 20 years was assigned the second category “for life” is cancelled. These teachers must also be certified every five years.
List of required documents
List of required documents for certification:
- Application for certification of a teacher for the highest category (2019).
- A copy of the previous certification result, if available.
- Copies of diplomas in specialized education (secondary and higher pedagogical education).
- In case of change of surname, a copy of the document is attached.
- A covering letter or reference from the place of work, which can serve as confirmation of the professional competence of the teacher.
Application for teacher certification
The application for the highest category of preschool teacher (2019 according to the Federal State Educational Standard) must be completed on a special form in free form. Information about the addressee is filled in in the upper right corner. Next, you need to enter basic information about the applicant. This information includes full name. employee of the preschool educational institution, his address and telephone number, the full name of the educational institution where the applicant works. The application then contains the following information step by step:
- request for certification for the selected category;
- information about the current category and its validity period;
- the reasons for assigning a category are indicated. At this point, it is important to focus on the requirements for the selected qualification;
- a list of educational events in which the preschool educational institution employee participated;
- information about the applicant. Data on education, general teaching experience, work experience in the last place. If the teacher has diplomas or documents confirming completion of advanced training courses, this information must be reflected in the text of the application.
At the end of the document the date and signature of the applicant are placed.
Sample application
When filling out the application, the teacher’s achievements are highlighted. If you have been involved in methodological development, creating interactive lessons or other innovations, you need to mention this in the text of the application. You can also attach applied materials to your application demonstrating developments, etc.
In some regions, multi-stage certification procedures are carried out. For example, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan included additional testing in the inspection of educators: the list of variable forms associated with the examination of the professional competence of the certified employee includes a computer test. Based on the test results, the employee is given a certificate indicating the number of points scored. To successfully pass the test, an applicant for the highest qualification category must score 90 points.
We publish examples of tests of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tajikistan for the certification of educators.
Test tasks for teachers
Tests on preschool pedagogy
An analytical report for certification for the highest category of teacher is a document showing the level of qualifications of a teacher based on conclusions about his professional activities. It indicates all professional achievements during the inter-certification period.
The analytical report of the teacher according to the Federal State Educational Standard for certification 2019 consists of:
- annotations;
- analytical part;
- design part;
- conclusions;
- applications.
The teacher’s analytical report for the first category (sample according to the Federal State Educational Standard) contains the following personal data:
- Last name, first name, patronymic of the applicant.
- Information about education.
- Total work experience.
- Work experience in the certified position.
- Work experience in the educational institution that sent you for certification.
- Qualification level for this position.
The next mandatory step when filling out the document is to indicate the required information:
- Goals and objectives, the implementation of which is carried out by the applicant.
- Achieved goals.
- Application of innovations in teaching activities.
- Data on the professional activity of a preschool educational institution employee: the composition of the group of pupils, positive dynamics in their development, the formation of their personal qualities, the results of various events and other indicators.
- Application of knowledge of psychology in the process of professional activity: techniques and methods.
- Positive feedback on the applicant’s teaching activities from parents of preschool students. This data may be verified by a commission.
- Information about activities aimed at preserving the health of students and preventing a healthy lifestyle.
- Information about teacher training, advanced training courses, participation in competitions, etc.
- Communications of the teacher, his publications on the upbringing and teaching of children and other materials related to his professional activities.
- Documentation skills and other skills required for the position.
- Prospects for the applicant’s personal and professional development: plans for training, etc.
- Date and personal signature of the applicant.
The completed document is affixed with the seal of the educational institution in which the applicant currently works and the signature of the head.
This certificate is a kind of self-analysis of a preschool teacher for category 1 attestation 2019 according to the Federal State Educational Standard, and it shows the employee’s achievements and his plans for professional improvement.
Sample analytical report of a teacher for certification
Certification procedure
Mandatory
Testing for the professional suitability of preschool teachers is carried out every five years. Exceptions are made for persons who are excused from taking the test for valid reasons. These include:
- pregnant women. For them, the test is carried out no earlier than two years after the teacher returns to work from maternity leave;
- employees with less than 2 years of work experience;
- employees who have spent more than 4 months on continuous sick leave. It is recommended that they undergo testing within 12 months of their return to work.
The knowledge testing procedure consists of several stages:
- Formation of the certification commission.
- Preparing a list of those being certified and drawing up a schedule for the inspection.
- Formation of an idea for each subject.
- The procedure itself.
- Estimation and presentation of results.
If in previous years teaching experience of 20 years or more was a guarantor of lifelong retention of the second category, today there is no such relaxation. Certification of educators is also required to confirm qualifications.
Currently, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation is developing new criteria for assessing the professional suitability of teaching staff:
- Upon successful completion of the certification, the commission issues a conclusion on suitability for the position held.
- If the test is unsuccessful, the commission makes a decision on inadequacy for the position held.
According to this decision, the employment contract with the teacher may be terminated on the basis of clause 3, part 1, art. 81 Labor Code of the Russian Federation. However, a verdict of inadequacy for the position held does not require the mandatory dismissal of the teacher. An employer can send an employee who has not passed the certification to advanced training courses, so that after completion he can take it again.
But a teacher cannot be fired if there is a possibility of his transfer with his written consent to another, lower position or lower paid job. It is also impossible to dismiss a teaching employee if he is included in the list of persons specified in Art. 261 Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
Voluntary
Any educator can take the test to improve their level and submit an application independently.
The stages of voluntary verification include:
- Verification of the submitted application.
- Determining the deadline for passing the test. The inspection period cannot exceed 60 days from the start of the inspection until the decision is made.
- Written notification to the applicant of the time and place of the inspection. Notification is sent within 30 days.
- Subject's assessment.
- Registration of inspection results.
The category is valid for 5 years. You can submit a request to test your professional knowledge after 2 years have passed after receiving the previous level. If a candidate has been refused certification, a repeated request can be sent no earlier than one year after the refusal.
If the teacher successfully passes the certification, the commission makes a decision on the teacher’s compliance with the requirements for the first (highest) category. The qualification is assigned on the same day, and the salary at the new rate is paid from the day the qualification is assigned. An entry is made in the work book about the corresponding category without mentioning the subject taught.
If the teacher was unable to pass certification, the commission makes a decision on non-compliance with the requirements. Those who passed for the first category remain without a category and are required to undergo testing for suitability for the position held.
If the teacher passed the test for the highest category, then in case of failure he will have the first one until its expiration date. After the end of the term, you will need to either confirm the first category or be certified for the highest.
The decision of the certification commission can be appealed in accordance with the “Procedure for certification of teaching staff.” An application for appeal can be submitted to the labor dispute commission at the regional education authority or to the court. An application to the court must be filed before the expiration of 3 months from the day the employee learned of a violation of his right.
VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION OF TEACHING STAFF AS A TOOL FOR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
N. V. Zenitkina, head of the laboratory for certification and certification of workers of professional educational organizations, Kuzbass Regional Institute for the Development of Vocational Education, Kemerovo G. P. Vdovina, methodologist
In the context of the development of a voluntary certification system in various fields of activity, along with certification of products and quality management systems, the personnel certification procedure becomes especially important, since a person becomes the most valuable resource for the competitiveness of both an individual organization and the country as a whole. Currently, both the state, employers, and employees at all levels are interested in the personnel certification procedure. Every working person must be aware of their potential, continuously update their existing competencies and receive official confirmation of their presence as their main property, ensuring professional success and increasing the level of social security.
Certification is a procedure during which the competent authority confirms the level of competence and qualifications of an employee. The basis of the certification procedure is a professional standard, which contains qualification requirements for knowledge, skills and abilities according to the type of professional activity of a specialist, as well as the level of his education and professional training.
In 2012, Federal Law No. 236-F3 dated December 3, 2012 amended Article 195.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, which legislated the concepts of qualifications and professional standards on which certification is based.
A professional standard is a characteristic of the qualifications necessary for an employee to carry out a certain type of professional activity. Qualifications - demonstration of personal qualities, education, training and work experience.
The purpose of voluntary certification in the educational field is to ensure
N. V. Zenitkina G. P. Vdovina
high quality of education through the creation of a procedure for independent assessment of management and teaching staff, aimed at stimulating their professional development (self-realization in their activities).
The main tasks solved during the voluntary certification procedure:
Periodic verification of professional qualifications for compliance with accepted criteria;
Confirmation of the professional and social status of the teacher, his level of qualifications in a certain field;
Stimulating the professional development of teaching staff, creating a system of moral and material incentives in accordance with the existing remuneration system;
Using certification as a means of increasing management efficiency in education: selecting participants in professional competitions, forming a reserve for positions of heads of educational organizations.
Managers and teaching staff of educational organizations (regardless of their organizational and legal form) can take part in certification. Applicants for certification must pass certification, have higher education and experience
work for at least three years, as well as perform job duties efficiently and fully and have certain professional achievements.
Voluntary certification of heads of professional educational organizations in the Kemerovo region began on 09/01/2014, and teaching staff - on 01/01/2015. Order of the Department of Education and Science of the Kemerovo Region dated 05.05.2014 No. 815 approved the prepared changes and additions to the previously developed Regulations on the procedure for voluntary certification of management and teaching staff of the education system of the Kemerovo Region, in accordance with which scientific, methodological, information and organizational and technical support certification procedures for employees of educational organizations of secondary vocational education, the preparation of information and analytical materials for the certification commission of the Department of Education and Science of the Kemerovo Region is provided by the State Budgetary Institution of Further Professional Education "Kuzbass Regional Institute for the Development of Vocational Education" (laboratory for certification of teaching staff of educational institutions of vocational education, now - certification and certification laboratory employees of professional educational organizations).
In the process of preparing for this procedure, the State Budgetary Institution of Further Professional Education "KRIRPO" developed and approved rules for passing computer testing, a memo for the test taker on working with the Sunrav WebClass system. The laboratory, together with the departments of management and economics, pedagogy and psychology of vocational education, prepared test material for computer testing for each category of workers.
A training seminar on the voluntary certification procedure was held for managers and specialists of methodological services of professional educational organizations in September 2014, at which participants received the necessary methodological recommendations on preparing for certification, the procedure for its implementation and execution of established documents. In order to prepare experts to participate in the certification commission, in October 2014, training was organized and conducted for 29 people under the additional professional development program “Theo-
ry and methodology of pedagogical examination of the activities of educational institutions of general and vocational education and monitoring of state educational standards.” During the course training in October 2014, trial testing was conducted for managers and teachers in order to test and refine the test material.
Certification in the form of computer testing is carried out in the following sections:
for executives:
Regulatory and legal foundations of management activities; theory and practice of pedagogical management; education quality management; psychology of management; financial and economic activities; administrative and economic activities; organization of additional education; clerical work in an educational organization; effectiveness of management activities.
for teaching staff:
Regulatory and legal foundations of pedagogical activity; psychological and pedagogical aspects of the educational sphere; theory and practice of the taught subject, educational field (subject competence, mastery of modern pedagogical technologies, tools and methods), ensuring the quality of education; interaction with subjects of society and socio-pedagogical activities, work with parents.
Currently, all professional educational organizations in the Kemerovo region have taken part in the voluntary certification procedure.
From 09/01/2014 to 12/31/2015, management employees submitted 268 applications for voluntary certification, pedagogical employees - 1202. 32 people did not appear for computer testing for a good reason for the entire designated period. 1,494 people successfully passed computer testing and received certificates of the level of professional competence, including 263 certificates of a high level of professional competence, ensuring the quality of leadership activities, 1,041 certificates of a high level of professional competence, ensuring the quality of teaching activities. Did not cope with computer testing tasks and, therefore, did not pass the approval procedure
free certification of 34 people from among teaching staff.
It should be noted that the leadership of many professional organizations in the Kemerovo region takes the voluntary certification procedure for their teachers responsibly and seriously. The result is high quality of presented materials and a high level of test task completion. Such educational organizations include the State Educational Institution “Kuzbass College of Architecture, Geodesy and Construction” (S. N. Nifontov); GPOU "Belovsky Multidisciplinary Technical School" (V.V. Okruzhnov); GPOU "Novokuznetsk Transport and Technology College" (A. A. Kosenkov); GPOU "Vocational College of Novokuznetsk" (T. A. Kucheryaven-ko); GPOU "Kuznetsk Industrial College" (E. P. Korneev).
Competent methodological support for the preparation process for the voluntary certification procedure distinguishes such deputy directors and methodologists as E. A. Ravkovskaya (Berezovsky Polytechnic College); T. V. Sasina (SEI “Kemerovo College of Food Industry and Services”); M. N. Savoskina (Siberian Polytechnic College; N. L. Labunskaya (Kuznetsk Technical School of Service and Design named after V. A. Volkov); N. P. Surikova (Prokopyevsky Electrical Mechanical Engineering College) ); N. V. Klagish (State Public Educational Institution “Tyazhinsky Agro-Industrial College”).
Are there any problems today in carrying out the voluntary certification procedure? Certainly. And they are mainly related to the content and design of documents submitted by professional educational organizations. In order to prevent a number of typical mistakes made when preparing documents for voluntary certification, we consider it necessary to give separate explanations and draw attention to the need to follow the samples presented on the page of the laboratory for certification and certification of employees of professional educational organizations on the website of the State Budgetary Institution of Further Professional Education "KRIRPO".
Application for the voluntary certification procedure
Submitted on the letterhead of the educational organization before the 5th day of each month of the academic year;
The list of employees is compiled in alphabetical order;
In the “Experience” column, only teaching experience is indicated for teaching staff, and managerial experience for managers, since managerial and teaching staff who have a full three years of managerial (teaching) experience are eligible for certification;
In the column “Certification results” the first, highest category or compliance with the position held is indicated. If the certification period expires and the documents are submitted to the State Institution “Regional Center for Monitoring the Quality of Education” (Kemerovo, Krasnaya St., 23), then this column indicates the registration number of the application and the date of registration of the application (for example: first, No. 4322 dated 22.05 .2015).
A copy of the certification sheet for teachers, industrial training masters and other categories of teaching staff (even if the validity period has expired) must be included in the package of documents.
In the upper right part of the application, the position of the pedagogical worker (teacher, social teacher...) is indicated in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 08.08.2013 No. 678 “On approval of the nomenclature of positions of teaching staff of organizations carrying out educational activities, positions of heads of educational organizations”; At the end of the application, a date and signature must be placed.
A petition for the head of an educational organization is signed by the head of the secondary vocational education department of the Department of Education and Science of the Kemerovo Region, for teaching staff - by the director of the educational organization and a representative of the collegial governing body of the educational organization (the chairman of the trade union committee, or the board of trustees, or the council of the labor collective).
If the surname on the diploma differs from the surname on all other documents, a copy of the marriage or divorce certificate must be attached.
A copy of the work record book is made in full and certified with the stamp “Copy is correct.” On the last page, in blue ink, there should be a handwritten note from the head of the HR department (or another authorized person) “Continues to work to this day.”
Copies of documents must be on blank sheets.
Documents are submitted in a folder, where the first page is the title page, which indicates the name of the educational organization in accordance with the charter.
The certification procedure can be completed an unlimited number of times, since the certificate is issued for a period of two years. Teachers often ask: “What does the voluntary certification procedure provide?” The presence of a certificate, firstly, allows management and teaching staff to exercise their rights to increase wages and receive incentive bonuses, secondly, it is a positive factor when passing certification in order to establish a qualification category, and thirdly, it is one of the criteria for the effectiveness of activities educational organization and its rating.
There is no doubt that certification will not lose its relevance in the future.
We hope that the technologies for its implementation will be improved. Moreover, in 2015, the Kuzbass Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in agreement with the Department of Education and Science, began to form a regional system of voluntary certification of professional qualifications, which is a procedure for assessing the compliance of professional competencies of graduates of professional educational organizations, enshrined in professional standards, which ends with the issuance of a regional certificate . Over time, such a certificate should become permission to perform professional functions. For graduates, it will be prestigious and significant to have not only a diploma of professional education, but also a regional certificate. Therefore, for every managerial and teaching employee of a secondary vocational education organization, the task for the future should be the mandatory completion of the voluntary certification procedure.