Criteria and indicators of development of socio-professional competence of students
The article substantiates the necessity of socio-professional competence’s development of college students. According to the “Federal target program of education development in 2016-2020”, one of the priorities is a high quality education that meets the requirements of modern innovative socially-oriented development of the Russian Federation. As in previous programs, relevant thing is the involvement of employers in ensuring employment of graduates. In modern conditions, colleges ’ graduate should pass the competition at labor market, the requirements of which are for today: mobility, competence, stress tolerance, adaptability, communication skills, professionalism, and ability to solve complex professional tasks of a non-standard way. Specialist must demonstrate not only professionalism, but also his or her qualities (if employment or professional tasks), to interact successfully with all participants in the production (labor) process, directly to carry out their tasks, i.e. to have socio-professional competence. In order to determine the existing level of development of social and professional competence, and also selection of forms and methods for the development, it is required to develop criteria and indicators. In this article the authors presented the nature of the socio-professional competence, structural components of socio-professional competence, as well as the criteria and indicators of students ’ socio-professional competences ’ development.