The Tutor's Competence Model – Development and Implementation in a Modern Russian University

Abstract

Abstract. In the current conditions of explosive development of information technologies in education, rapid obsolescence of knowledge, "death" of entire segments of professions and in¬creasing local and global competition for talent, the problem of developing and implementing a modern, competitive individual educational trajectory (IET) of students comes to the fore. Among the tools and organizational approaches designed to solve this problem, the task of forming, developing and improving the institute of tutors is highlighted. In the deep and extensive academic discussion that has developed in recent years around tutoring, the topic of tutor support at the university stands out. However, at the moment, this part of the discussion does not put an end to one of the most important issues for the organization of work of this category of aca¬demic staff – that there is a model of competence of a tutor at the university. The relevance of this issue is also confirmed by the absence of a separate professional standard of tutoring, which is certainly necessary in higher education organizations. Today, the standard "specialist in the field of education" includes only a generalized function – "tutor support of students". The article analyzes various approaches and views on the model of tutors' competencies in higher education. A working model of the competencies of this professional group is presented on the example of a modern Russian university that has successfully implemented the concept of an individual educational trajectory in its activities. There are described practical approaches and solutions for using the above model in the processes of attracting, evaluating, training and developing tutors at the university. The prospects for further development and scaling of the tutor competence model in other universities of the Russian Federation are considered. As a result of the research, new models and algorithms for the formation of tutor competencies are proposed, which can be used for scaling and implementation in higher education. This research and its results may be of interest to the management of higher education institutions, representatives of services and departments responsible for the development of new educational technologies and improving the quality of human capital of higher education institutions.