COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE PRIMARY CLASS TEACHER AS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE IMAGE OF A TEACHER

The article analyzes one of the urgent issues of primary education - the formation of a teacher's communicative competence as one of the components of a teacher's image. it is about the main directions of research into the problem of structural components of communicative competence; the role of communicative competence in forming the image of a primary school teacher is described; the components of communicative competence are outlined; the ways of developing the communicative competence of primary school teachers are singled out; practically oriented cases, exercises that contribute to the formation of the teacher's communicative competence through the prism of the ideas of I. Ogienka and the modern educational environment of the primary school. Among the important and bright outstanding figures in Ukrainian culture and pedagogy, Ivan Ohiienko, known as a prominent figure in science and education, takes a special place. His scientific works contain a number of recommendations and advice on the content, forms, methods and means of education, the use of which will contribute to the improvement of the primary education system. According to Ivan Ohiienko’s ideas, the tasks of primary education are realized first of all through learning and understanding of the native language, history and national traditions. I. Ohiienko believed that only a competent teacher, aimed at self-improvement, can properly ensure the intellectual and spiritual development of the young generation. The teacher occupies a central place in the pedagogical process in the case of the pupil’s positive attitude to him, and affects the child’s consciousness, subconscious and feelings. Modern teacher has to rethink his own position in the educational process, update his professional thinking, focus on self-education and systematic analysis of his own teaching activities, tracking the effectiveness of their work through a monitoring system. The new teacher should teach children activity, teamwork skills, when they can complement each other, stimulate their self-development and self-improvement.