NUS TEACHER AND THEIR ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL EDUCATION REFORM

The teacher is both a participant and a driving force in the reformative changes currently taking place in general secondary education. They serve as a driver for the implementation of the conceptual provisions of the New Ukrainian School (NUS). This article deals with the issues of the paradigm shift in the role and position of the modern teacher in the educational process caused by the transformation of school education. The authors analyse the factors leading to the rethinking of the teacher's role at the present stage. It is established that in the modern world, a highly qualified teacher must possess a number of general and professional competences, including linguistic-communicative, subject-methodological, information-digital, innovative, organisational and others. It is emphasised that the implementation of the NUS reform imposes new roles and responsibilities on the teacher as a coach, moderator, tutor, and facilitator. The study analyses and sum­marises the essence of the concepts of "moderator", "tutor", "coach", "mentor", and "faci­­li­tator" in the context of the tasks faced by teachers in their professional activities. The article includes a list of educational indicators developed by the authors to help monitor the implementation of the principles and provisions of the NUS. The focus is on the teachers' readiness to implement the NUS reform. The study analyses the tasks that teachers consider important in their work, such as fostering competences, developing pupils' critical thinking and preparing them for independent problem solving. This study also examines the didactic approaches available to school teachers and their readiness to apply them in their work. The role of the teacher in the context of reforming general secondary education and the professional competences necessary for the implementation of the NUS tasks have been studied. Attention has been paid to problematic issues, the resolution of which will help the teacher to effectively implement the ideas and tasks of the NUS in the educational process.