Introduction. Methodists of preschool educational organizations play a key role in the professional development of teachers, which requires them to possess certain competencies, including the ability to adapt to constantly changing requirements. In the process of teaching students in pedagogical universities, it is important to take into account the need for future specialists of the relevant groups of competencies. Theoretical analysis. A comparative analysis of scientific sources (I. V. Nikishin, K. Yu. Belaya, P. N. Losev, L. V. Voronin, L. V.