Peculiarities of Professional Training of Educational Managers in Conditions of Transformation Processes in the Postmodern Society

The article is devoted to the study of theoretical aspects of professional training of educational managers within the requirements of transformational society. In the conditions of the prevailing postmodernism new requirements to the manager of education as the specialist and as the person are allocated, according to what the emphasis on the influence of such processes as globalization, informatization, and innovative development on the preparation of experts in management is made. Changes in the educational paradigm indicate the need for a specialist with universal abilities, able to quickly adapt to new socio-economic and social changes and effectively perform their professional duties. The analysis of the newest tendencies in pedagogical education proves the growth of requirements to professionally significant qualities of the head of a educational institution. Based on a thorough analysis, the features of professional competence of education managers, their professionally important and personal qualities that determine their professional activity are determined. Among the main professionally significant qualities of an education manager are such as strategic thinking, readiness for self-development, ability to make operational decisions, special and general abilities, positive motivation of professional activity, cross-cultural com-petence, emotional intelligence and cognitive empathy, effective time management. It is established that the effectiveness of management activities of a education manager is determined by his ability to properly assess the business environment, set complex but achievable goals, organize staff for their implementation.