DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES OF EXTRA-CURRICULUM TUTORS AS INTEGRATIVE PART OF ADVANCED TEACHERS’ EDUCATION

This paper analyzes methods of advancing communicative skills of teachers and tutors engaged in extra-curriculum teaching. The authors suggest several methods of improving social skills of teachers mainly through the application of social activities into basic teaching schemes. This experiment also substantiates the implementation of a new study programme aimed at advancing teaching skills. Authors conclude that introduction of social and communicative skills to the teachers’ advanced learning programs shall contribute to the advancing of socialization skills of both teachers and students and shall also improve teaching and social environments within city communities in smaller towns of Russia. Moreover, the strengthening of the social component in teachers’ advanced learning programs casts a positive influence on the creation of social communities within a city and contributes to the further development of city communities as linked to the university/college environment.