Background. Monitoring the labor market in the field of education makes it possible to timely identify the needs of employers in teaching and management personnel, analyze the demand for professions, the functional workload of employees, identify areas of shortage and inefficient use of personnel, and investigate the impact of various economic and social factors on changes in the content of labor. Analysis of the monitoring results contributes to the preparation of conceptual solutions in the framework of the implementation of strategic objectives for the development of preschool education.
Objective. To analyze the results of monitoring the labor market in preschool education and offer recommendations for optimizing professional activities and improving the mechanisms for the professional development of preschool education workers.
Sample. The study involved 46.766 employees of the preschool education system from 81 subjects of the Russian Federation.
Methods. The following methods were used in the study: online survey, calculation of descriptive statistics, factorial (exploratory) analysis, correlation analysis according to Charles Spearman, Mann-Whitney U-test.
Results. The degree of satisfaction of preschool education workers with working conditions was determined, as a result of the analysis of the functional load of educators, the frequency of their performance of certain labor functions was established, additional, redundant and duplicating labor functions of educators were identified, the need of the preschool education system for new qualifications was clarified, factors influencing the passage of advanced training by educators were highlighted.
Conclusions. The results of the analysis are of key importance for predicting the labor market needs in the field of preschool education for new qualifications and timely solving the identified systemic problems in this area — eliminating excessive functional load of specialists and duplication of labor functions.