The article deals with the problems and prospects for the development of modern competencies of teachers in the process of digitalization of the educational process. A significant theoretical analysis of the problems of the development of digitalization of education and information and communication competencies of teachers has been carried out through generalizations of numerous studies. The theoretical argumentation of the development of innovativeness of teachers as a psychological characteristic that contributes to the formation of digital competencies is presented. The content of the article describes in detail the practical technology of organizing a teacher’s psychological and pedagogical laboratory in the form of a cycle of logically interconnected modules. This technology will allow organizing the development of teacher competencies, including digital ones, in the system of a modern educational institution. In conclusion, the necessity of introducing this system into the practice of modern education is substantiated.

The article deals with the problems of formation of professionally important qualities of officers of the Russian Navy in the course of military-political work. The research data on the priority professionally important qualities of naval officers and methods of their formation are presented.

The article considers the conditions for the development of innovation as a professionally important quality of the adviser to the director of education and interaction with children’s public associations — a new position in the education system. The social significance of the problem is connected with the need to develop an effective system of personnel management of an educational institution and the implementation of innovative programs in the field of education. shown that the psychological phenomenon of the innovativeness of the adviser’s personality can be assessed by conducting psychological diagnostics in order to identify and further take into account the individual characteristics of advisers, namely the level of development of key characteristics of the innovativeness of the personality, such as creativity, self-organization, managerial skills, emotional intelligence, communicative control; conducting a series of educational project “The Path of Innovation”, including interactive forms training (problem lectures, business games, brainstorming, communication training, master classes with invited specialists).