In pedagogical activities, the teacher motivates himself to strive for excellence, to be interested in educational research, good practices and educational-social innovations. ​ The teacher onstantly reflects on performance results, reflects on teaching experiences, applies self-reflection to identify strong and improve aspects of professional activity and self-evaluate competencies. ​ Strengthens the ability to study and analyze one's own activities, to apply the results of self-reflection to improve pedagogical activities. ​ Description of competences of a teacher and student support specialist, 2015