Дополнительная профессиональная программа как средство подготовки будущего педагога к деятельности в поликультурной образовательной среде

In the modern world it is observed the increase of migration processes, ethnic assimilation, acculturation, consolidation, resulting is the activation of intercultural and interethnic interaction. One of the priority setting of the Russian education reform as a central problem is defined training of the younger generation to live in a multicultural world. Organization of educational process in the conditions of multi-ethnic Russia largely depends on the teachers who have to introduce children to the culture of theirs people, to the cultural heritage of other ethnic groups. This study presents the experience of development and implementation of the additional professional program as a means to training of the future teacher to activity in a multicultural educational environment. The characteristic of the formed competences are given, the content of the substantive and procedural aspects of training isproposed.