SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A FACTOR OF ACTIVATING THE LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL OF THE FUTURE TEACHER’S PERSONALITY

The article deals with the problem of social intelligence of students – future teacher, The authors emphasize that developed social intelligence can serve as a factor of activating the leadership potential of the personality of a future teacher. The leadership potential of the future teacher’s personality is defined by the authors as a set of special abilities and personality qualities that ensure the effectiveness of communication and interaction, success in professional activity in specific educational conditions through emotional, behavioral, business and information resources. The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the characteristics of leadership abilities and personality traits of students – future teachers with different levels of social intelligence development. The following diagnostic methods were used in the study: features of social intelligence were diagnosed using the social intelligence test by J. Guilford and M. Suliven (Russian adaptation of the test by E.S. Mikhailova); the leadership abilities and personality qualities of the future teacher were studied through the use of the business game “I am a leader”, the methods “Diagnostics of leadership abilities” by E. Zharikov and E. Krushelnitsky, “Leadership Effectiveness” by R.S. Nemov, “Communicative and organizational inclinations” by V.V. Sinyavsky and I.A. Fedoroshin. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that the level of development of social intelligence is associated with the characteristics of leadership abilities and personality qualities. Future teachers with average social intelligence showed pronounced leadership abilities and personality qualities. Based on the conducted research, it is concluded that in modern conditions of digitalization of society and education, social intelligence plays one of the leading roles in communication and interaction of a teacher, can be a factor in activating the leadership potential of an individual.The development of social intelligence among students of the teaching profession can ensure the success of professional activity in modern educational conditions.