The increasing of the teachers’ professionalism is the priority and the necessary condition of the modernization the educational system in the Moscow region. The state educational organizations of secondary vocational and higher education solve this task through the connection with the local authorities of the Moscow Region educational municipalities. Method of theoretical analysis and systematization of scientific ideas; study and analysis of regulatory document were used. The conducted research allowed substantiating the priorities and prospects for the pedagogical specialties development in colleges through the necessity to implement the fundamental goals of continuing pedagogical education. The activity of the Moscow region pedagogical colleges focused on the next key points: the increasing of the raising the profile of the teaching profession; the increasing of the number of students, participating in the professional competitions; the development and integration of the digital tools into the educational process; the increasing of the percentage of graduates ‘ employment and retention in the profession; motivation to obtain higher education; training of persons with disabilities; introduction of the electronic resources’ system in the training process in the context of a pandemic, restrictive measures and the use of distance education opportunities.

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The socio-economic transformations identified the necessity to improve the socio-pedagogical work in the penitentiary system. This is important for the humanization of the rehabilitation process through the educational activities’ organization, the search for effective forms, methods and means of influencing the consciousness and behavior of convicts. The most important values for convicts are those that will ensure their individual existence, and the values that reflect the social essence are relegated to the background in conditions of social isolation. A temporarily socially isolated person, who disconnected from the usual environment, reduces adaptive capabilities. It determines to analyze the influence of educational technologies on the process of socio-pedagogical work in conditions of the necessity of decreasing the recidivism. To stimulate appropriate social integration, which is in demand by the society and aimed at mastering new social roles and necessary skills of constructive social behavior after release. Method of theoretical analysis and systematization of scientific ideas; theoretical analysis of the resources; the study and generalization of the experience of social educators-innovators; observations, conversations, were used. The conclusions create prerequisites for updating the existing technologies of socio-pedagogical work in penitentiary institutions.