The article explores the application of pedagogical innovations and the role of the teacher in this area. The survey showed that the application of pedagogical innovations in education is conditioned by a complex of different factors. In addition to motivating teachers, their age characteristics, attitude to new pedagogical technologies and the level of their use, as well as the presence of the necessary skills and so on are important. The unequivocal lack of attitudes towards pedagogical innovations, as well as teachers 'frustration, passivity and negative attitude towards innovation, also prevent the widespread application of innovation. The survey showed that there is no serious paradox in teachers' assessment of innovative teaching methods at real and predictable levels. There is no doubt that there is an intensive interest in the use of new methods in the organization of training, and the positive aspects of innovation in teaching, in the opinion of teachers, increase cognitive activity, reduce negative emotions and create lasting motivation in students.