Since the education system acts as a bridge that should ensure a confident transition to the digital era associated with new types of work and a sharp increase in the creative capabilities of a person, his productivity growth, the educational process is based on a competency-based approach. In this regard, the reflection of the professional competences of a higher school teacher is gaining great relevance within the research field. The purpose of this article is to conduct a socio-pedagogical analysis of the personality traits of a higher school teacher and study his priority areas of activity within the framework of the modern educational process. The analyzed material made it possible to conclude that teachers of higher education should have competences that characterize their personal qualities - conscientiousness, self-criticism, objectivity, responsibility, and focus on health preservation as well as competences that reflect their communicative qualities and competences that ensure professional pedagogical activity.

The article covers issues related to the professional training of students of the Humanities, their development and formation of professional culture during this training. In addition, the key problematic aspects related to the system of such education are identified, and various mechanisms for activating and involving students of the Humanities in the process of obtaining the necessary competencies are identified. The key mechanism for this activation was chosen a team-building technology, in accordance with the basic principles of which it is possible to maximize the motivational component of the process of acquiring professional competence. In addition, separate elements of the definition of “readiness” are considered, and the levels of readiness for teamwork among students of higher education are determined. The article is supplemented with a practical part in the form of the results of a survey conducted on the basis of leading universities of the Republic of Crimea in 2020. The subject of the study was to identify the General readiness of students of the Humanities to carry out team activities in order to achieve a common result. The survey was conducted in various areas: readiness to carry out collective and individual creative, project, educational, extracurricular and independent activities. The respondents were teachers of the Humanities who have extensive experience in the organization and management of educational activities in a modern University for humanities.

Since the education system acts as a bridge that should ensure a confident transition to the digital era associated with new types of work and a sharp increase in the creative capabilities of a person,  his productivity growth, the educational process is based on a competency-based approach. In this regard, the reflection of the professional competences of a higher school teacher is gaining great relevance within the research field. The purpose of this article is to conduct a socio-pedagogical analysis of the personality traits of a higher school teacher and study his priority areas of activity within the framework of the modern educational process. The analyzed material made it possible to conclude that teachers of higher education should have competences that characterize their personal qualities - conscientiousness, self-criticism, objectivity, responsibility, and focus on health preservation as well as competences that reflect their communicative qualities and competences that ensure professional pedagogical activity.