Methodical recommendations reveal the organizational and methodological principles of using tools for self-assessment of the digital competence of teachers. Specific recommendations for creating online questionnaires, and conducting and analyzing the data on the level of digital competence of teachers are given. The description of the content of the tool of self-assessment of digital competence of a teacher in the context of European approaches is given. A description of the procedure for providing support for the implementation of tools for self-assessment of digital competence of teachers. Examples of tools for self-assessment of digitalization of educational institutions are given. The guidelines can be useful for educators and heads of educational institutions that implement digital technologies and distance learning.

The article analyzes the experience of introducing a research teaching method using IT and STEM technologies in institutions of general secondary education based on the implementation of the all-Ukrainian project “I am a researcher”. The concepts of educational and research activities, the readiness for its implementation and various aspects of the organization of such activities in the educational process are considered. The theoretical and methodological components (motivational-value, cognitive, practical-activity, reflexive-evaluative) of students’ readiness to carry out educational and research activities and teachers’ readiness to organize such activities have been determined. The levels of the readiness for research activities are characterized: high, sufficient and basic. The results of studies of the state of readiness for research activities of applicants for education using IT and STEM technologies for certain components, indicators and levels are presented. The article presents a description of the pedagogical conditions for the introduction of a research teaching method using IT and STEM technologies in general secondary education institutions as: the improving the content of educational provision and creating modern educational content based on the research teaching method and STEM approaches; development and implementation of a set of management decisions in experimental institutions on the basis of partnership interaction not only of all participants in the educational process, but also of local authorities, employers, business representatives and other stakeholders; creation of scientific and methodological support for the training of teachers and their acquisition of practical experience in the development of research competence of applicants for education based on STEM and IT approaches; participation of school teams in various festivals, competitions, competitions, other motivational STEM events and research areas. The complex of innovative educational products is presented, which includes educational and teaching aids of the I-researcher series for the middle level of education, the didactic system of natural-mathematical primary education “I am a 2.0 researcher” in the first cycle of primary school. The article reflects the promising trends in the further implementation of the research method of teaching using IT and STEM technologies in institutions of general secondary education on the basis of the didactic system of natural and mathematical primary education “I am a researcher 2.0”.