Abstract
The article reveals the issues of using collaborative environment in the design activity of a future primary school teacher. The authors define the concepts of "project activity", "design", "and collaborative environment". The methodology of organization of collaborative environment in design activity is defined. The program of diagnostics of readiness of the future teacher of primary classes to design based on creation of effective collaborative environment is presented. The criteria, indicators (value-motivational, cognitive-cognitive and communicativeactivity) and levels of readiness of the future primary school teacher to design (intuitive, reproductive, and creative) are defined. The paper presents the results of experimental work on the implementation of practice-oriented elective course "Collaborative Environment and Design" in the educational program of training direction 6B013 Teacher without subject specialization to form the level of readiness of future primary schools teacher to design on the basis of creating an effective collaborative environment.