Abstract
The article considers the professionally important qualities of a special education teacher, the structural components of the pedagogical image, and discusses the results of introducing the model of forming the pedagogical image of a pedagogical Image of future teachers in the field of special education. For the development of personal and professional characteristics of a teacher working with children with disabilities, it is important to pay attention to the development of skills to communicate with such children and the formation of a pedagogical image as an important component of professional competence. The research purpose: to determine the theoretical foundations of the psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of the pedagogical image of the special education future teacher, to develop a methodology and conduct an experimental evaluation of its effectiveness. Application of this research: consideration of the teacher's image as an important component of professional competence allows to identify the principles and conditions for the organization and implementation of image-forming developmental activities in the educational process of the university, as well as to suggest ways to form the pedagogical image of the future special education teacher.