Abstract
Article discusses the development of professional competence of teacher. Authors of the work considered approaches to competence, including methodological. Issue of the organization of process of professional competence development was analyzed. Accordingly, the legal acts of Kazakhstan and experience of the universities in improving the qualifications of teachers were studied. Foreign experience is presented in the form of analysis of process preparing teachers for professional activity in the context of countries such as the UK, USA, Malaysia, Russia. At the same time, the experience is shown in the context of requirements of the state and proposals of universities themselves in advanced training. Study of domestic and foreign experience in the organization of process of professional competence development is conditioned by the objectives of the scientific project "Creation of system for the development of methodological competence of teachers of IT disciplines based on the continuity of education".