Design of health preventive competence in the teacher's professional program

The paper presents the teacher's profession as a demanding mission requiring the generation and integration of numerous competences into the teacher's professiogramm. It defines the concept of competence in terms of the past and present research results. Competences are understood as transferrable and multifunctional sets of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for effective education. The paper specifies the range of teacher's competences crucial for the education process and lays emphasis on their dynamic and open-ended nature. The paper discusses the approaches to the development of the health-prevention competence understood as an integral part of teacher's competences. A systematic focus on pro-health interventions enables a well-prepared and motivated teacher to develop, stabilize and interiorize a system of knowledge, skills, routines, interests and attitudes which highlight the principles of healthy life-style as a permanent and universal value. Finally, the paper emphasizes the significant position of teacher in the health-prevention education and the need for intentional generation of the health-prevention competence in teacher training programs.