Educational Activities of Contemporary Music Teacher: Analysis of Career Expectations of Students and School Heads

Being mediators between educational policy and educational practice, teachers are the key factors, which predetermine the quality of education. This requires re-identification and re-acknowledgement of the teacher's role and value in the process of personality education. The pre-service teachers’ disposition and attitudes towards their professional activity are undoubtedly relevant. The article provides an overview of pedagogical prerequisites, which are of importance to students, and expectations of employers (school heads) about novice teachers. The continuous questionnaire survey of pre-service music teachers studying in Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences was carried out applying a questionnaire form of open questions. The discussion (interview) with heads of schools was carried out separately.