M. : Pedagogical Search Center, 2010. — 160 s. — ISBN 978-5-91569-0041 . The effectiveness of the modern school is due to the results of the work of methodological associations ; their role in the transition to market relations, the sharp intensification of social production, increasing requirements for the quality of training of graduates, has significantly increased, and their management has become more complicated. The proposed teaching aid is written on the basis of materials obtained by the authors during thirty years of experience in teaching at the university, secondary school and district methodological center .. The manual discusses the main practical issues of organizing the activities of methodological associations in an educational institution and offers specific methodological recommendations from the standpoint of the author's approach. Particular attention is paid to working with teachers, skillful organization of the educational process, methodological, scientific and research work, increasing the level of organization of the activities of the chairman of the methodological association .. The authors tried to give not only a description of the practice of his work, but also a theoretical justification for this important area of activity. The textbook consists of two parts: the first part - a description of the organization of the methodological association, the second part - planning the activities of the head of the school structural unit (chairman of the methodological association) . The manual is intended for chairmen of methodological associations and deputy directors of educational institutions, and may also be of interest to employees of district methodological centers, heads of educational institutions and trainees of advanced training courses.