The meaning of the teaching profession is revealed in the activities carried out by it.Representatives and which is called pedagogical. She is a special kind social activities aimed at the transfer from older generations to younger culture and experience accumulated by mankind, creation of conditions for their personal development and preparation for the performance of certain social roles in society. Obviously, this activity is carried out not only by teachers, but also by parents, public organizations, heads of enterprises and institutions, production and other groups, as well as, to a certain extent, the media. However, in in the first case, this activity is professional, and in the second - general pedagogical, which, voluntarily or involuntarily, each person carries out and in relation to himself self-education and self-education. Pedagogical activity as professional takes place in specially organized by society educational institutions: preschool institutions, schools, vocational schools, secondary specialized and higher educational institutions, institutions of additional education, advanced training and retraining.