LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjamos pedagogų kompetencijos tobulinimo galimybės globos įstaigose, pagrindinį dėmesį skiriant asmenybės savybėms. Pateikiami tyrimo rezultatai, kuriais siekiama išsiaiškinti ir įvertinti, kaip globos įstaigų pedagogai turėtų tobulinti savo asmeninę kompetenciją. Daroma prielaida, kad pedagogų kompetencijos tobulinimo galimybes lemia vadovų ir pedagogų bendradarbiavimas, kolegialumas, motyvacija, tinkamos sąlygos ir pan.The article discuss the issue of directing an improvement of educator's competence in the institutions of children wardship. An institution of children wardship is a specific educational establishment coheriy orphaned children without parent the wardship and children from socially megglected families. In such a teachers do institutions a do not have the education, which appropriate for the institution of children wardship, because Lithuanian Universities do not train sych specialists at all. The Paper analyses leaders, teachers' and society's attitude towards teachers of institutions of children wardship, their competence, pros and cons of improvement of educators' competence. The methods: appied in the word are as follows analysis of scientific literature, methodology of T. Liri, guestionairos. [Text from author]