The Use of Data in the Management of the Development of a New Infrastructure of Additional Education for Children

Abstract

The article substantiates an approach to the use of analytics, which allows one to reasonably build steps to develop a new infrastructure for additional education for children, combining common federal guidelines and targets with a variety of regional conditions. The results of its approbation are presented, which testify to the possibilities of the tool for improving the efficiency of managing the development of infrastructure for additional education of children. The article clarifies the concepts of «infrastructure», «development management», «accessibility», highlights key approaches to the list of contextual indicators regarding the research topic. The proposed management decisions are based on the data obtained from the self-examination of the regional system of additional education for children, taking into account the correlation of systemic and contextual indicators, taking into account the strategy for the socio-economic development of the region. The results obtained make it possible to determine the tactics of creating new places in the region, choosing compensatory or reinforcing approaches, taking into account the distributed or centralized existing model of management in the field of education in the subject of the Russian Federation, contribute to increasing accessibility and quality, make it possible to appropriately allocate resources, ensuring a balanced achievement of coverage in the region given the context. The results of the study can be used by the heads of regional and municipal education authorities, as well as the heads of organizations to make decisions on the development of a new infrastructure for additional education institutions.