Abstract: The study discusses the concept of professional competence of teachers, improvement and development of which at the present stage of development of education associated with the introduction into the system of additional professional education of distance learning technologies. Presented model of distance learning and their specific differences for the system of professional development of educators; the concepts “competence” and “self-oriented”, approaches to education, conditions for successful realization in the educational process of distance learning technologies. The results of monitoring studies on the readiness of teachers to teaching with the use of these technologies and the ICT competence of the modern teacher as one of the most important indicators of the success of his professional activity.