Abstract
The article discusses the issues of andragogical support for the development of information and communication competence of teachers in institutions of postgraduate Pedagogical education. The authors analyze the current socio-educational situation; emphasize the importance of continuing education and the development of andragogical competence of employees of postgraduate education institutes. The attention is focused on the diversification of the types of advanced training of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical workers, which necessitates the modernization of content, forms, technologies in the system of postgraduate education, in particular the development of information and communication competence of pedagogical workers. The basic andragogical principles, the functions of the teacher-andragog, the methods of the andragogical approach to creating special conditions for the interaction of teachers and students are substantiated. Based on theoretical and empirical research, the state of this problem is analyzed on the example of the development of information and communication competence of methodologists of regional methodological services.

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