The article represents the factors affecting the formation of interest of students in future professional activity of a teacher. One of the factors is the use of pedagogic technologies that contributes to the extension of knowledge and skills, which increases the interest of students and encourages the search for future jobs.

Professionally significant personal qualities are of particular importance in teacher’s work. The article deals with professionally significant qualities of future teachers on the basis of authors’ approaches to their concepts. The humanistic orientation of pedagogic activity contributes to the formation of professional qualities of a future teacher.

The article deals with the concepts of motivation, professional motive, interest to future profession. Motivation of professional pedagogical activity is considered on the basis of various techniques. These diagnostics reveal the priorities of the needs of future teachers in their future professional activities.