Тhe professional development of employees of the education system is an important condition for achieving the quality of education. The state policy in the education includes a whole range of measures aimed at training teachers. The professional standard of a teacher, the national system for the teacher’s growth and the national project "Education" are the most important tools for teachers’ training. At the same time, the achievement of the level of development of professional competencies is ensured through special socio-managerial mechanisms, which have been ambiguously accepted by the professional community. The purpose of the work is to assess the attitudes and expectations of teaching staff, which are formed in the context of the implementation of socio-managerial mechanisms for the introduction of a professional standard of a teacher. Methodology and research methods: the analysis of the implementation of the professional standard of a teacher in the context of the works of P. Bourdieu, V. A. Yadov, A. V. Tikhonov is carried out. The article provides data from surveys of employees of the education system conducted throughout the country and individual regions. The data obtained reflect the attitude of teachers towards the professional standard. The result of the work was the identification some professional and personal attitudes of teachers. A significant role in the work is played by the concern of employees of the general education system about their own financial situation, as well as teachers' awareness of the mission of the profession and their own vocation. The clash of hygienic and motivational factors of teachers' work affects the effectiveness of the mechanisms for implementing the professional standard. The author concludes that the study of personal and professional attitudes of teachers will contribute to improving the effectiveness of the introduction of innovative management tools and the preservation of the existing social structure of the education system.