The manual summarizes various management theories, examines the main approaches and concepts, principles characterizing the specifics of management activities in preschool educational institutions. The modern content and organizational foundations for the management of preschool and preschool education have been determined. Problematic aspects of management are analyzed from the point of view of the new legislative framework and the competencies of the head at the intersection of the Federal State Educational Standard for Education and the draft standard of professional activity of the head of an educational organization. Innovative models for managing preschool educational institutions are proposed. Addressed to managers, deputy heads of preschool educational institutions, teachers of preschool education, as well as teachers, students of advanced training courses on management problems in the preschool education system.