In the system of methodological activities, the pedagogical council plays an important role in deciding the quality of the educational process and the formation of professional competence of educators. The author of the manual gives recommendations on organizing and conducting pedagogical councils using methods for activating their participants. The manual examines a business game as one of the effective forms of methodological work; Practical advice is given on drawing up a business game scenario. Using the example of the business game model “Pedagogical Run”, it is shown how one model can be filled with different content.