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At the present stage of higher education development related to the transition to a competence model of learning, the problem of professional training of futureteachers is actualized. To determine the problems in the preparation of future experts in the field of primary education it is not enough to list the competenciesthat a graduate must master. It is more reasonable to present a model of predicted results as a system of interconnected components. In this regard, theresearch is directed on identification and justification the structural components of the professional competence of primary school teachers.The main methodsin study of this problem are the comparative and modeling methods, allowingconsidering different research approaches to understand the structure of teachers’ professional competence and to provide a model of primary school teachers’ professional competence as a system of interrelated components.The article reveals the essence and content of structural components of primary education teachers’ professional competence: professional andpersonal, contents of the training, professionally active and motivational.Materials of the article can be used by post-graduate students, competitors and teachers of higher pedagogical educational institutions.