The article reveals the meaning of the notion “leadership”. Modern national and foreign approaches which determine leadership have been analyzed. Processes of leader­ship and management have been compared. Main characteristics of future educators` leader­ship qualities have been proposed. Components in the structure of leadership qualities of stu­dents of higher educational establishments have been suggested: the self-organization ability, the organizational activity ability, the interpersonal cooperation organization ability. Criteria of future educators `leadership qualities maturity have been determined: cognitive, opera­tional, personal. The emphasis is placed on the fact, that educational establishments have the opportunity to form leadership qualities with the help of the students` participation in the work of self-governing bodies. The brief description of the experimental approach of students` who are going to be future educators, leadership qualities by means of student self-govern­ance has been suggested. The educational potential of “Young Leader School” (translitera­tion “Shkola Molodoho Lidera”) in the formation of pedagogical university students` leader­ship qualities has been viewed. The staged nature of the organization of various forms of the extracurricular educational activities of students has been revealed.