The importance of training future teachers for innovative activities is explained by the fact that the modern regional system of preschool and primary school education is on the stage of constant renewal. The impetus to renewal was given by both the reforming processes taking place in our society, and some peculiarities of the development of the educational system. The main purpose of the article is to give a scientific basis to the project of professional training of future bachelors and masters for innovative activities in the context of the regional system of education. The research is based on the analysis of employers’ needs in changing the quality of training for innovative activities, the study of future teachers’ motivational readiness and receptiveness to innovations, the graduates’ attitude towards innovations of university teachers, and observation of innovative processes in the regional system of education. The authors identify objectives of training students for innovative activities, describe the methods of their implementation and the needs of the labour market. According to the authors, reaching the desired objectives of training the graduates for creation, development, and implementation of educational innovations is possible provided that the goals, expected results, means of involving students into innovative activities, and changes in the content of the main educational programme meet the requirements of the regional system of education.