The purpose of this article is to analyse the professional and creative development of natural geographic course teachers of the Republic of Tatarstan in the process of professional retraining. The method for work performing is a retrospective analysis of professional retraining of natural geographic course teachers within the higher professional education system. The creative potential development of natural geographic course teachers is based on the paradigm of preserving the fundamental nature of the Russian education as a process aimed at integrating natural geographic courses and forming a complete picture of the world in order to foster flexibility, versatility of scientific thinking, different ways of reality reproduction, creating an internal focus in self-development and self-organization throughout life. Findings of the study are represented by a professional retraining system of natural geographic course teachers under conditions of education reforming, which contributes to the professional development of teachers.