공립 유치원 교사의 교원능력개발평가 이야기

The Experience of Public Kindergarten Teacher on Teacher Evaluation

본 연구의 목적은 유치원 교사들이 교원능력개발평가를 어떻게 이해하고, 그 과정에서 어떠한 경험을 하였는지를 살펴봄으로써 교원능력개발평가의 현장 적용 과정에 대한 이해를 돕고 개선 방향을 모색하고자 실시되었다. 이를 위해 유치원 교사들과 개별면담을 실시하였다. 그 결과 유치원 교사들은 교원능력개발평가 중 평가 결과라 할 수 있는 점수에 초점을 맞추고 있었으며, 특히 학부모 만족도 조사 점수를 민감하게 인식하고 있었다. 더불어 교사들은 동료 평가 시 관계와 친밀도를 기준으로 평가하고 있었다. 둘째, 교사들은 교사로서 강점과 약점을 살피고 능력을 개발 할 수 있는 방안을 고민하며 평가를 실시하기 보다는 매뉴얼을 따라 작업하는 하나의 업무처럼 교원능력개발평가를 실행하고 있었다. 마지막으로 교사들은 셋째, 교사들은 교원능력개발평가를 경험하며, 자신의 수업을 마주보고 동료 교사와 소통할 수 있는 기회를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

This study was aimed to comprehend how the public kindergarten teachers perceive Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development and to look into their experiences undergoing the process in attempt to assist their understanding of its application to the kindergarten field and to seek for improvements. Individual in-depth interviews were performed. The results showed that, in the light of the purpose, contents and methods of Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development, the kindergarten teachers practiced based on their relief and familiarity in every day routines rather than professional development, and they were hopeful that they could expand their expertise at the same time. In addition, there were desires on the direction that Teacher Evaluation should be upgraded toward. First, for the purpose of Teacher Evaluation, kindergarten teachers focused on achieving visibly higher scores which were the outcome of result and highly sensitive to the survey of parents’ satisfaction score. Teachers rated peer review based on its relationship and intimacy, and parents satisfaction based on parents’ emotions. Second, teachers completed Teacher Evaluation as if it was one of the tasks on the manual, not as a way to review its own strengths and weaknesses to reflect on self-development. Third, teachers encountered themselves through self-assessment and peer reviews, and reflected upon their lives along with relief and familiarity that were mentioned above within the evaluation.