The purposes of this research are grasping the actual state and analyzing the issues of the current teaching personnel evaluation system in part of teacher evaluation and proposing a guide lines for teacher evaluation system development based on the e...
The purposes of this research are grasping the actual state and analyzing the issues of the current teaching personnel evaluation system in part of teacher evaluation and proposing a guide lines for teacher evaluation system development based on the elementary school teaching personnels' recognitions of the teacher evaluations system improvements of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and alternative proposals of various teachers' organizations. There are established research issues to achieve the purpose of the research.
First, what are the differences of elementary school teaching personnel's recognitions for the current teacher evaluation management state depend on the variables?
Second, what are the differences of elementary school teaching personnel's recognitions for the current teacher evaluation issues depend on the variables?
Third, what are the difference of the teacher evaluations system improvements of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and alternative proposals of various teachers' organizations depend on the elementary school teaching personnel's variables?
The 250 surveys has been made to solve the research issues above and processed 237 valid surveys into χ^(2)(Chi-Square) inspection, t inspection, F inspection, frequency analyzation, and multiple responds analyzation with SPSS for Windows(Vr. 12.0). The analyzed results represented meaningful partial or general dissimilarities from 21 questions out of 32 questions by gender, age, working status, career, and teaching organizations.
The conclusion from synthesizing the research results is as follow.
First, due to precedence of age or career, the elementary school teaching personnels do not satisfy of equity of the current teacher evaluation system.
Second, although in the teacher evaluations, it has been recognized to collect data for improving the professional quality of teachers, the teacher evaluation system cannot contribute improving professionalism.
Third, the rationality of teacher evaluation distribution of marks on the evaluation factors is not satisfied and fellow teachers and senior teachers' participation should be included other then just an evaluator(a deputy principal) and a confirmor(a principal)'s participation.
Fourth, it is desirable to keep the current portion of evaluation assessment on the promotion, however, it is preferable to change the evaluation marks of the current compulsory distribution of evaluation assessment into absolute evaluation.
Fifth, the current amount of time reflecting the result of the teacher evaluation should be kept and the result should only be opened the teachers themselves.
Sixth, the current frequency of teacher evaluation as conducting it at the end of the every year is proper and it is adequate to include emotional stability, rational consideration, dignity, educational sense of duty, pride as a teacher, effort for professional improvement, trust of students in teacher and class, fidelity in student coaching etc. however, there are negative responds for including result of students' academic achievement and management ability in various official businesses.
Seventh, it is not suitable parents and students participating as evaluators in the teacher evaluations system improvements of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development. Moreover, it is necessary to have more detailed research applying evaluation results of teachers' reforming classes and development.
Eighth, the alternative proposals of the teacher evaluations system improvements of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development-improving the current evaluation on work rating system and importing chief teacher system of the Korean Federation of Teachers' Association, enforcement of school education general evaluation system and assignment of principal of the Korean Teachers' and Education Workers' Union, and importing evaluation system regarding purpose of the Korea Education Development Institution etc. need to have more discussions since there are many different standpoints from the educational organizations.
Ninth, teachers as central force, supervisors, educational experts, the school inspectors, and the officials of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development should participate in development evaluation equipments, establishment evaluation standards and evaluation committee as subjects for settling the teaching personnel evaluation system.
Tenth, it is necessary to adjust ways of applying both national-wide items and regional focused items on teaching personnel evaluation contexts. Also, the application of results of evaluation should be focused on the improvements of professionalism for external authorization of teachers' professionalism and superiority of teachers.
In conclusion, the developing ways of school teaching personnel evaluation system should head toward managing the current teacher evaluation system to improve the equity and professionalism in a short term, and eliciting agreement among educational communities with teachers' participation, most of an evaluated objects from evaluation, as the central figure and promoting overall view of the evaluation in a long term.