보육교직원이 인식하는 주임교사의 역할 기대 및 역할수행

Abstract

In order to actively deal with the changing educational environment and operational policy, and fulfill the various roles inthis new change, the head teacher of a child care center is required to undertake ongoing efforts and personaldevelopment. Also in such circumstances, the research on the role of a head teacher is needed. In this study, a headteacher's role expectations and role performance, as recognized by child care staff in a child care center, were examined. The study also examined the differences between principals and teachers in terms of their role expectations as well as therole performance of the head teacher in a child care center. As for the differences between principals and teachers interms of their role expectations of a head teacher, there was no difference in their recognition of role expectationsaccording to the position of child care staff in child care centers. Also as for the differences between principals andteachers in terms of the role performance of a head teacher, there was little difference in role performance according tothe position of child care staff in child care centers. And as for the relationship between a head teacher's role expectationsand role performance as recognized by a child care center’s principal, the higher the role expectations of a head teacherrecognized by a principal, the better the role performance of a head teacher. Also the total score of a head teacher'srole expectations as recognized by the principal was positively correlated with all sub-factors of a head teacher's roleperformance. As for the relationship between a head teacher's role expectations and role performance as recognized byother teachers, the higher the role expectations of a head teacher by other teachers, the better the role performance of ahead teacher. Also the total score of a head teacher's role expectations as recognized by other teachers was positivelycorrelated with all sub-factors of a head teacher's role performance. In other words, the role expectations and roleperformance influenced each other, and the role conflict might occur when the difference between role expectations androle performance was large. Accordingly, a head teacher should be required to undertake ongoing professional deverlopmentin other to improve their leadership skills and work with appropriate information to monomize the differences betweentheir role expectations by the principal and other teachers in their child care center.