A Study on Current Status and Tasks of Evaluation for Early Childhood Teacher’s Competence Development in Korea

The purpose of this study is to explore the present status and establish tasks of early childhood teacher’s competence development in South Korea. The early childhood teacher evaluation for competence development is total assessment system for teachers working with young children in South Korea. For the aim of the study, related literatures and documents were investigated in depth. Current competence development evaluation system for early childhood education teachers in Korea was reviewed and suggested the tasks of evaluation for the future. This research offers ways in which teacher evaluation for competence development could be used as a tool of professional development for early childhood teachers in the future. And the evaluation system could applicable to other countries to develop and establish teacher evaluation system.