Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A Study for Development of Korean Teacher Competency Index

The purpose of this study is to examine the competency of Korean teachers and identify its policy implications on teacher training. To measure teachers' competency, this study develops an assessment tool, teacher competency index, through the following methods: 1)　A literature review on the concept of teacher and teachers' required competency as of now and for the future; ２）determining concepts and definition of teacher competencies through consulting experts; 3) data collection through analysis of related indicators, index, and statistics; 4) conducting delphi survey twice, 63 experts participated, to check the validity of the teacher competency concept model and the indicator system; 5) conducting the AHP analysis, having 37 experts participated, to determine the importance of teacher competency by domain; and 6) examining competency of 3,217 teachers at secondary educational level. The teachers’ index are composed of four main domains- teaching competency, competency of self-development and management, competency of understanding students and counselling, and competency of educational community formation and participation.