어린이집 원장의 교사권리존중과 보육교사의 소진 및 자기개발욕구 간의 관계

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of the daycare center director's respect for teachers' rights as an institutional factor that alleviates the burnout of childcare teachers at daycare centers and promotes teachers' desire for self-development.
 Methods An electronic survey was conducted on 345 childcare teachers working at daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The collected data were subjected to frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis to verify mediating effects using the SPSS 25.0 program.
 Results As a result of the study, first, looking at the level of respect for teacher rights of daycare center directors by sub-factors, it was found in the order of operation autonomy, operation participation right, status guarantee right, and working environment right. Second, the respect for teacher rights of the head of the daycare center was positively correlated with the self-development needs of childcare teachers, and negatively correlated with the exhaustion of childcare teachers. Third, there was a significant mediating effect of the exhaustion of childcare teachers in the effect of the director's respect for teacher rights on the self-development needs of childcare teachers. Therefore, it can be said that the respect of teacher rights of the head of the daycare center directly affects the self-development needs of childcare teachers, and indirectly affects the self-development needs by reducing the exhaustion of childcare teachers.
 Conclusions This study is meaningful in that it objectively proved the value of respecting teacher rights of daycare center directors as a significant variable predicting the reduction of exhaustion of childcare teachers and the promotion of self-development needs. Based on the results of this study, we expect the daycare center director's efforts to reconsider the perception of respect for teacher rights, as well as financial support to support it.