Local Education Offices Research Articles

Overcoming organizational fragmentation in environmental education – the networking role of local education offices

Although environmental education (EE) scholars celebrate the diversity of organizations that engage in this work, the challenge remains how to bring these organizations together. Over the last decade, scholars have called for building bridges, but we still know very little about organizational networking and integration processes in EE. In this paper, I analyzed a case study of the first local education office (LEO) to manage an EE network in California. Drawing on institutional theory, I found that the LEO cultivated a local EE organizational field through three complementary strategies of relational work: enabling connections, aligning the field, and holding space. These three strategic tools enabled EE organizations to connect, develop a shared meaning system, and grow their capacity to serve schools. Based on my findings, I propose a model for managing local EE networks, as well as theoretical constructs for understanding organizational processes within the evolving EE landscape.

A교육지원청 조직문화 혁신과정의 특징

A교육지원청 조직문화 혁신과정의 특징

시도교육청의 중장기 교원수요 추계모형 제안과 적용

Local education offices cannot set teacher supply and demand policies independently of the Ministry of Education. These offices conduct student placement based on the teacher quota set by the ministry for each local education office. They adjust the number of students per class, organize classes by grade and school, and assign teachers, taking into account facilities, teacher supply, and demand in a comprehensive way. In the medium to long term, it is also necessary to manage the size of new hires in order to maintain stable teacher retention. In this study, we have attempted to project the demand for teachers at the local education office level through 2042. We believe that the demand for teachers should be viewed from a medium- to long-term perspective, even taking into account the decline in the school-age population at the city and provincial levels. To make an accurate and reliable projection of teacher demand, we considered policy variables that affect the supply and demand of teachers, such as the number of students and the number of students per class, curriculum revision, and the introduction of the high school credit system. In addition, we proposed a method of assigning classes and staffing them by equalizing the number of students in each class. We projected the number of students per grade by school, and based on that, projected the number of classes and teachers. To do this, we developed an equation for calculating the number of teachers needed and modeled the relationship between the two variables based on the number of classes and teachers per school in 2022 from the National Education Information System. The paper concludes that the difference between the average number of students per class and the same number of students in each class is significant, and that the demand for teachers may vary significantly depending on the appropriate class size and the degree of change in educational conditions. The results also suggest that it is necessary to consider the appropriate class size and improve the method of projecting the number of students and teachers to estimate the number of teachers.

시·도교육청 통합재정안정화기금의 현황과 과제

With the revision of the 「Local Finance Act」 in 2017, the Local Office of Education can establish and operate a stabilization fund to adjust the fiscal income imbalance. Currently, all Offices of Education operate stabilization funds. As the Office of Education's funds increase rapidly in 2022, the Office of Education is operating carelessly due to excessive financial resources, and despite the decrease in the number of students, education finances are increasing, so it is widely argued that the local education finance structure should be reorganized. In this situation, the Office of Education, which does not have much experience in fund management, is experiencing confusion and difficulty in operating stabilization funds. In this study, the concept and characteristics of the fund were examined, the stabilization fund management status of the Local Offices of Education was analyzed, and the problems and tasks of fund management were presented.
 The characteristics of general and special accounts and funds were examined, and the current status was presented focusing on the size and use requirements of the stabilization fund. The stabilization fund's tasks include setting standards for the appropriate accumulation size, clarifying requirements for using the fund, establishing a comprehensive management system for the fund through the fund's General Manager, efforts to increase profits through fund management, and enhancing the expertise of the Fund Management Review Committee. For efficient fund management, first, it is necessary to establish a comprehensive management system for the fund, second, to establish a systematic analysis and evaluation system for fund management, and third, to strengthen the capabilities of fund manager and actively utilize external experts.

직업계고 학점제 운영 담당자의 역량 및 교육요구도 분석

This study aimed to design the competencies of Teachers in Charge of the Vocational High School Credit System and to calculate their educational needs, utilizing The Locus for Focus Model for analysis. The research questions set for this study were as follows: First, what are the competencies of Teachers in Charge of the Vocational High School Credit System? Second, what is the educational need for each competency of these operators? Third, what are the priorities of these educational needs? The specific research results are as follows: Firstly, based on the literature review, a total of 31 competencies in 5 areas were identified for Teachers in Charge of the Vocational High School Credit System, which were finally reviewed through expert FGI. Notably, competencies in the curriculum organization and operation area, such as 'Ability to Organize School Curriculum Planning Meetings' and 'Ability to Organize Vocational High School Credit System Curriculum Operation Meetings', were emphasized as crucial. Secondly, across all areas, teachers' current performance levels were found to be lower than the importance of these competencies, with high educational needs identified. Particularly, the 'Introduction Environment Creation' and 'Curriculum Organization' areas showed the highest educational needs. Thirdly, based on the LF model, a total of 10 competencies were identified as top priority for Teachers in Charge of the Vocational High School Credit System, especially in the areas of 'Introduction Environment Creation', 'Curriculum Organization', and 'Career and Life Guidance'. Based on these findings, the recommendations are as follows: Firstly, stepwise training programs should be developed based on the identified competencies and priorities to enhance the capabilities of these teachers. Secondly, differentiated educational training programs should be designed and provided based on the prioritized competencies. Thirdly, detailed support from the Ministry of Education and local education offices is necessary for the successful establishment of the 2022 revised curriculum and the high school credit system. Fourthly, further research is needed on the competencies related to the credit system for vocational high school teachers, tailored to different types of teachers.

시도교육청 교원정원 운영 현황 분석 및 진단 방안 연구

The purpose of this study is to present an analysis and diagnosis model for reviewing the appropriateness of the teacher quota operation of the local education offices to improve the efficiency of teacher operation and to prepare a reasonable national-level teacher allocation plan. To this end, 21 detailed indicators (drafts), including basic quotas, appropriate size, future education, and appropriateness of supply and demand plans, were presented through analysis of the operation and diagnosis of teachers' quotas at the metropolitan and provincial offices of education. In addition, an analysis model was developed using the number of students and schools as predictors to analyze the adequacy of teacher quotas at the metropolitan and provincial offices of education. Using the regression coefficients derived from the analysis results, the expected and actual quotas for teachers by the metropolitan and provincial offices of education were compared to present changes in areas that under- and overcrowded teacher quotas, and proposed ways to utilize the analysis results. As a result of the study, first, it was necessary to upgrade the data management system related to the designation and index of analysis specialized institutions for the adequacy analysis and diagnosis of teacher quota allocation at the metropolitan and provincial offices of education, second, the introduction of a minimum teacher allocation system, and third, improvement of teacher allocation methods in overcrowded classrooms or new schools, and finally, transparency of teacher allocation standards and methods by metropolitan and provincial offices of education.

A Study on Improvement of SW Structure Understanding through Gyeonggi Dream University

Software education is included in the regular curriculum for a certain period and is thoroughly conducted following the software education operation guidelines. Gyeonggi-do Province operates "Gyeonggi Dream University" for high school students belonging to each local office of education. In this study, we compare and analyze the understanding of software between students who have completed software training courses at "Gyeonggi Dream University" and those who have not, and those who have currently majored in software at the university. After comparing the scores obtained from the pre and post test, the analysis was confirmed to be statistically meaningful through the T-test. As a result, the index value of those who took classes through public education among students in the group with an improved understanding of software was 0.9. However, it was confirmed that the improvement level of the Gyeonggi Dream University students was 2.3, and the index value was 4.8. Therefore, it was confirmed that the 'understanding software through coding' course at 'Gyeonggi Dream University' has a positive effect on understanding the basic structure of software.

지역대학-교육청-학교의 협력을 통한 학교참여기반 종단연구 설계의 특징: 충남혁신학교종단연구 사례

This study aims to analyze the characteristics of regional-level education longitudinal studies designed in the process of communication and cooperation between local universities, education offices, and schools, and to explore the role and function of future regional-level education longitudinal studies. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the university and the Office of Education went through the process of research design through cooperation, the process of design refinement through adjustments and experiment, and the process of complementing during research execution, respectively. The differences from the existing longitudinal studies based on the local education office are as follows. First, the existing educational longitudinal studies were designed to track individual students, focusing mainly on individual growth, while the Chungnam Innovation School longitudinal study was designed to see the unit of growth as a school and track unit schools. Second, while existing educational longitudinal studies investigated students' competencies in a self-report manner for the efficiency of the survey, Chungnam Innovation School's longitudinal studies were designed to evaluate students' competencies through performance-type tasks. Third, in the existing educational longitudinal study, schools were regarded as the subject or cooperator of the study, while in the Chungnam Innovation School longitudinal study, schools were regarded as producers or participants of data. Finally, it was discussed how communication and cooperation between local universities, education offices, and schools influenced the design and operation of a new type of educational longitudinal research.

지역교육과정 정체성 논의

Objectives The paper aims to discuss the possibility of ‘Local Curriculum,’ which is developed and officialized by local education offices, to exist with an identity as a curriculum.
 Methods For this, the curriculum cases of California State, USA and Berlin, Germany were reviewed, and three implications were drawn for the Korea’s local curriculum reform in future: Unifiying the national and local curriculum; aligning the national, local, and school curriculum identically by definition; the possibility of co-existence of national, local, and school curriculum as a curriculum in classrooms.
 Results Three results are suggested as follows. First, local curriculum should be renamed as municipal-provincial curriculum. Second, the focus of local curriculum should move from general curriculum to subject curriculum. Third, local curriculum should find its own role to support classroom based curriculum development along with the national and school curriculum.
 Conclusions It is concluded that the stablization of local curriculum developed and enacted in local places(i.e. local education offices, schools, and classrooms, etc.) is one of the keys to open up Korea’s educational future.

A Study on the Perception of School Members on Mid- and Long-Term Education Agenda at the Local Education Offices: Focused on Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education

A Study on the Perception of School Members on Mid- and Long-Term Education Agenda at the Local Education Offices: Focused on Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education - education policy;education agenda;publicity of education;future education

지방교육청의 재정운용 유형화 연구

There are growing concerns about efficient fiscal management and expenditure structure due to the decline of the school-age population, the expansion of educational autonomy, and the increase of block grant in education finance. The local education financial analysis system has been developed to fulfill fiscal responsibility and evaluate the efficiency and performance of fiscal management, but research on the operational performance and development potential of this system is insufficient. This study analyzed the financial soundness and financial efficiency index of the local school district based on the financial index of the local education finance analysis system through cluster analysis, a machine learning unsupervised learning approach. A result of the analysis reveals that heterogeneous clustering by financial indicators of local education offices was found, and this offers implications on how policy can be improved such as simplification of financial analysis indicators and data-based decision-making was presented.

제주지역 고등학교 특수교사의 장애학생 전환교육 지도 경험에 대한 현상학적 연구

The purpose of this study was to examine the guidance experiences of Jeju high school special education teachers in transition education for students with disabilities and to seek new practical directions for this service. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, we conduced in-depth interviews with six high school special education teachers. These interviews were classified using Colaizzi's analysis method, divided into four categories: teachers’ perception of transition education; students’ participation with transition education; cooperation between family and village (community); and transition education practice and support task. The main conclusions of our study are as follows. First, transition education for students with disabilities should work cooperatively with teachers, families, the village (community), and other support systems. Second, transition education for students with disabilities should serve to strengthen students’ competencies and enable them to independently shape their own future. Third, transition education for the students with disabilities should be developed with administrative support and the policy of schools, the local office of education, local governments, active institutions in the village (community), and the other regional networks. This study is meaningful in that it provides an in-depth analysis of difficulties with implementing transition education for students with disabilities and suggests a new direction for transition education.

Analyzing the Stakeholders’Perceptions of Restructuring the Local Education Offices in Jeju Special Self-governing Province

이 연구의 목적은 제주 지방교육행정기관의 재구조화에 대한 제주도내 교육기관 및 교육행정기관 이해관계자의 인식을 분석하고 지방교육행정기관을 재구조화하는 방안을 모색하는 데 있었다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여 2019년 9월 16일부터 27일까지 학교 교직원, 제주특별자치도교육청 본청과 교육지원청의 직원 950명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 제주 지방교육행정기관을 재구조화하는 최우선 방안으로는 개선필요성과 실현가능성 모두 가장 높은‘교육지원청의 기능을 확대하면서 본청의 기능을 축소하는 방안’을 선택하여 변화와 혁신을 추진해 나갈 수 있다. 둘째, 단기적으로 제주 지방교육행정기관은 교육지원청의 기능과 역할을 강화하면서, 장기적으로는 법적 규제 완화를 기반으로‘교육지원청을 폐지하고 학교종합지원센터를 설치해 나가는 방안’을 점진적으로 추진할 수 있다. 이러한 연구결과는 우리나라 지방교육행정기관의 재구조화 방안을 모색하는데 구체적인 시사점을 제시할 것으로 기대된다.The purpose of this study was to analysis the perceptions of stakeholders who worked in schools or in the local education offices in Jeju Special Self-governing Province [JSSP] on restructuring their local education offices, and to explore the methods of restructuring the offices. To accomplish this goal, the study conducted a survey within a population of 950 from Sept. 16 through Sept. 27 in 2019. The major results were as follows: First, the JSSP education office should implement the method six, which was highly perceived in terms of the necessity for improvement and feasibility in order to change and innovate the local education offices. Second, the JSSP education office should reinforce the roles and functions of the district office of education based on the method two in a short-term plan, but should establish the School Comprehensive Centers by abolishing the district office of education based on the method six on the foundation of legal deregulation in the long haul. The results of the study may suggest implications of restructuring the local education offices in Korea.

IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENERIMAAN PESERTA DIDIK BARU BERDASARKAN SISTEM ZONASI DI KOTA BANDUNG

The new student admission based on zoning system has been implemented in Indonesia since 2017 through the Ministerial Regulation of Education and Culture No. 17/2017, then renewed by the Ministerial Regulation of Education and Culture No. 18/2018. The regulation has been enacted for the Local Office of Education in all regencies/cities in Indonesia. To be implemented, every regency and city have enacted the operational regulations in accordance with each local conditions. The Local Government of Bandung City has implemented the zoning system since 2017, namely the Regulation of Mayor of Bandung No. 553/2017 and the Regulation of Mayor of Bandung No. 456/2018. The both regulations have the different rule of game, particularly the application of quota. The zoning quota of new student admission in 2017 was regulated only for 40-50 percent, but Bandung City in 2018 applied the zoning system for 100 percent. The aims of applying the zoning system were to closely bring the students to their residences, to reduce the costs of school transportation, and to eliminate the dichotomy between the favorite and unfavorite schools. The research uses the paired sample t-Test to compare the both Mayoral Regulations and to then find the dominant factor as the cause for occuring the conflict in the process of new student admission in Bandung City. Matland’s ambiguity-conflict model is used to explain the implementation of new student admission policy. Results of the research indicate that the dichotomy of favorite and unfavorite schools can not be removed, not just because of the public mindset, but also because of the unsupporting policy of local government, and the unreadiness of local government to provide the qualified infrastructures for the education in all schools.Keywords: School Dichotomy, Policy Implementation, New Student Admission, Zoning System.

A Study on the Issues and Improvement Plan of Organization Analysis at Local Office of Education

A Study on the Issues and Improvement Plan of Organization Analysis at Local Office of Education

Efficiency and governance: The case of South Korea

School education in Korea has prioritized excellence and efficiency above all else since the founding of the Republic of Korea in the 1940s. Excellence and efficiency were pursued through standardization and competition. Some examples are the national curriculum, national guidelines for assessment and records of students’ grades, and the CSAT (College Scholastic Ability Test). Under the circumstances, regional and local education offices and schools were primarily interested in excellence and efficiency. However, due to the adverse effects of the powerful central government and its national standardization and efficiency policy in the past, the pendulum has swung to equality and the wellbeing of students. Nowadays, the central and regional governments push for a policy to convert autonomous high schools to standardized general high schools. The change has triggered severe ideological and political conflicts between the camps throughout Korean society, with one emphasizing standardization and efficiency, and the other stressing equality and the wellbeing of students. Is there truly no way to resolve the conflicts between excellence/efficiency and equality/wellbeing in education? This is one of the most important and fundamental problems at the root of Korean education policies today.

A Case Study on the Improvement Plan of the Promotion System of Local Office of Education

A Case Study on the Improvement Plan of the Promotion System of Local Office of Education

Decision Support System Model of Teacher Recruitment Using Algorithm C4.5 and Fuzzy Tahani

During the new academic years, schools accept new students either at the level of elementary school (SD), junior high school (SMP), senior or vocational high school (SMA/SMK), as well as the existence of Islamic Education Teachers. Data taken from Local Office of Education (Diknas) of Magelang collaborated with Local Office of Religious Affairs (Kankemenag) of Magelang in 2015-2017, the Islamic Education Teachers (GPAI) recorded in 2015-2017 still less of 275 people of GPAI. It was caused by retirement, prolonged ill, and passed away. Diknas and Kemenag collaboration in openning the recruitment of GPAI is currently still using the manual system (Microsoft Excel), so it causes the administration data in that recruitment less objective and unaccountable, these are the obstacles in the teacher candidates’ recruitment which must be solved soon. How to make a system solves this problem. Meanwhile, the interest of Islamic Education Teacher (GPAI) candidates is high. To support and overcome this issue, an admission system of Islamic Education Teacher (GPAI) candidates is made so the results are accountable. Decision support system of teacher recruitment using algorithm C4.5 and Fuzzy Tahani is a system which can overcome this problem. Researchers try to build a system with the combination between the methods of Algorithm C4.5 and Fuzzy Tahani that can help the decision making in the recruitment of Islamic Education Teacher candidates. From the training results of 484 recorded criteria using attributes (1) Last Diploma; (2) University Accreditation; (3) The Faculty of Education; (4) Islamic Education (PAI) Department; (5) Police Certificate (SKCK); (6) Passport Photo; (7) ID Card; resulting in 290 recorded data of the Entropy and Gain calculation with an average time 3 minutes 15 seconds shows that percentage value of the final result those who cannot be recommended are 33%, then those who receive recommendation are 68%, with the value of entropy produced is 0.591672779.

A Study on the Management of the Local Office of Education by Increasing School Account Employee

A Study on the Management of the Local Office of Education by Increasing School Account Employee

A Study on the Management of the Local Office of Education by Increasing School Account Employee

A Study on the Management of the Local Office of Education by Increasing School Account Employee