유치원과 어린이집의 컨설팅 현황 및 활성화 방안

Abstract

본 연구에서는 유치원과 어린이집의 컨설팅 추진 현황을 분석하여 컨설팅 활성화 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 유치원 컨설팅 장학의 경우 컨설팅 전문인력 확보, 동일 분야에 대한 컨설팅 내용의 표준화, 예산 지원의 효율적 분배를 통한 컨설팅 활성화를 모색할 필요가 있으며, 보육컨설팅은 현장에서 실행하는 컨설턴트의 인력 규모와 전담직 및 전문화의 부족, 처우의 문제, 컨설턴트 양성 및 재교육과정의 체계화, 컨설턴트를 교육하고 모니터링 하는 메타 컨설턴트의 부재, 무엇보다 현장에서 컨설팅을 진행하는 충분한 시간의 확보가 부족한 점으로 지적되고 있다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 유치원과 어린이집에서의 컨설팅 활성화를 위한 방안을 제시하였다.

As the quality enhancement of ECEC became an important agenda in Korea, the quality support system of 'consulting' has emerged as one of the key policy issues to establish. Korean ECEC consulting has been implemented in dual polars of early childhood education and care with quite different consulting notions and history of development. As the Nuri curriculum for all 5-year-olds has launched, the new institution of universal supports and unified curriculum has changed the concept of consulting and emphasized the importance of ECEC consulting. Accordingly Nuri curriculum and supports also requires unified national consulting support system. This article carefully reviewed the current status of ECEC consulting, both in the kindergarten and in the child care center as implemented in 2010-2012. The impending issues in consulting is how to provide the individually tailored quality consulting to the kindergarten and child care center in a balanced way, and how to develop the system for Nuri implementations. As research findings and conclusions, this study discussed how to approach and narrow the differences and gaps in consulting system between early education and child care, how to develop the universal ECEC consulting network, how to secure enough funding for consulting, and how to nurture the professional consultant workforce for Nuri implementations.