This study aimed to investigate how two novice teachers in elementary schools conceptualized and developed their practical knowledge about English teaching. They provided their narratives about their teaching six times over the spring semester of 2019. Their narratives were recorded and transcribed. Two researchers examined the transcription to investigate what prior knowledge they had and how they developed their practical knowledge. It was found that their practical knowledge had constantly changed and developed. When they started teaching English, they had their own knowledge on English teaching, which seemed to come from their previous English learning experience and from their study on teaching English. As they applied these knowledge to their own teaching situations, they encountered many problems. The main situations that shaped their practical knowledge were 1) students' level of achievement, 2) level differences among students, 3) teacher status (classroom teacher or English specialist teacher), and 4) colleagues. While coping with those problems, they added new practical knowledge or modified the knowledge they had. The findings provided several implications on pre-service and novice teacher training.

The induction experiences of novice teachers are receiving increasing attention within the subject field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).The process of beginning to teach is acknowledged to be complex and often fraught with tensions and anxieties for newly qualified teachers who may experience significant disjunction between the realities of classroom and institutional life and what they have been taught on pre-service training courses. Research has also shown that novice teachers can be helped to make a successful transition from the teacher-training environment to the school through well-designed induction programs which provide structured support and professional development with access to resources beyond the school itself. This article seeks to uncover whether these elements of well-designed induction programs are replicated for teachers of English in the Korean school system. Using data gathered in interviews with recently graduated teachers, the article examines the experiences of teaching in the early years and documents teachers’ own perceptions of their induction into teaching. The article discusses the place of the teachers within the social network of the school and, in so doing, hopes to foreground how individuals come to terms with the new and complex roles inherent in ‘being a teacher’ within this framework. This is a perspective particularly necessary for TEFL as a discipline where methods are so often deemed paramount in learning to teach, rather than an understanding of what it means to be a teacher of English as a foreign language in a particular socio-educational context.

본 연구의 목적은 초등학교 신규교사들에게 교직 생애 처음으로 접하는 교원능력개발평가의 경험기를 평가 실시 전과 후로 나누어 그들의 솔직한 생각과 느낌에 대한 이야기를 듣고 앞으로 교원능력개발평가가 나아가야 할 방향을 모색하는 것이다. 연구 문제를 해결하기 위해 2019학년도에 초임 발령을 받은 경상북도 시 지역의 신규교사 10명을 대상으로 심층 면담을 실시하였고, 면담 내용을 모아 Spradely의 주제분류 방법을 통해 정리하였다. 교원능력개발평가를 실시하기 전, 이 제도에 대해 사전 지식을 가진 교사는 거의 없었다. 또한, 학교 현장에서 들은 선배교사들의 이야기는 모두 부정적이었다. 교원능력개발평가에 관한 사전 지식은 없었지만 전문성 신장이라는 제도의 목적은 어느 정도 알고 있었으며, 수업 능력과 학급 경영에 관해 평가받을 수 있는 시간이 될 것 같다며 기대 반, 걱정 반의 이야기를 하였다. 교원능력개발평가 실시 이후, 신규교사들은 받은 결과를 읽고 평가를 받고나서 긍정적인 측면이 있음을 언급하였으나 동료 교원 평가에 관해서는 전체적으로 매우 부정적인 의견을 보였다. 또한, 교원능력개발평가가 전문성 신장이라는 목적과는 크게 맞지 않는 것 같다고 이야기하였다. 이러한 답변 내용을 토대로 향후 초등교원 양성 교육과정에 교원능력개발평가 학습 내용 추가, 신규교사 대상 임용연수에서 제도에 대한 연수 확대, 동료 교원 평가는 축소하되 학생 평가는 확대할 것 등을 제안하였다. 또한, 평가의 목적을 살릴 수 있도록 문항을 구체화하고 교육활동 소개자료 및 능력개발계획서를 개선할 필요가 있음을 지적하였다. 이를 통해 교원능력개발평가의 순기능을 살리고 학교의 부정적인 분위기를 줄일 수 있도록 나아갈 필요가 있다.