Educational Needs Analysis of the Career Specialist Teacher's Tasks in Elementary Schools

The purpose of this study was to analyze the educational needs of career specialist teacher’s tasks in elementary schools. The participants of this study were 583 career specialist teachers assigned to the elementary schools in Seoul Metropolitan City in 2018. The survey was developed based-on Jeong et al. (2017)’s research. The data were analyzed with the method of educational needs analysis. There were two major findings. First, the primary tasks that need to be dealt with in educational training for career specialist teachers were as follows: organization of career education classes and guidance of career education curriculum configuration; provision of career education material or information; interpretation of career psychological test results; student career counseling support; securing career experience budgets; community network management; selection of community career experience places; and method consultation for community career experience place programs. Second, the tasks to be dealt with in other ways and the tasks dealt with through training should be distinguished. The tasks to be dealt with in other ways require the support of the Ministry of Education, the District Office of Education, and the school. The implications of the research were also presented.