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This study aimed to analyze the level of technical teachers' job performance competency and their educational needs. The subject was 204 technical teachers working in a public technical high school, and a tool developed by An, Gwang-Sik(2006) was used to measure job performance competency. The results of this study are as follows.
First, the level of technical teachers' job performance competency appeared to be lower than its importance.
Second, female teachers' satisfaction with job performance competency appeared to be higher than that of male teachers.
Third, it appeared that male teachers thought career guide difficult and female teachers thought it difficult to extend their professionalism.
Fourth, technical teachers appeared to have considerable confidence in managing a practical laboratory and practical materials.
Fifth, it appeared that the teachers who have licenses related to their majors had a higher degree of educational needs than those who have no licenses.
Sixth, it appeared that the teachers who have no experience in working in industry had a higher degree of educational needs than those who used to work in industry.
Seventh, it appeared that the technical teachers who used to work in industry weren't satisfied with educational issues and those who had no experience in working in industry weren't content with their ability in career guide.
Based on the degree of educational needs verified in this study, a systematic program on the items which have a high degree of educational needs should be developed. It can be provided to technical teachers in the on-the-job training and students studying in colleges bringing up technical teachers and used as the basic materials in formulating a technical teacher policy, which could help to improve technical teachers' job performance competency.