The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among beginning early childhood
teachers’role performance and self leadership, and childcare teachers's supports. The subjects in this
study were 491 beginning early childhood teachers working in kindergartens and child care centers
across the country. Childcare teachers' support questionnaire(Jae-Young Lee, 2012) role performance
questionnaire(Bog-Mae Park, 2011), and self-leadership questionnaire(Dong-Hyen Park,2014) were
used for this study. For the research analysis, frequency, Cronbach's α coefficient, ANOVA test,
Scheffé post-hoc analysis and Pearson's correlation were calculated and regression analysis were
conducted. The results are as follows. Firstly, it was revealed that there are statistically meaningful
differences in beginning early childhood teachers’role performance and self leadership, and childcare
teachers's support which were related to early childhood teachers' salary, education background, and
age. Also, there are statistically meaningful differences in beginning early childhood teachers’role
performance and childcare teachers's support, which were related to type of child-care center role
performance, but there were no differences in beginning early childhood teachers’self leadership.
Secondly, childcare teachers's support have statistically meaningful positive influences on beginning
early childhood teachers' role performance through the mediation of self leadership. Through this
study, it is possible to provide basic information to seek ways to enhance beginning early childhood
teachers' role performance and self leadership under the considerations of their individual background
characteristics, and to promote the practical support for the director or colleagues.