The purpose of this study is to know how kindergarten teachers perceive the concept ‘cooperating teacher’ and add a meaning to educare practicum. For this purpose, the kindergarten teachers who were working at kindergartens in C were selected as research participants. The study participants consisted of 215 experienced teachers with at least two years of teaching experience and at least 3 years of teaching experience and up to 10 years of teaching experience. Data were collected from December 11, 2017 to January 12, 2018, and a total of 20\\9 copies were finally selected. The collected data were categorized and quantified using systematic metaphor analysis. As a result, five categories were identifies : helper type(33.5%), leader type(31%), professional type(15.7%), reflector type(13.8%), companion type(5.7%). Through this study, kindergarten teachers looked back on themselves as a teachers who guided practitioners in practicum and reflect. Based on this, it is necessary to develop a practical and field - oriented education\nteacher training program.