The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of the childcare teachers regarding accreditation procedures and feasibility of the second accreditation index according their past participation in the accreditation process.
The objects were 193 childcare teachers working at child care centers that were accredited using the initial accreditation index. The collected data was analyzed using frequency, percentile, χ2, and t-test.
The major findings are as follows:
First, childcare teachers without accreditation experience perceived \'continuing education of child care center directors and teachers\' to be the most important for quality maintenance after successful accreditation. In contrast, childcare teachers with accreditation experience placed the most importance on \'childcare teachers\' motivation and continuing enrollment\'.
Second, childcare teachers with accreditation experience perceived higher feasibility in the subcategories of ‘art activity materials’ in the category of child care environment, ‘providing operation policies and information of child care teachers\', ‘care for children’, and ‘employment contract’ in the operation & management category, ‘sanitary management of food, cooking and feeding’, ‘care of sick or injured child’, ‘health management of children and childcare teachers\', ‘snacks for children’ in the category of health and nutrition and ‘safe procedures for handing over children’ in the category of safety.
In general, childcare teachers with accreditation experience perceived higher feasibility of the second accreditation index in all categories.