ABOUT
Greeting
A classroom where children lead, building the future through classes that connect the world.
Through elementary social studies, I help children ask their own questions and solve problems by talking with friends.
Learning with peers abroad widens their world, and projects linked to the community turn learning into life.
I believe small changes that start in the classroom shape children's futures.
I will keep learning and growing together with my students.
KIM JANG CHEOLSeoul Guui Elementary School · Elementary school teacher

- 2024
- Teacher of the Year for Classroom Innovation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education commendation - 107
- Open classes and case sharing
Regional, national and global · 2024 MOE record - International classes
- Learning with peers abroad
Global citizenship in practice - Guksaeng Edu lead
- Nationwide teaching & assessment research group
Spreading a culture of sharing
Timeline
Master’s degree in Elementary Education Administration, Seoul National University of Education Graduate School
International collaborative classes with schools in Japan and the United States
Lead of Guksaeng Edu, a nationwide Ministry of Education teaching and assessment research group
2024 Teacher of the Year for Classroom Innovation (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education commendation)
The MOE award best-practice materials also record participation in developing resource collections, including an international collaborative class casebook and an AI/EdTech differentiated-consulting class casebook.
Member teacher, APCEIU Global Citizenship Education central research group GEN
Classes delivered within Seoul Guui Elementary School’s Dokdo Guardian School program
Education
2015~2017 · Seoul National University of Education Graduate School · M.A. in Elementary Education Administration
Other activities
International collaboration9
- Individual research on classroom improvement practice cases
- Global citizenship education leading teacher
- Lecturer, elementary first-grade teacher certification training (international classes)
- International collaborative class support team
- APEC ALCoB teacher group
- International collaborative class consulting supervision
- Practice-case lecture “Global Citizenship Education in the Elementary Classroom” at the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education GCED leading-teacher trainingSourcesOpens in a new tab
- Shared an “EdTech-enabled international exchange” practice case at the GEN Korea–Japan teacher case-sharingSourcesOpens in a new tab
- International collaborative class research school
Artificial intelligence7
- AI and EdTech leading teacher
- Ministry of Education Classroom Revolution leading teacher
- AIEDAP master teacher
- AI & Digital Confesta
- On-site school consulting
- Member of the AIEDAP master-teacher AI-integrated instruction research team — “An AI-assisted mil-chak-hyeong collaborative learning model for elementary integrative thinking”SourcesOpens in a new tab
- Elementary representative for AI-use leading teachers, Region 1
Teaching & assessment7
- Seoul student literacy and numeracy diagnostic assessment
- Committee member, customized academic achievement self-assessment (social studies)
- Writer, Seoul inquiry-question social studies instructional materials
- Consulting committee member, Seoul teaching heyday program
- Writer, Seoul literacy and numeracy support materials
- Chaeum AI constructed-response assessment (Korean, social studies)
- Writer, unit-based assessment design materials
Curriculum5
- Writer, school autonomy time materials for SERII and Seongdong-Gwangjin
- Seoul education policy research collaboration group and teacher companion group
- Seoul elementary education support group (curriculum)
- Seoul career and job fair support team
- Writer, AI and new-industry instructional supervision materials
Ecological transition5
- Writer, ecological transition education textbooks and materials
- Ecological transition international class practice support team
- Seongdong-Gwangjin O-Pil practice team
- New school year intensive preparation training
- Reviewer, Seoul ecological transition education approved textbooks
Community-linked education5
- Elementary-secondary research teacher program, first grade
- Community-linked focus school
- Seongdong-Gwangjin future education district support team
- Community-linked curriculum practice classroom
- Lecturer, elementary first-grade teacher certification training (community-linked)
Inclusive education3
- Lead, inclusive education 'The Empathy Classroom' research school
- Case sharing at the Korean Society for Inclusive Education
- Inclusive education 'The Empathy Classroom' consulting support team