This program aimed to develop a character education program for enhancing early childhood teachers’ job
performance, core competence, and self-esteem and verify the effects of the program for the management
regarding the quality of early childhood teachers. To this end, a final program was developed through
literature review, a survey on needs, and a focus group interview. The participants of the program
included 40 early childhood teachers randomly sampled from kindergartens and child care centers in B
Metropolitan City. The students were divided into experimental and control groups with 20 participants
each. Furthermore, in order to verify the effect of the program, pre- and post-tests were conducted using
the character self-assessment scale. The multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted
using the SPSS (ver. 21). The results of the study are as follows. First, the character education program
improved early childhood teachers’ self-esteem. Second, the program had a positive effect on early
childhood teachers’ character self-assessment. Therefore, this study is significant in that it has developed a
character education program which enhances early childhood teachers’ job performance corecompetence and
self-esteem.