Guidelines are presented for an approach to specification of competencies appropriate to Extended Degree Programs, i.e., the course or program translation approach. Program designers begin by identifying a number of courses or curriculum areas, then deductively reducing them to competency statements of greater specificity until instructional…

This curriculum model serves as a process for interrelating elements, factors, and participants, and directing them toward the goals of the School of Education and the Wisconsin Administrative Code. It implies a specified and measurable outcome, in which evidence about effectiveness is continuously available, making the model adaptive or…