Establishing a strategy for staff development avoids pitfalls involving the definition of goals, the analysis of evaluation data, and the identification of essential competencies. (Author/MLF)

The observation of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Committee on Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) on the state of the art of PBTE in 1975 are presented in this publication. The Committee states that PBTE may be defined as a process for improving the preparation and development of educational personnel. This…

This booklet is a collection of five articles from the Child Development Associate Program (CDA) in Texas, part of a nationwide program for training child care workers. "Skills Needed by a CDA Training Counselor" outlines three skills: facilitation of learning, interpersonal skills, and management. "Some Findings and Recommendations…

Suggests several areas in Australian adult education and training where a competency-based educational model would have application. Areas include the professional development of staff in educational institutions and industrial training establishments, training of educational administrators, vocational training of college students, and the…

Competency-based staff development is an approach to instructor preparation in which the teacher must demonstrate essential tasks in an actual teaching situation. (JOW)

This publication is part of a series of self-instructional teacher training manuals designed to assist vocational-technical educators or industrial trainers to develop and implement competency-based vocational education (CBVE) programs in a school or industrial setting. The manual contains the following sections: cover page that contains the task…

This paper discussed the need for clarification of the meaning of CBTE, emphasized the development of instructional materials and assessment procedures as necessary components of CBTE and the intimate connection between CBTE and teacher behavior research. (Author/RK)

The South Australia College of Advanced Education undertook a staff development program for industrial trainers in Papua New Guinea, 2,500 miles from the college. The program used individualized instructional modules based upon principles of performance-based teacher education. While this was its strength, lack of resources and distance between…

Describes four approaches to competency-based staff development piloted in Texas during 1978 and 1979. These approaches to staff development are identified as (1) the pre-post workshop model, (2) the pre-inter-post workshop model, (3) the opportunities course model, and (4) the diversified training model. (CT)

Competency-based staff development is supported as the route to program improvement in preservice and inservice preparation of educational administrators. (Author/MLF)

This is one of a series of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to plan and conduct a competency-based staff development program as part of an overall accountability program. Short sections focus in turn on various steps in the…

Georgia is developing a state system to grant teacher certification on the basis of classroom performance and teaching effectiveness. In addition, a system of supportive supervision is available to each local school system as it develops plans for beginning teacher staff development. (Author/MLF)

A unifying set of pedagogical criteria which would establish an objective basis for a staff development needs assessment is outlined. Generic teaching skills are identified: diagnosis, prescription, classroom management, use of instructional materials and resources, and human relations. Specific skills in the instruction of mathematics, reading,…

Identifies essential aspects of administrative planning that must be considered when moving from a traditional reading preservice education program to a competency, field-based model of instruction. (TJ)