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Business-Higher Education Forum, 2013
As employers scan the current workforce and anticipate future workforce needs, they frequently find that employees are not well-equipped with core content knowledge and 21st century workplace competencies, the combination of which the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation defines as "deeper learning." The cumulative effect of these…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Minimum Competencies, College Readiness, Career Readiness
LaPerla, Joann – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1981
Describes a training program designed to bring a competency-based adult education process approach to staff development for English-as-a-Second-Language instructors. (SK)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Models
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Rothwell, William J.; Lindholm, John E. – International Journal of Training and Development, 1999
Competence models have evolved into a link between organizational strategy and organizational and individual performance. Training professionals use them to synthesize individual capabilities and organizational core competencies. Educators and policymakers use them to link workplace requirements to educational programs and curricula. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship, Human Resources
Gangani, Noordeen; McLean, Gary N.; Braden, Richard A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
This article explores some of the major issues in developing and implementing a competency-based human resource development strategy. The article summarizes a brief literature review on how competency models can be developed and implemented to improve employee performance. A case study is presented of American Medical Systems (AMS), a mid-sized…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Models, Human Resources, Job Performance
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Cook, J. Marvin – Educational Leadership, 1977
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mills, Melissa – Education in Rural Australia, 2001
A rural health care staff development unit in New South Wales (Australia) switched from face-to-face teaching to a model encompassing competency-based training, recognition of prior learning, portfolio assessment, and flexible delivery using telecommunications technologies. Recommendations for ongoing implementation and marketing of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations Education, Competency Based Education, Distance Education
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Harris, Roger – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1982
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…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, College Students, Competency Based Education
Radio Corp. of America, Dallas, TX. Education Services. – 1974
Third, and final, in a series of two-week workshops designed to teach the techniques of developing competency-based curriculum materials, the phase III workshop had two major thrusts: to assess the quality of curriculum materials previously developed and to determine in what areas of curriculum development the workshop participants needed…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1987
This digest of 310 Project evaluation methods is intended to provide examples of and guidelines for evaluating 310 projects at the national, state, and project levels. The first section, which is devoted to state-level 310 evaluation projects, includes a report on a longitudinal study assessing the impact of 310 projects in Florida, a report…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Hayball, Keith W. – 1981
This paper focuses on planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a competency-based curriculum that could be a model or guide for state correctional systems. Chapter 1 addresses the need for strong educational leadership to effect change in the curriculum of a prison system. Chapter 2 contains background and problem…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1979
The University of Texas Pilot Program was operated in five sites in Texas (Abilene, Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Temple) to demonstrate the utility of competency-based high school diplomas for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients. Included among the program features common to all five sites were the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
1979
The document provides a process model for a competency-based adult high school diploma program. Following an overview, the document is arranged into nine chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on starting such a program and gives suggestions for conducting needs assessment, setting up a planning group, implementing adult basic education awareness activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1987
This module, which is one in a series of 29 competency-based administrator education learning packages and related supportive materials focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational administrators, deals with recruiting and providing inservice training for nondegreed teachers. The first section discusses the need to use nondegreed…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Modules, Management Development
Lowrie, Tom; Hill, Doug; Smith, Erica – 1999
The impact of competency-based training (CBT)on the role and responsibilities of instructors across Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector was examined. The study focused on the following: quality and nature of CBT instruction throughout Australia; ways VET instructors have adapted their practice to accommodate CBT; and staff…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Educational Practices
Beam, Gail Chasey; Ford, Valerie L. – 1996
This final report describes activities and achievements of Project TIE (Teams in Early Intervention) Outreach, a 3-year project which provided training for regional and local interdisciplinary teams (including parents) in New Mexico. The model used by the project stresses: (1) interdisciplinary communication, (2) a common framework for early…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Competency Based Education, Cultural Awareness, Disabilities
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