Instead of engaging in the controversy over competency-based teacher education, this paper deals with a description of the implementation of the actual CBTE program, the problems of transition, and difficulties of operation. It is presented primarily as input for those involved in teacher education and contemplating a movement toward CBTE.…

Describes the Senior Adult Volunteer Program of the Howard County, Maryland, public school system, which brings older adults and middle school students together in a tutoring situation. Reports that the program has produced student gains in both the cognitive and affective domains. (FL)

Describes how Old Dominion University and the Chesapeake, Virginia, school system have cooperatively revived the "Chatauqua" model as a way of providing on-site inservice teacher education. (SJL)