Described are various development aspects of a competency assessment model for use in special education teacher training programs. Problems (such as differences regarding acceptability of existing evaluation procedures) with means and criteria for evaluating students are listed. It is noted that a competency assessment model should provide for the…

This document contains nine essays which provide guidelines and directions for implementing competency-based teacher education (CBTE) programs. Selections include the following: (a) "Characteristics of Competency-based Teacher Education Programs;" (b) "The Development of a Comprehensive Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: A Model for…

The author discusses the role of industrial arts and vocational educators in the design and operation of career education programs and provides some guidelines for the design and implementation of competency-based inservice teacher development programs. (MF)

Describes the development of the Self-Training and Evaluation Program (STEP), a performance-based professional development program for college instructors teaching in an individualized performance-based instructional system. The DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) model, consisting of a skill profile that serves as a curriculum plan and an evaluation…

The author seeks to refute the narrowly behavioralistic image of Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) and proposes an atypical CBTE program, combining both cognitive and behavioral competencies, as a model for Canadian teacher education. The research and planning necessary to achieve this model are outlined. (SJL)

This article recommends the use of professional portfolios in preservice preparation of teachers of students with behavioral disorders and describes the graduate program in behavioral disorders at Western Carolina University (North Carolina). Program development involved determination of competencies and a format for individual project…

This article presents guidelines for the development and implementation of a graduate program in bilingual multicultural special education using the program at New Mexico State University as a model. It identifies the competencies of bilingual multicultural special educators, identifies steps in creating a new program, offers a philosophical…

Because of a documented need for more and better trained vocational education teachers, including those from industry, an alternative approach to teacher preparation, called performance-based teacher education (PBTE), was developed. PBTE is an approach to instructor preparation in which (1) the training program is based on the competencies…

Alternatives for Paraprofessional Training (APT), a 3-year project, addressed the need for training paraprofessionals working with young handicapped children in rural and urban areas of Texas. Objectives of the project were: to identify competencies needed by paraprofessionals in working with young, handicapped children; to identify the needs of…

Part 7 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on the development of instruction. Four competencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of developing a familiarity with the current literature on institutional practices for…

Part 11 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on instructional training. Three competencies considered are: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of designing and organizing instructional activities aimed at the development of specific skills…

This report on workshop activities of the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE) meeting in Fresno, 1977, concerns the updating and expansion of the Foods and Nutrition modules and the four remaining core modules, and also a review, discussion, and revision of the objectives for those modules. The MATCHE purpose…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on Future Homemakers of America-Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA-HERO) contains objectives and suggested activities for utilizing FHA-HERO as an instructional strategy to expand and strengthen the home economics instructional programs. Presented are seven units of…

This document reports on the development and functioning of the Child Development Associate (CDA) Pilot Project at Bemidji State University (BSU), Benudji, Minnesota. Section I addresses the following aspects of the BSU pilot: geographic setting, the training population, program response, beginning the pilot project, organizational structure,…

A 3 year project was initiated to develop, implement, and evaluate a program for training personnel to work with visually handicapped/multiply handicapped children. The ecological systems model proposed by N. Hobbs was examined as the primary consideration in the development of the program. Teachers under the project were prepared for roles which…