This document is a speech on the problems and issues involved in implementing a competency-based teacher education program as they were experienced at the University of Georgia. The author details the two initial phases of implementation which began in 1968: (a) individualizing the existing professional subject matter program for preservice…

The developmental procedures used in constructing a competency-based, student teacher/in-service program are described in this report. These procedures evolved from redesigning the St. John Fisher College Teacher Education Program to include behavioral objectives. The five steps employed to provide these objectives were: a) stating a goal; b)…

This cooperative-based, continuous teacher education program at Castleton State College, Vermont focuses on the team approach in education. The teams include a) a college faculty core team; b) an institutional team with representatives from state departments, institutions of higher education, school districts, school boards, and the community; c)…

Outlines a competency-based program through which teachers can be prepared to meet the challenge of dealing with a varied student population. States that schools have a moral obligation to eliminate the continued disregard and grossly inadequate commitment to educational provision for the culturally diverse. (Editor/RK)

This article is a detailed description of the establishment of a competency based health education program in a college. (JD)

Focuses on the State University of New York at Albany Education Consortium Task Group efforts to state the broad guidelines and concepts upon which business education teacher competencies necessary for certification are based. (TA)

Experienced observers of student teachers support strongly the need for a close, continuing relationship between student teacher and supervisor and suggest that colleges need to reassess their priorities when assigning staff to supervision of student teachers in a competency based teacher education program. (JD)

Combining the familiar unit lesson plans of the 1950's with the behavioral objectives that were first emphasized in the later 1960's, competency-based teacher education is a refinement that will permit individualization and personalization of teacher training programs and still provide structure for these programs. (Author)

The main uses of competency based teacher education techniques are to develop understanding of public school students and practices, improve instructional methodology, and enhance skills needed in working with special students in reading programs. (JD)

One of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education modules, this document teaches how to conduct a community survey. The modules are based on competencies identified and verified through research as being important to successful vocational teaching at the secondary and postsecondary levels. In addition, they have been found useful in the…

The Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (ACLD) position statement focuses on the development of a Regular Education/Special Education Initiative (RE/SEI). RE/SEI is defined as a system of integrated planning, delivery, and evaluation of the effects of services to all students. The program would incorporate management of…

This paper discusses the development and implementation of a cost analysis model for use by curriculum planners and developers in evaluating educational programs. The paper consists of four major sections that focus in turn on the need to approach educational costs from a nontraditional perspective, development of a cost model, implementation of…

The guide is designed as an analysis of current practices in teacher education to help educators deal with learning and behavior problems in the regular classroom. Special emphasis is directed to Teacher Corps staff. Chapter 1 reviews the concept of collaborative planning and notes its importance for the special education coordinator at an…

This collection focuses on the issue of collaboration in teacher education. Essays, program descriptions, materials development reports, and educational policy discussions debate the role collaboration may play, and argue the relative effectiveness of various programs based on cooperative effort of different genres. The Florida model in particular…

The prime considerations used in developing a multicultural teacher education program are discussed. The assembling of a faculty not only knowledgeable in concepts and strategies of multiculturalism but also composed of individuals of different ethnic and racial backgrounds was the first priority. The curriculum was developed along state…