This catalog of teacher competencies provides the user with an array of 1,300 competency statements from which descriptions of teachers can be built. The introduction provides a brief history of the development of the catalog and a framework within which to proceed with a competency selection process. The catalog includes: (a) instructions for use…

This module cluster was prepared for the Seventh Cycle Teacher Corps Program at Glassboro State College. The purpose of the module cluster is to enable students to be able to identify and write behavioral objectives. There are no prerequisites for the cluster. The two modules which form the cluster are: (a) Identifying Behavioral Objectives and…

In establishing performance-based programs, mathematics teachers should understand how behavioral objectives are constructed, applied, analyzed, and evaluated. To construct behavioral objectives, the following factors should be considered: (a) outcome; (b) level of achievement, and (c) evaluation conditions. When behavioral objectives are applied…

Reported are proceedings and results from a special study institute (1971) which examined competency-based programing to train teachers of the crippled and otherwise health impaired (COHI). Findings and recommendations of a previous conference (West Point, 1970) are noted. Common themes of conference papers are given such as the need for change in…

This document presents instructional modules of the competency-based elementary teacher education program at Norfolk State College. A three-fold criterion formed the basis of the instructional module: 1) knowledge of criteria, which are employed to assess only the first level of learning; 2) performance criteria, which are used to assess the…

Experts in the fields of educational media and competency-based teacher education at Trenton State College were consulted in an effort to gain their support and employ their knowledge and experience in the development of this self-instructional system. In addition to these consultations, the objectives of the educational media course that would be…

Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) proposes changes in the traditional teacher education system, which include establishing behavioral objectives for student teachers and modifying basic teaching tools that all students must learn to master. CBTE also proposes that teachers colleges be conducted without failure. Critics of CBTE question the…

This learning package is designed to enable the learner to: (a) define behavioral objectives and list characteristics of those objectives; (b) distinguish between objectives which are behaviorally stated and those not so stated; (c) identify action verbs useful to constructing behavioral objectives; (d) write objectives for a field of cognitive…

Author explained PBTE, a new way of preparing school teachers by colleges and universities. (Author/RK)

This paper is designed to help health educators assess competencies their students must demonstrate to obtain provisional or permanent teacher certification. Four components are covered: (1) the skills, knowledge, and attitudes expected of the professional; (2) assessment procedures; (3) assessment conditions; and (4) assessment standards…

This monograph presents the viewpoints of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) on the subject of Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE). These manuscripts, solicited from members of the staffs of these two major teacher organizations, describe the concerns that members of the profession have…

The special study institute report proposed an alternative approach to manpower development guidelines for special education and teacher training programs which centered on the development of measurable competency based training criteria for special class teachers. Briefly reviewed are the background, planning, and design of the institute.…

Presented is the eighth of 12 instructional kits, on teaching methods, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment tasks for…

This paper envisions programs of teacher education as a tri-spoked wheel which places "competency-based teacher education" in formation with two other spokes representing important aspects of any teacher's profile, i.e., "teacher personality" and "teacher behaviors." (Author)