This guide serves as an introduction to six competency-based vocational administrator modules (CE 016 506-511). The major components of a module are discussed and explanations provided as to how learning experiences are sequenced, how activities can be structured to meet each learner's individual needs, and why the final experience requires that…

The objective of this project was to develop and test ten module units of a competency-based training system for adults who work with young children. Phases of the developmental process are described. Training sessions for voluntary participants in the module writing project are outlined, and planning, writing and editing activities are indicated.…

Workshop proceedings in San Francisco and Los Angeles concerning the development of the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education (MATCHE) are examined in this report. Basic information gleaned from presentations, reports, and transcripts of taped lectures of both workshops are included. Subjects contained in the report are…

The results of 12 Pennsylvania state-wide projects for establishing specialized competencies for teachers are presented in this document, and specific guidelines for competency levels are provided for l1 certificate areas and for educational paraprofessionals. The origins of and reasons for state involvement in Competency Based Teacher Education…

An undergraduate competency-based teacher education curriculum was evaluated after it had been in effect for three years. To generate a workable system for the collection and use of formative evaluation data, a list of program characteristics were identified, as well as a set of teaching skills and competencies relating to subject knowledge. Two…

This training manual for early childhood CDA candidates provides 21 learning modules on the following subjects: field trips, books, parent involvement, setting up the classroom, the role of play, creative expression (art), preschool science, cooking, self-image, large motor development, speaking and listening skills, daily program planning, small…

The learning module described deals with the teaching of the skill of conceptualization through the development of categories. Included are exercises at defining and identifying concepts, concept formation and attainment, comparing and contrasting meanings of "statement of values, face and concept" along with others. Included in this descriptive…

Developed in West Virginia as part of a statewide effort to improve reading achievement through a competency based staff development program, this inservice instructional packet on comprehension is one of five designed to present classroom teachers with the essential competencies and learner outcomes involved in developmental reading. The…

Developed in West Virginia as part of a statewide effort to improve reading achievement through a competency based staff development program, this inservice instructional packet on work and study skills is one of five devised to present classroom teachers with the essential competencies and learner outcomes involved in developmental reading. The…

Developed in West Virginia as part of a statewide effort to improve reading achievement through a competency based staff development program, this inservice instructional packet on reading readiness is one of five designed to present classroom teachers with the essential competencies and learner outcomes involved in developmental reading. The…

Developed in West Virginia as part of a statewide effort to improve reading achievement through a competency based staff development program, this inservice instructional packet on word recognition is one of five designed to present classroom teachers with the essential competencies and learner outcomes involved in developmental reading. The…

This guide presents a systematic approach to developing competencies that will enable teacher-coordinators to meet effectively the occupational needs of students and to provide a source of well-trained individuals for business and office occupations. The guide consists of ten competency-based instructional modules which outline procedures for…

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, is to help the CDA intern to (1) understand the nature and importance of play as it relates to various dimensions of development, and (2) demonstrate the ability to plan and implement various kinds of play activities and situations. The module stipulates…

Teachers, administrators, and a few parents and students rated 100 teacher competency statements with the help of the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education. These competency statements then served as the basis for the Professional Personnel Evaluation System (PPES), which also consists of rating scales to be completed by…

This module is one in a series of thirteen specifically designed to help vocational educators develop the skills needed to function as resource persons to learners enrolled in field-centered comptency-based teacher preparation programs. (These learners are persons with appropriate occupational experience and competence who are being prepared as…