This document examines common organizational change factors that were evident as teacher education institutions moved toward a performance based teacher education (PBTE) model of teacher certification pursuant to a New York State Department of Education mandate. Four questions were addressed: (1) What was the nature of the PBTE design process? (2)…

This report sought to identify, describe, and compare the characteristics of technical assistance as they related to the process of meeting the New York State Department of Education mandate for the establishment of performance based teacher education programs (PBTE). Research questions dealt with (1) the knowledge levels of participants regarding…

Described is The Applied Training Approach, a program developed at Appalachian State University to insure relevancy of the special education program through competency testing and a field-based approach. (GW)

This article has attempted to present the kind of program of teacher education that research indicates to have prospects of producing effective teachers. (Author)

This handbook for parents describes the Child Development Associate (CDA) assessment process. Eighteen basic questions are answered in order to provide an introduction to the process of CDA accreditation. Regional Offices of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Administration for Children, Youth and Families are listed. The 14 CDA…

The purpose of this development phase of a larger project entitled "Development of Competency-Based Instructional Materials for Local Vocational Education Administrators" was to field test and revise prototypic competency-based administrator instructional packages. A search was conducted to identify currently available competency-based…

This document contains a list of vocational teacher education modules. The modules are grouped into ten categories as follows: (1) program planning, development, and evaluation; (2) instructional planning; (3) instructional execution; (4) instructional evaluation; (5) instructional management; (6) guidance; (7) school community relations; (8)…

A summary report is presented of the Grambling College-Ouachita Parish Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps Project. Designed to improve the educational opportunities available to low-income students and to assist the college in bringing about basic changes in teacher education, the project had as its objectives: (1) to incorporate individually paced…

The Interdisciplinary Teacher Education (ITE) Program at Wayne State University prepares teachers for initial certification in elementary and secondary education. It also provides the initial professional training for students in special education, physical education, music, and foreign language education. This program along with art education and…

Competency based teacher education has been defined in various ways, but there is general agreement on at least two basic elements. The first essential characteristic is the specification of teacher competencies which form the basis of the entire program. The second is the design of assessment techniques directly related to the specific…

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 staff development is supported as the route to program improvement in preservice and inservice preparation of educational administrators. (Author/MLF)

This discussion describes an evaluation model designed to complement a curriculum development project, the primary goal of which is to structure a performance based program for preservice teachers. Data collected from the implementation of this four-phase model can be used to make decisions for developing and changing performance objectives and…

This article describes a self rating pre- and post-assessment instrument that has been developed at the Central Michigan University (CMU). Nine instructional modules have been developed and are being used in science methods courses at CMU. Each module focuses on an identified area of competency for elementary science teachers and contains a…