Presented is the last of 12 instructional kits, on accountability, 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 six…

Reported are proceedings from the New York State Conference on Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) for the Hearing Impaired (1974). Chapter 1 includes background information from documents mandating competency based teacher education and certification, and the basic assumptions and objectives of the conference. Presented in Chapter 2 are six…

SUNY/Buffalo's competency-based teacher education program in foreign languages emphasizes: (1) a field-centered program, (2) a multi-institutional pattern of organizations, (3) feedback to students regarding their progress, (4) preservice/inservice continuum. The competencies required of foreign language teachers include: a practical command of…

Four conceptual competencies were devised and deemed necessary for effective teaching. Then, a number of conclusions were drawn: a) with new competencies being stated, new forms of training must be established; b) training which occurs at the undergraduate level can be made more effective only if the statement of competencies is more realistic; c)…

PROJECT MERGE is a teacher education concept from which educational processes based on changing educational developments evolve. MERGE is a systematic, field-based, cooperative approach to teacher education, instruction, and curriculum development. It has been validated and is competency based. It represents an interrelational tri-phase structure…

Project OUTCRIE represents an attempt by the College of Education at Ohio University, the Meigs Local School District, and the Meigs community to reverse the poor reading achievement and lack of academic stimulation of children in Appalachian schools. Teacher education is the nucleus of Project OUTCRIE's thrust. The project has three major…

The Teacher Corps Project described in this document is a federally funded program, involving Jackson State University, the Jackson Public School System, and the community. It represents efforts to incorporate theories, teaching-learning strategies, and multicultural experiences in teacher education into a single conceptual framework. The academic…

This learning module is designed to provide the prospective teacher of English as a second language with suggestions for practical applications of sound linguistic theory for teaching writing to second-language learners. After completing the module, the student is expected to be able to: (a) define the role of writing in foreign and…

The first part of this document contains reports of committee activities and discussions in the areas of higher education and research, general and technical education, out-of-school education and cultural development, and educational documentation and research. The second part, which is the major section, is devoted to papers presented at a…

The guide is intended to provide an orientation to the individualized, performance based special teacher preparation curriculum at Florida State University. The aim of the curriculum is given to be preparation of teachers to serve in public school resource centers by identifying needs of, providing individualized instruction for, and monitoring…

The curriculum provides the clinical teacher trainee with objectives and procedures for demonstrating competencies utilizing a performance based individualized curriculum in resource rooms with mildly handicapped educable retarded, learning disabled, and emotionally disturbed elementary school students. The curriculum is described to be a…

The Ohio model, developed at the University of Toledo and implemented in the Toledo area, was designed to produce comprehensive educational change through the strengthening of relationships among the institutions, programs, and personnel who have an impact on educational change. The strategy of the model is to produce able teachers through the…

The field experience component of the competency-based elementary teacher preparation sequence that was developed at the University of Toledo as part of the Ohio Model consists of two learning modules: a) planning, implementation, and evaluation; and b) gaining acceptance and respect as a member of the multiunit school. The first module is…

The Competency-Based Teacher Education program at San Diego State University is a self-paced, individualized program utilizing learning modules designed to develop specified, critical teaching skills in reading, social studies, and the learning process. Media and materials are available in an Individualized Study Center where the student is…

These revisions arose from two major concerns: the lack of quality education evidence among many low-income, minority group children living in urban settings and the ambiguity concerning the nature and extent of relationships between teacher training efforts and a child's learning. This proposal examines the possible relationships between…