A framework to describe, classify, and compare a variety of teacher education programs is offered. Examples of how the framework has been used for types of school organizations are given, along with an explanation of how the framework can be applied to alternative approaches to teacher education. (MLW)

This project at Western Illinois University is a two-semester, participation-based, competency program designed to train undergraduate and graduate students to work with handicapped infants and preschoolers in a variety of service delivery settings. One of seven Dean's Grant programs for PL 94-142 training described in this issue. (Author/SJL)

A review of current research efforts reveals that there is little dependable evidence that teachers, under similar conditions, exhibit what has been defined as differential performances. (JMF)

Because of the focus on student teacher achievement, a product evaluation of instruction (as opposed to a process evaluation) is appropriate for use in performance-based physical education teacher education internship programs. (LH)

Teacher and pupil behavior were observed in an elementary physical education student-teaching class by event, placheck and duration recording procedures, with results indicating that competency-based intervention had a significant effect on teacher behavior and a slight effect on pupil behavior. (MB)

Describes a study conducted to develop a system for the technical component of a competency-based teacher program in agricultural education. The findings of the study revealed that there were differences between the technical competency needs of beginning teachers and that of beginning workers. (MF)

This description of the INDEPTH program (Inservice Distributive Education Program of Teaching Help) in Virginia includes a discussion of the program's background, salient features, and its six 15-hour modules. (The program was developed by distributive education personnel in three Virginia universities, the Virginia Department of Education, and…

Described are several checklists used in the evaluation of specific teacher competencies appropriate to the field of learning disabilities; and reviewed are a book on nonvocal communication and a guide to drama activities. (DB)

Presents 10 principles for beginning mathematics teachers based on the standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). A main product of the INTASC Performance Assessment Development Project (PADP) is the use of a portfolio-based teacher assessment which includes lessons focusing on one mathematical topic,…

Responses from 70 of 137 Arkansas technical institute instructors indicated that they found the Performance-Based Teacher Education module series useful, particularly those on instructional planning, special/exceptional needs, instructional evaluation, and teaching adults. Different types of instructors (trade, literacy, business, health,…

Analysis of data from 600 Canadian teachers of the hearing impaired found that the communication mode employed by teachers has a major effect on the competencies perceived as necessary for teacher effectiveness. Oral/aural teachers supported a wider range of competencies than did teachers using a Total Communication approach. (Author/DB)

Outlines major reform postulates and reform projects in teacher education in the Great Britain and the United States, including national standardization, orientation toward competency and educational practice, and functionalization of school reform and teacher-education reform for national competitiveness. Points to a marginalization of theory in…

The University of Southern Maine's Extended Teacher Education Program includes an intensive, year-long internship for liberal arts graduates located at an innovative professional development school. The internship is linked with five Maine school districts participating in the Southern Maine Partnership. Interns must meet 11 standards and prepare…

University-based teacher education programs and all of their components, including the content disciplines such as mathematics and science, are undergoing an unprecedented degree of scrutiny and challenge. Today, the entire concept of university-based teacher preparation is being questioned, mostly by critics outside the academy, and it is no…

The purpose of this study was to identify principals' instructional leadership actions within a comprehensive teacher evaluation system in successful schools rated as recognized or exemplary by the accountability measures in place. The study followed a multiple case study approach. Participants included six school administrators within the same…