This manual is one of four volumes in a staff development series designed for use with the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling units. The helping skills training program, developed to equip school personnel with the competencies necessary to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships has two components, part 1, the…

Alternatives for Paraprofessional Training (APT), a 3-year project, addressed the need for training paraprofessionals working with young handicapped children in rural and urban areas of Texas. Objectives of the project were: to identify competencies needed by paraprofessionals in working with young, handicapped children; to identify the needs of…

The "Portfolio Process in Professional Development" is a competency based teacher education program recently mandated by the Florida State Board of Education as the central element of the Florida Beginning Teacher Program. It involves a probationary year of supervised teaching for the beginning teacher before certification is granted. This model…

Developed at the request of the Community Care Facilities Licensing Board, this document describes in detail the outcomes, in terms of student performance, of an early childhood education program for colleges and institutions in British Columbia, Canada. These competencies represent the organizational, evaluative, decision-making, and manipulative…

Competency-based criteria in Chicano preschool teacher training and credentialling must be specifically tailored to the Mexican American culture. Presented are: (1) a set of specific competencies focusing on verbal and interactional behavior, self concept, and parental involvement; and (2) an assessment process for measuring teacher competencies.…

This interim report describes the progress of a Florida study to identify teaching competencies for teachers of preschool through grade six. Development and operation of the model for the study consisted of four phases: (1) generating and compiling a list of competencies from classroom teachers, through interviews and classroom observation; (2)…

This is the fourth in a series of four booklets describing the Child Development Associate (CDA) Project at the California State College in Pennsylvania, one of the 13 original CDA pilot programs. Topics covered in this booklet include: a rationale for teacher trainer programs; a review of research on the importance of teacher interpersonal…

The Teacher Education Model of Partnership (TEMP) features joint ownership, joint support, and a partner relationship between a college and a school district in planning and implementing a professional program, designed specifically for teaching in the urban classroom. A planning committee was formed, composed of representatives from the public…

This fourth in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers assistance in developing the attitudes and competencies necessary to carrying out their professional responsibilities in serving the school and community (beyond the specific responsibilities of…

Discusses teacher training, specifically beginning training for language teachers. Deficiencies are examined, and new directions are suggested, including: curriculum updating to make methodology and applied linguistics part of language training; greater autonomy in learning; and making practical experience in teaching and research part of the…

The "All About Child Care: Instructor's Guide" is designed as a companion volume to the All About Child Care: Trainee's Manual. Like the manual, the instructor's guide is divided into 14 units covering health, safety, cognitive development, individual strength, language development, prereading skills, self concept, social development,…

"All About Child Care: Trainee's Manual" provides a means for acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge and skills of an effective child care practitioner. The Manual is divided into 14 units with each unit built around a set of competencies. These sets of competencies correspond to the 13 functional areas described in the Child…

The following position papers on evaluation are presented: (1) "Curricular and Comprehensive Program Evaluation," by Ray Clifford; (2) Evaluation--Proficiency Goals, CBTE National Assessment: How Do They Interrelate?" by Randall L. Jones; and (3) "Priorities in Classroom Testing for the 1980s," by Alice C. Omaggio. The first paper describes an…

To increase the supply of modularized instructional materials to meet the need for preservice and/or inservice education of professional vocational educators, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education and seven interested states organized in 1978 a Consortium for the Development of Professional Materials for Vocational Education. To…

Part 7 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on the development of instruction. Four competencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of developing a familiarity with the current literature on institutional practices for…