A systematic inservice training program for rural area teachers of severely disabled students featured weekly seminars, field visits, and supervised practica centering on 19 competencies. Eighteen of the 25 original trainees completed the program. (CL)

Using the Framework for the Development of Competency-Based Curricula for Entry Level Health Educators, the health education faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reviewed and modified their undergraduate health education professional preparation program. The process, which produced seven core courses to be required of all education…

The study examined teacher evaluation practices that are currently being used with early childhood special educators in public school preschool handicapped programs in Virginia. Discrepancies are identified between teachers' rankings of teacher competencies and specific content areas required for teacher endorsement and those found on standard…

The development, field testing, and revision of a competency-based program guide and interactive evaluation system to train preservice teachers in special education is reviewed. The Student Teacher Evaluation Manual (STEM) was developed to coordinate requirements and expectations between field and university course work. (Author/CL)

The article describes revisions in the Field Study Interaction Approach (FSIA), a noncategorical teacher education approach combining increased practicum experience and competency based instruction with affective components related to self concept. Results of a second study of FSIA are reported. (CL)

Described is a method of humanizing evaluation procedures by applying both traditional grading procedures and standards of performance based teacher education programs. (GW)

This analysis defends the proposition that fewer competencies should be used in the organizing structure for teacher education programs. An objectives-oriented teacher education approach is described and three minimal competencies for such a strategy isolated, along with alternative assessment tactics for each. (Author/JA)

Presented is the rationale, development, and application of a mathematical formula for the assessment of special education teacher effectiveness. (Author/DB)

Provides a brief overview of the Child Development Associate (CDA) program on the occasion of the award of the ten-thousandth CDA credential. (RH)

The article discusses the reasons for movement toward competency-based teacher education (CBTE), characteristics of CBTE schemes and associated problems particularly in the field of learning disabilities, and analyzes differences between teaching competencies and teacher competence. (Author/MC)

Reviews the history of competency-based education for teachers of the visually impaired. Describes a University of Michigan project to develop a self-study manual for teachers and a list of validated competencies with suggested achievement indicators. (SK)

The authors express their concerns about the research methodology and assumptions in Coker, Medley, and Soar's work on competency-based teacher education. (WD)

Describes a cooperative program between North Texas State University and the Dallas Independent School District that uses a clinical approach to train student teachers for employment in inner-city schools. Provides some data comparing the program and its graduates with standard programs and their graduates. (IRT)

Describes a research effort designed to identify indicators of competencies of teachers of the severely handicapped. Results of interviews and observations of 27 teachers reveal two indicators of competency (amount of instruction time, percentage of curriculum materials task analyzed) identified as contributing to 78 percent of the variance for…