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Coker, Homer – 1975
A preliminary step in implementing competency-based teacher education (CBTE) is the generation of a list of teacher competencies adapted for the local situation. One method of adaptation is to have selected competencies ranked in order of importance by professional educators within the school district or college. A less expensive and…
Descriptors: Classification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Group Testing, Higher Education
Coker, Homer – 1978
This paper describes a project to develop an alternate approach to the certification of teachers other than the approval of transcripts submitted by individual candidates or of the programs offered by institutions engaged in teacher preparation. The purpose of the project was to identify a set of "generic competencies" and to validate them in…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Observation
Coker, Homer
The development of a Competency Based Teacher Certification System is a cooperative effort of the Carroll County System and the School of Education, West Georgia College, supported by a grant from the Georgia State Department of Education. As a step toward solving the problem of recertifying teachers who possess basic credentials and have taught…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Performance Criteria
Lorentz, Jeffrey L.; Coker, Homer – 1977
The relationships between Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI), 16 personality types, and 55 behavioral indicators of teacher competency were explored. Subjects were 103 classroom teachers, grades K-12, who were observed in regular classrooms during a two-year period using five objectively-scored, low-inference observation systems. These included…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Competence
Coker, Joan G.; Coker, Homer – 1978
Thirty-three student teachers were observed in elementary school classrooms to determine if they manifested 16 interactive behaviors identified as desirable by college of education faculty. Teaching assistants used the Georgia Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness (GATE), an instrument which requires the observers to objectively record, but not…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Lorentz, Jeffrey L.; Coker, Homer – 1979
As part of the Competency Based Teacher Certification Project in Carroll County, Georgia, large samples of elementary and secondary school teachers and students were observed during a two-year period. Four low-inference observation measures were used to record teacher behaviors and student-teacher interactions: (1) Teacher Practices Observation…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education