What tools are in the toolkit of an excellent special educator, and how can teacher preparation programs provide these tools in the most efficient, effective way possible? This practical, clearly written book is grounded in current research and policy as well as the author's extensive experience as a teacher educator. It identifies what special…

The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…

This resource guide for career counselors contains seven sections. Section A provides an overview of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and describes the development of this document. Section B defines vocational/career counseling and lists vocational/career counseling competencies approved by the NCDA Board of Directors in 1981.…

This document provides a standard that defines the requirements and program for the American Welding Society to certify entry-level welders. The certification of entry-level welders requires performance qualification and practical knowledge tests that require a minimum of reading, computation, and manual skills to complete. The Entry-Level Welder…

Presents four actual letters of recommendation written by the same professor within the same year, two for men and two for women. Information about the students is provided after the letters. The analytical views of professionals, after reading these letters of recommendation, are presented. Suggests ways for students to obtain more accurate and…

Discusses declassification, the reduction in standards of education and experience required for social service jobs. Describes factors contributing to declassification of social work positions and offers a set of strategies for future action, including lobbying, arousing public awareness, and disseminating information. (JAC)

Discusses the credentialing efforts of the American Association for Counseling and Development. Proposes basic criteria for professional preparation in measurement and evaluation in persons, which elaborate on the general standards currently contained in the AACD standards. (JAC)

Education standards are of crucial importance to American business leaders. The successful corporation of the 21st century will require large numbers of continuously educated, highly skilled workers. Education standards must encourage the kind of productive work habits and sense of self-responsibility in school that will be required on the job and…

This document discusses some of the problems and solutions that should be addressed if further education teachers and their training counterparts are to cope with the requirements of Great Britain's new National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ). It is both a handbook to guide practitioners through some of the assessment implications of…

Provides direction for developing better principal evaluation systems: presents a theoretical framework that categorizes evaluation tasks and reviews recent developments in principal evaluation that coincide with the tasks. The Personnel Evaluation Standards are reviewed, with suggestions for their application in assessing, selecting, and…

Strategies for locating quality educational leaders and assessing candidates applying by an alternate route are presented in this pamphlet. Criteria for evaluating alternative credentials are identified, which include teaching and learning ability, leadership experience, education, personal attributes, and understanding of the social and…

Designed for local Alaskan fire departments, this pamphlet provides the criteria and qualifications for certificates of firefighter instructors (basic, advanced, master), a list of approved subject categories for each level of certification, sample certification applications, a list of resource publications, and a training course outline (basic…

This document examines key leadership issues related to effective special education and reviews emerging standards in knowledge and skills for effective principal performance. An introduction notes school responsibility to provide students with disabilities with access to the general curriculum and ongoing monitoring of progress. The paper then…

This technical assistance manual contains guidelines for paraeducator roles, supervision, and skill and knowledge competency standards on which policymakers and implementers can build to improve the effectiveness of teacher/provider-paraeducator teams. The guidelines and standards were developed by a project of national significance funded by the…

The Child Care Bureau is reissuing the minimum standards as a "Health and Safety Guide" for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Tribal Lead Agencies in conjunction with the 2005 Tribal Cluster Trainings, "Supporting the Physical, Social, and Emotional Wellness of Our Tribal Children." These voluntary guidelines represent the baseline from which…