Federal laws have mandated meaningful access to higher education for the handicapped just as teacher training institutions are confronted with pressure to raise academic standards. This paper examines the underlying legal issues and proposes guidelines and procedures for ensuring quality preservice training for the learning disabled and all…

A series of empirical investigations of the impact of teacher implementation of the set induction teaching method on student behavior is summarized and discussed. (LH)

With the stabilization of student population and a demand for improvement in the quality of prospective teachers, a model has been developed for improving selection-retention procedures, giving administrative organization, role of student personnel services, criteria for admission to the profession, and provisions for probationary status,…

This discussion of the evaluation of teacher education programs starts with the assumption that the most effective teacher education programs are the ones that produce teachers who are most effective in producing desired changes in pupils. (MM)

The competency based teacher education program at the University of Georgia is designed to encourage autonomy, self-direction, and self-evaluation so that the graduating student has the tools necessary to continue an open-ended education throughout his or her teaching career. (MB)

Indiana University/South Bend has developed a competency based program of field experience in mathematics instruction for its preservice teacher candidates involving two hours of class and three hours of field experience per week in secondary public schools. (MB)

A "personalized" staff development project conducted by the University of Georgia's Department of Professional Laboratory Experiences and local schools used the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI) to assess beginning teachers' latent competencies and indicate potential areas of improvement. Both the TPAI and the staff…

Two field-based teacher education programs at North Texas State University are described. The West Dallas Teacher Education Project prepares education students to work in inner-city, urban schools, and the North Texas Cooperative Teacher Education Project allows education students to work as paraprofessional teacher aides. (CJ)

A survey of minimum competency requirements of state education departments shows that, in 13 states, teacher training institutions must verify students' competencies, and that in four states, teachers must pass the National Teachers' Examination. Florida and Georgia teachers must pass competency tests and demonstrate skills during their first year…

The Ohio State Board of Education approved new standards for colleges and universities preparing teachers, which have major implications: (1) joint governance of teacher education by universities and school districts; (2) university involvement in in-service teacher education programs; and (3) a new emphasis on field experiences in a variety of…

Competency-based teacher education is losing the support it once had due to its inability to achieve basic goals. A training system that emphasizes student accountability, responsibility, involvement, and cooperation with teachers in designing curriculum will result in well-trained teachers. (CJ)