This document contains nine essays which provide guidelines and directions for implementing competency-based teacher education (CBTE) programs. Selections include the following: (a) "Characteristics of Competency-based Teacher Education Programs;" (b) "The Development of a Comprehensive Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: A Model for Change;" (c) "Process to Product: A Competency-Based Teacher Education Program in Student Teaching;" (d) "Initiating a Performance-Based Teacher Education Conversion on a Shoestring;" (e) "Competency-Based Teacher Education in Small Colleges and Rural Areas;" (f) "Performance Contracting for Student Teachers;" (g) "Evaluation of Teacher Competence Based on Pupil Behaviors;" (h) "The Relationship Between Education Accreditation Criteria and the Competency Approach;" and (i) "Current Responses to Competency-Based Teacher Education:" Selected references are included at the end of each essay. (JS)