The conference report on competency based teacher education in Region 5 contains the full texts of 12 addresses by key conference participants: Personnel Development in Occupational Education in Illinois, Sherwood Dees; One State's (Illinois') Approach to Competency Based Teacher Education, William Reynolds; Planning for Personnel Development Within a State (Illinois), William K. Applegate; Vocational Educators and Competence Based Education, Joan R. McFadden; Pre-Service Occupational Program (POP), Franzie Loepp and Alan Johnson; Competency Based Industrial Teacher Education at University of Wisconsin--Stout, Neal Prichard; Competencies for Professional Education in Home Economics, Phyllis K. Lowe; Two-Year In-Service Teacher Preparation Program to Provide the Essential Professional Competencies Necessary for Teachers of Agriculture, Wayne E. Asche; A Competency-Based Program for Preparing Vocational Teachers, Fred S. Cook and Rita C. Richey; Performance/Competency Based Teaching Methods, Minnesota Style, Roland L. Peterson; Administration By Competency (ABC), Charles Edwards and Wes Habley; and A Cautionary Appraisal of CBTE, H. S. Broudy. The report also contains State task force reports, the Region 5 conference survey results and three appendixes (the conference program, the participant survey, and a list of the participants, presenters, and staff). (JR)