A description of the basic elements of a research based instructional system for educational personnel development for vocational programs is presented in this report. This description indicates how the system derives inservice competencies for teachers from pupil performance and eventually results in institutionalized change in preservice teacher education programs. The seven basic elements (all based on research studies) from which the instructional system was derived are described in separate sections: Performance Catalogs from V-TECS/DELTA (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States/Designing Educational Learning from Task Analysis); Relating the Pupil to the Curriculum; Analysis of Teaching-Learning Activities Systems; The Instructional Supervision Training Program; Management by Objectives; Management Information Systems; And Teacher Education Modules. The last two sections of this report are a discussion of the systemic design for uniting the research based elements and of progress in the development of the delivery system for performance based instruction. Although the document reflects Alabama's educational concerns, procedures and activities are applicable to other State educational settings. (SH)