Summary statistics and questionnaires are presented in this appendix to the Final Report of the National Survey of Head Start Supplementary Training/Child Development Associate (HSST/CDA) Competency Based Training Programs. (HSST/CDA training programs are intended to prepare Head Start classroom staff to meet the competency requirements of the CDA…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on procedures for selecting furnishings is the fifth in a set of six modules on consumer education related to housing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on clothing needs of individuals is the third in a set of four modules on consumer education relating to textiles and clothing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on developing and implementing programs for economically depressed areas is the fourth in a set of four core modules on teaching home economics in economically depressed areas. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on characteristics of economically depressed area families is the first in a set of three modules on human development in economically depressed areas (EDA). (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on the child and the economically depressed area family is the second in a set of three modules on human development in economically depressed areas (EDA). (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on management skills is the first in a set of three modules on management in economically depressed areas. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.)…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the first in a series of 16, provides a course in child behavior observation and systematic recordkeeping skills for bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher trainees. Exercises in observation are designed to lead the trainee from biased ways of looking at children to the use of techniques of…

This description of the development and evaluation of a model training curriculum is part of a series of three documents which together constitute a guide to the training of the Bilingual-Bicultural Child Development Associate (CDA) trainer. The introduction focuses on the objectives, background and philosophy of the Texas Bilingual-Bicultural CDA…

To evaluate vocational teacher education as comprehensively as possible, a model was developed which is applicable statewide, based upon the primary delivery system of public institutions of higher education, inclusive of the three major missions of vocational teacher education (instructional services, research and development activities, and…

The validity of interpreting teachers' perceptions of their performance as an index of their actual performance was examined. Two matching instruments were constructed; each contained 72 items in 6 categories of skills. One assessed teachers' perceptions of their competence on behaviorally stated generic teaching skills, and the other assessed…

This document presents a teaching model established at the Rural-Migrant School of Education in California. Students in this school are preparing to teach children of Mexican-American descent and face the necessity of dealing with cultural and language differences that are unique to the area. While instruction is oriented toward the philosophy of…

The McNeese State University's pilot program in field-oriented competency-based teacher education in early childhood education is designed for prospective teachers to develop and demonstrate competencies believed to be necessary for effective teaching in the early childhood area (K-3), as well as to develop evaluative criteria relevant to the…

Provided are some of the proceedings of a conference on assessment of competency based teacher education (CBTE) programs in special education. Presentations by conference participants cover the following topics: research findings regarding evaluation and validation in performance based teacher education (Robert S. Soar); the New York state…

The purposes of the study were: (1) to ascertain the professional competencies needed by trade and industrial teachers to be effective, as perceived by successful trade and industrial teachers, administrators, supervisors, and teacher educators; (2) to ascertain whether the teachers felt that they had the opportunity and instruction available to…