Implementing Competency-Based Instruction in Vocational Education. Competency-Based Administrator Education Module.

Overview & Synopsis

This module, one of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, is designed to help the learner develop skills in implementing competency-based instruction (CBI) in vocational education. Following introductory material discussing the organization of the module, the module's terminal objective and four enabling objectives are presented along with information on required and optional resources. Major content is comprised of four sequential learning experiences, each directed toward helping the learner accomplish one of the module's four enabling objectives. Titles of the learning experiences are Introduction to Competency-Based Instruction, Administrative Concerns in Implementing Competency-Based Instruction, Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States, and Implementing CBI. Each experience includes an information sheet which provides additional information on the topic of the experience, an explanation of the activity, a self-check, and model answers to serve as feedback. The final learning experience is designed to allow application of learning in an applied setting. The module concludes with module assessment and administrator performance forms designed to test the exit competence of the learner. (SH)