PPPBTE. Pilot Projects on Performance-Based Teacher Education. Number 3, March 1973.

Overview & Synopsis

This document is divided into four sections, each an announcement of an event related to teacher education. The first section is a discussion of in-service education with a brief description of the book "Improving In-Service Education (1971)," edited by Louis Rubin. Section two is a description of the University of Bridgeport's Multiple Alternatives Program (MAP), a competency-based teacher education model for in-service elementary teachers. The procedure of MAP is described: each professional growth plan is designed and planned by the participant and a staff member, with the participant's performance evaluated on the degree to which specific performance goals, based on identified needs, have been achieved. Section three is an announcement of the performance-based teacher education (PBTE) conference to be held in Boston, April 16-17, 1973. The final section is an announcement of the existence of the Clearinghouse for the Connecticut Pilot Projects on PBTE. (JA)