Vocational Teacher Education Project. June 1989-June 1993. Final Report. CNAP Research Report.

Overview & Synopsis

The Vocational Teacher Education Project (VTEP) was a 4-year project designed to create a dynamic vocational teacher education model for use in vocational teacher education programs throughout Florida. The knowledge base requirements for effective teaching and Florida's vocational teaching education delivery models were reviewed. A VTEP model was then developed based on input from the following sources: project advisory committee members, local and state school district vocational education leaders; and reviews of literature and pertinent research reports. The VTEP model developed is a holistic model for planning vocational teacher education that employs partnerships and collaborative working relationships to equip vocational teacher education students with necessary how-to-teach competencies and link vocational teacher education with local vocational education programs. (The bibliography lists 31 references. Appendixes constituting approximately 60% of this document contain the following: advisory committee representation matrix and committee members list; Performance-Based Teacher Education/Competency-Based Staff Development professional competencies survey instrument; Vocational Education Needs Assessment and Planning teacher competencies; data tables from survey analysis; survey comments; VTEP/blueprint/Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills comparisons; and the 48-page report "Vocational Teacher Education: A Context for the Future" (Richard L. Lynch, Mildred B. Griggs), which contains 37 references.) (MN)