School Based Teacher Educator Project: Report of First Year Activities, 1975-1976. School Based Teacher Educators, Number 9.

The results of the research and planning activities for the first year's operation of the School Based Teacher Educator (SBTE) project are reported in this document. Two goals were established for the project. The first was to develop competency specifications and prototype training materials for the school based teacher educator. The second goal was to develop a cooperative network among Texas Teacher Centers for developing the SBTE role. Section I of this report explains the purpose of the project. Section II outlines the organization of the project as it works toward the second goal. The process for specifying competencies involved extensive analysis of the literature, interviews with persons engaged in SBTE, reactions of national experts and state educators, and considerations of clinical practice modes of operation; this process is summarized in Section III. The efforts of the Training Task Force in developing general guidelines for alternate procedures for preparing school based teacher educators are reported in Section IV. Section V explores the basic question of whether credentialing the school based teacher education would increase competency. The project evaluation is reported in Section VI. Section VII lists unpublished project documents that provide greater detail on each project activity. The Recognition System for SBTE is appended. (MM)