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Competency‐Based Evaluation for Selecting a Counselor Educator
Author(s) -
WEITZ LAWRENCE J.,
ANCHOR KENNETH N.,
PERCY RICHARD L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1976.tb01011.x
Subject(s) - psychology , medical education , professional development , selection (genetic algorithm) , scale (ratio) , rating scale , program evaluation , evaluation methods , applied psychology , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , developmental psychology , physics , public administration , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , political science , engineering , reliability engineering
This article describes an approach to faculty selection in a competency‐based human development counseling program, the development of which enabled candidates to demonstrate their actual level of mastery for a wide range of skills associated with professional effectiveness. Candidates invited to participate in this evaluation procedure were advised in advance of the following five areas in which they would be evaluated: counseling and psychotherapy, teaching, supervision, research methodology, and program development. Candidates prepared 30‐ to 60‐minute presentations characteristic of their best efforts for each area of evaluation. Both faculty and students completed professional effectiveness scale ratings for each of the activities engaged in by job candidates. This article reports the successes and setbacks of this model and presents critical recommendations of persons who participated as job candidates and of those who participated in the candidate evaluation sessions.