A Competency-Based Program in Career Information.

MF-$0.75 HC-$1.85 PLUS POSTAGE Career Education; Counselors; *Counselor Training; *Educational Programs; *Guidance Persopnel; *Guidance Programs; Guidance Services; *Performance Based Teacher Education; Student Personnel Services Development of competency-based training programs and the preparation of guidance associates (undergnaduates) and professional counselors within a competency-based framework are current major concerns in education. Three speeches trace the development of a monograph which outlines the program. Edward C. Bonk, in Writing the Module cn Career Information, describes student efforts in dev,elopin a module. George C. Beamer, in Problems in Implementing a Competency-Based Program, deals with problems centered around staff, support by administration, and problems encountered by students. monograph, Preparation of Guidance Associates and Professional Counselors Within the Framework of a Competency-based Program, is treated briefly as a working model and its scope outlined. In The Etiology of a Competency-Based Monograph. Bobbie L. Wilborn discusses the concept, rationale, and beginning of the program as developed by North Texas State University Task Force for the Cooperative Study of Counselor Preparation, Certification, and Practice. (MW) 0.7 A Competency-Based Program in Career Information