1. To research,
prioritize, and promulgate a set of minimum common characteristics of an
effective teacher. QTII anticipates the principal areas of focus will be
a. Objective-based Planning, Teaching, and
Assessment
b. Affective Development
c. Curriculum
d. Counseling and Advising
e. Textbook Selection
and Authoring.
2. To provide inservice training
seminars at a reasonable cost to teach instructors how to be effective,
including
- Defining the WHAT: Objectives
for Effective Teaching
- Defining the HOW: Classroom
Techniques for Effective Teaching
- Test Construction
- Win Their Hearts, Win Their
Minds: Student Affective Development
- Curriculum Development and
Alignment
- Counseling and Advising: The
Neglected Aspect of Education
- Textbook Selection and
Authoring
3. To establish, maintain,
and administer effective teaching certification standards and
guidelines, for
- Teachers
- Courses
- Departments
- Schools
- Textbooks
4. To conduct research to
determine the effectiveness of QTII methodologies and provide a basis
for updating QTII programs.
5. To become a nationwide
repository for common course objectives.
6. To become a nationwide
repository for test questions, (Test Item Bank) directly related to the
objectives in the QTII Objectives Repository.
7. To provide internet-based
access to chain-of-objectives and test item bank material to authorized users. This will
include for any selected course appropriate course objectives, learning
objectives (hierarchy), behavioral objectives, criterion objectives, and
test items. This will also include test answer sheet scanner access to
test scoring and automated test item analysis statistics.
8. To convince educational
institutions and accrediting agencies that teachers need to know how to
teach, and to require QTII certification for all persons in teaching
positions.
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