In compliance with the Teacher Education Center Act of 1973 (Section 231.608, Florida Statutes), a select group of Florida educators, Department of Education members, and State Council on Teacher Education Centers (TEC's) representatives developed proposed criteria for both the evaluation of teacher centers and evaluation of the evaluation methods. The proposed criteria explored four areas of TEC assessment: (1) the rationale behind TEC's; (2) the extent of collaboration and participation of TEC users; (3) the description of programs or activities of TEC's; and (4) the adequacy and availability of resources a given TEC may or may not provide. This document describes the theory and design of the evaluation methods and criteria and includes discussion of the conceptual views involved in the Florida TEC program. A bibliography of 13 sources is appended. (LH)