Presented is the report on a practicum to implement a series of activities to assist Directors of Special Education in the task of personnel identification and selection. Specific issues considered are skills or competencies in special education staff roles, guidelines for special education certification in Texas, and practices and techniques in the selection of special education personnel. Reviewed are the following practicum activities: conducting a needs assessment to identify problem areas in the selection of special education staff; surveying the literature for results of research on effective competencies for successful special education staff; designing and publishing a self-study source book on staff selection for Directors of Special Education; designing and implementing a seminar for Special Education Directors on "Changing the Staff Selection Process in Special Education"; disseminating a source book to a large population of individuals involved in staff selection on the public school, college, and university settings; making observations of interviews conducted by a target population of directors who undertook self-study of the source book; designing and using numerous instruments applicable to the practicum activities; analyzing and reporting results of the data collected; and conducting formative and summative evaluation activities. Appendixes include a practicum design chart, a staff selection checklist, and a chart of the evaluation model. (SBH)