This document contains 47 presentations which focus on professional preparation of personnel in vocational-technical education and industry as an essential step in achieving excellence in educational and industrial training programs. The presentations include "Critical Issues Facing Vocational Teacher Education" (Zellner, Parrish); "A Call for Change in Teacher Education: A Dean Comments" (Campbell); "Conducting a Statewide Needs ASsessment" (Milanovich); "Diagnostic Testing in Field-Centered Performance-Based Teacher Education [PBTE]" (Walker, Whisner); "Improving Vocational Teacher Assessment" (Pratzner, et al.); "Teacher Competency Testing: Pros and Cons" (Adams); "Role of the PBTE Teacher Educator: Field-Based" (Eads); "A Beginning Teacher Program and the Induction Year" (Fardig); "Faculty Development in a Competency Based Education [CBE] Delivery System" (Johnson); "The NATTS-Recommended Competency-Based Staff Development [CBSD] Program: A Nationwide Commitment to Staff Development" (Connor); "Preparing the Itinerant Teacher Educator" (Adamsky); "Strategies for Maintaining Quality-Control with Distance Education" (Walker); "Staff Development via Teleconferencing" (Lawry); "Updating Teachers for Tomorrow's Technology" (Hamilton, Wonacott); "Criteria for Judging PBTE Program Quality" (Fardig); "Research Findings on Using PBTE Modules in Vocational Teacher Education" (Haas); "American Vocational Association Looks at Effective Leadership and the Carl D. Perkins Act" (Kolde); "CBAE in Arkansas: An Overview" (Nichols); "Preparing Vocational School Superintendents" (Wolf); "Using CBTE in General Professional Education" (Brower); "Performance-based Training in Industry: Realizing the Potential" (Evans); "Training Effectiveness Evaluation" (Patrick); "Training Standards for Nuclear Power Instructors" (Mullican); "Microteaching in PBTE" (Wiggin); "Performance-Based Teller Training: We Are Banking on It" (Miller-Beach); "Competency-Based Education in the Railroad Industry" (Penrose); "Behind Bars with CBE: Look What's Happening to Inmate Training" (Stitt, et al.); "Competency-Based Learning: Holland College Model" (Reese); "DACUM and the Apprentice Training Process in New Zealand" (Burleigh); "Applying Competency-Based Training Techniques in Developing Countries" (Salt); "New Developments in PBTE, CBSD, CBAE, and PBT at Your National Center" (Norton); "Achieving Professional Excellence by Enhancing Your Creativity" (Arn); and "DACUM: Using the National Center's Approach" (Norton). Three small group discussions are also summarized. Appendices contain a list of the conference staff and presenters and the conference agenda. (YLB)