This booklet contains descriptions of the programs under the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) administered by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development during fiscal year 1971 (July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971). Material on each of the 14 programs includes a list of objectives, an outline of eligibility requirements for applicants and participants, brief descriptions of program characteristics, and an address to which letters of interest or inquiry may be directed. The programs are organized under four headings: (1) Programs to improve the education of children from low-income families: Career Opportunities Program, Teacher Corps, and Urban/Rural School Development Program; 2) Programs to reinforce the preparation of all educational personnel: Training of Teacher Trainers Program and Training Complexes Program; 3) Programs to help meet critical qualitative and quantitative shortages of educational personnel: Bilingual Education Program; Educational Leadership Program, Early Childhood Program, Personnel Services Staff Program, Special Education Program, Vocational Education Personnel Program, and State Grants Program; 4) Programs to meet special needs for education personnel as they arise and to develop and test solutions for those needs needs: School Personnel Utilization Program and Teacher Development for Desegregating Schools Program. Also included is the Media Specialists Program administered by the Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology. (JS)