The manual was prepared to provide administrators of small schools with information on techniques which promote flexibility in school scheduling. While no attempt was made to provide details for implementation of flexible scheduling, the information provided should be sufficient to enable the administrator (1) to determine if some variation of flexible scheduling would be beneficial and feasible for his particular school situation and (2) to locate more specific information by contacting schools or by obtaining literature referred to in the manual. The 31-item bibliography at the end of this publication is composed of citations and abstracts from "Research in Education." These citations were selected specifically for their relevance to rural and small schools. (Author)