New avenues and arrangements must be found for improving the occupational competency of teachers in order to meet the demand for skilled and recently-trained workers. Thus, this publication was designed to help teacher educators develop cooperative programs with industry so they may provide occupational experience programs for present and prospective teachers. The compact nature of the review and organization into guideline format should provide a ready reference for the practitioner seeking to develop and improve occupational experience programs for teachers in his college or university. Special attention was directed toward a review of existing programs, the development of guidelines for future program development, areas of concern, and alternative approaches. (Authors)