This handbook provides guidelines for administrators and teachers for establishing classes that emphasize individualized programed learning. The suggestions are primarily for use in community adult school classrooms of standard size. Some of the "hows" of setting up the program are: (1) the utilization of the classroom (space, size, and furniture); (2) organizing a good recordkeeping system (student folders, course materials, tests and answer keys, and supplemental materials); (3) putting together the learning materials (course outlines and course segments); (4) providing student enrollment and placement; (5) how to spend your dollars; (6) the changing role of the teacher (as a counselor, test administrator,tutor, supervisor and bookkeeper, and curriculum specialist; and (7) how to evaluate your program (through checklists and flow charts). Appendixes provide further detailed help on district approved courses in programed instruction, courses not listed, adult schools with individualized learning centers, lists of publishers and vendors of instructional materials and equipment, samples of diagnostic placement tests, reading surveys, test publishers, budget priorities for learning centers, professional references, and a sample program to introduce programed instruction to new students. (BP)