This book contains presentations made at a series of 3-day workshops held in Kentucky to prepare vocational educators to write proposals, progress reports, and final reports for research and development efforts. Workshop presentation included "Need for Research and Development in Vocational-Technical Education," by Robert Warmbrod, Alfred J. Mannebach, and Elizabeth Ray; "Developing Ideas, Explaining and Stating the Problem," by Glen Davis; "Related Research," by E. Norman Sims; "Developing Objectives," by Floyd McKinney; "Methodology or Procedure," by Janie L. Jones; "Personnel Plan," by Herbert Bruce; "Dissemination Plan," by E. Norman Sims; "Evaluation Plan," by Herbert Bruce; "Developing the Budget," by B. Glen Davis; "Proposal Submission and Review;""Preparing Progress Reports and Final Reports," by Louis Perry; and "Managing the Research and Development Project," by Robert Schneider. Included also are workshop objectives and procedures, the conclusions which were based upon the formal and informal evaluations conducted both during and after the workshops, and the recommendations formulated by the workshop staff. (HD)