Part of a 4-volume set constituting a model to assist all school districts in Region 17 (Texas) in infusing comprehensive career oriented education into their existing instructional programs by 1980, this teacher guide contains materials for the first part of a 3-phase program designed to move the participant through a series of informational steps to a proficiency in developing comprehensive outcome based career oriented education topics. Section A provides awareness information on career education with special emphasis on the Texas state plan for career education. Section B presents an overview and indepth study of the seven components of career education. Section C (63 pages) introduces available occupational resources. Sections D and E deal with two methods of involving the community in the career oriented education program, i.e. resource persons and field trips. An assessment of student needs discussed relative to career education is conducted in Section F. In Section G, participants are introduced to and given experience in using the curriculum infusion format developed for the program. Skills learned in this section will be used in Section H in which participants have an opportunity to adapt topics from the Education Service Center career oriented curriculum. (TA)