This booklet is Part I of a two-part manual for teaching reading through the Systems Approach to Individualized Instruction (SAII) program developed at Manzanita Elementary School in Josephine County, Oregon. Part I is a guide for use by teacher trainers in conducting workshops on SAII methods and materials for elementary teachers. Because Part I does not describe the SAII program in detail, teacher trainers and their students will need to refer continually to Part II throughout the course of the workshop. Part I is organized in two sections. Section 1 focuses on planning and organizing the workshop, and section 2 suggests topics to be covered in the workshop and discusses the presentation of each topic. (Author/JG)