This guide for inservice teacher education is designed for use by teacher groups in planning inservice. Short substantive narratives are followed by practical exercises to help teachers plans and develop inservice education, find resources, use outside assistance, and understand the potential functions of inservice education. The model presented is essentially an approach to planning, beginning with needs assessment and continuing through delivery of inservice. Emphasis is placed on the special conditions of rural schools and rural teachers, although the materials are generally useful to others. Topics covered include the following: (1) types of teacher inservice education; (2) needs assessment; (3) meeting and workshop format; (4) parent/community awareness of inservice teacher education; (5) release time models; (6) institutions of higher education and local education agency collaboration; (7) funding for inservice education; (8) school board awareness; (9) governance; (10) administrative support; (11) negotiations and inservice; (12) the role of the state department of education; (13) rural teacher centers. A bibliography for further reading follows each of the twelve sections of the manual. (JD)