Intended to serve primarily as a guideline, this manual presents an example of how one rural school system restructured its curriculum to integrate career education into the program. Based on flexibility and adaptation, it presents six areas for consideration: (1) the eight elements of career education; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of career education in rural schools; (3) creating career education curriculum; (4) total staff involvement, with emphasis on the roles of instructional media specialists, guidance personnel, and administrators; (5) public relations: involving community and parents; and (6) evaluating the program. An index is provided and a bibliography is appended. (BL)