This booklet is the first in a series of eight that describe the tenth-cycle Lincoln, Nebraska, Teacher Corps Project, located at Goodrich Junior High School under the joint sponsorship of the Lincoln Public Schools and the Teachers College of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The three goals of the competency-based preservice and inservice project were (1) improvement of the delivery of educational opportunities and services through the use of diagnostic-prescriptive teaching approaches; (2) the development, implementation, testing, and refining of a comprehensive model for competency-based preservice and inservice teacher education; and (3) the integration and articulation of services to the pupil and his or her family through the cooperation of community, university, and school resources. Booklet One expands upon these three goals by presenting themes and diagrammatic models for each, presented as workable, practical processes that served to realize the goals established for the Lincoln Project. The remaining booklets present descriptive reports of the project themes and models (booklets two through seven) and a report of results obtained with learners, teachers, and community personnel (booklet eight). (MJB)