This handbook includes information, ideas, and methods to help the teacher effectively use community resources in career education and focuses on relationships between curriculum subject areas and careers. Two major sections are included. The first section is a discussion of the role of community resources in career education, covering goals of career education in Washington State, bringing students and their community together, special considerations such as promoting community awareness of career education, and roles and responsibilities of educators. The second section provides teachers with specific guidelines on planning for and using community resources in the K-12 curriculum. Focus is on working with the community resource coordinator, analyzing a subject for careers, analyzing career areas, and conducting an activity using a community resource. Reproducible forms and sample materials mentioned in the guide are included in a related document (CE 014 259). (TA)