This guide is presented to assist institutions of higher education to: (1) initiate teacher-preparation programs in bilingual education; (2) modify and improve existing bilingual education programs; (3) expand the bilingual education programs into the graduate level; and (4) expand to other graduate programs in addition to teacher education. After stating ten assumptions on which a bilingual education program is based, the guide focuses on program implementation, the undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs, and an overview of degree programs. For each level, the attitudes and skills to be developed are described as well as linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical competencies. The competencies, sequential in nature, are of two types: (1) the basic type with minimum requirements that will allow the individual to perform effectively as a bilingual education teacher or as a specialist in some other branch of bilingual education; and (2) supporting competencies, that is, those which serve to enhance and strengthen the preparation of the degree candidates. The section on degree program overviews shows graphically the approximate ratios between basic and supporting competencies, and among the various subcategories of supporting competencies. A bibliography is appended. (AMH)