This guide is intended to assist the vocational teacher in designing and implementing a child care occupations vocational program. The guide is divided into four sections: organization and implementation, instructional emphasis areas, assessment, and appendix. The organization and implementation section describes goal-based planning, and includes a proposed program curriculum, a suggested curriculum schedule, allied support courses, information about individualized instruction, and current Oregon manpower data. The instructional emphasis areas section contains suggested course goals and learning activities and resources in growth and development, patterns of behavior, planning play activities, health and safety, and employment. Section three explains why assessment is needed and is followed by the appendix, which contains (1) job descriptions from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, (2) instructional analysis of the skills and knowledge common to the key occupations, (3) rules and laws governing child care in Oregon, (4) bibliography, and (5) assessment instrument for child care services programs. (KC)