This guide is designed to serve as a reference for both beginning and experienced teachers in a preemployment laboratory that is part of a coordinated vocational-academic education program. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: student eligibility and approved coordinated vocational-academic programs, safety and teacher liability, the learning process and principles of motivation, preparation for teaching, methods of instruction, organization of instructional materials, shop organization, organization and administration of a chapter of the Vocational Opportunities Club of Texas, and policies and procedures pertaining to starting and closing school. (MN)