This guide is intended to assist coordinating teachers in Manitoba in facilitating school and community efforts in developing and improving educational experiences in the workplace. The following topics are covered: the nature and scope of work education (what work education is, programs using it, objectives and outcomes, and related instruction); basic principles of work education (cooperation and communication); participants in work education (students, parents, employers, workers, teachers, administrators, and advisory committees); legal aspects of work education (Public Schools Act and Regulations, student safety, workers compensation, student age limitations, liability, and use of forms); work education practices (planning the use of work education in programs, recruiting and maintaining workstations, caring for students in the workplace, and helpful hints). Appended are work education program registration and workers compensation coverage forms, a checklist for work educators, a list of community resources, a 17-item list of resource materials, pertinent excerpts from Manitoba's laws, and responsibilities of Manitoba Education and Training. (MN)