This book, written to help educators with little or no experience in tech prep, presents a step-by-step process showing how to plan, develop, and implement a tech prep program. It shows how schools can work collaboratively with businesses to organize programs that give students the core, technical, and specialty skills and proficiencies they need. The first 5 chapters of the 10-chapter book focus on learning abut tech prep and getting started. They cover the following topics: (1) the need for tech prep; (2) how the program works; (3) creating a tech prep consortium; (4) getting started (creating vision and mission statements); and (5) organizing the teams (the consortium, the local school district, and the postsecondary school). The remaining five chapters provide more action steps to get the job done: (1) conducting inservices on tech prep; (2) making curriculum changes and creating a more interactive, integrated, and applied learning environment for students; (3) involving businesses in the program; (4) building a campaign to promote the program; and (5) tracking the program's success through evaluation. Three appendices contain definitions, core proficiencies, and a tech prep checklist. A bibliography contains 20 references and sources for more information. (KC)