This document is intended to assist new and experienced vocational education teachers in the United Kingdom who are delivering General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) and vocational A-levels. The following are among the topics discussed in the guide's four sections: (1) developing an approach to vocational learning (establishing links with employers, contacting employers, developing partnerships, providing careers guidance); (2) vocational teaching and learning strategies (selecting delivery methods, planning site visits to businesses, incorporating the vocational context into schemes of work and lesson plans, developing a vocational resource base, directories and sources of further information); (3) teacher placements (flexible patterns of delivery for placements, placement sharing, benefits of teacher placements for students); and (4) developing effective student placement programs (post-16 work experience, work experience management; the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in providing placements, portfolios and part-time working, general employer benefits). Case studies providing examples of good practice and materials produced by schools and colleges are presented throughout the publication. The following items are appended: (1) an introduction to the Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick; (2) a work experience framework for tutors; (3) a sample student activity; and (4) a framework for excellence in work-related learning. (MN)