This handbook provides strategies for coordination of instruction between vocational education and general education teachers. Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) programs were started in Texas to serve the disadvantaged. This handbook includes the following: information on using the handbook; a model overview; a list of print, nonprint, and organizational resources; and five appendices. The model overview is presented in six chapters: (1) introduction; (2) setting the stage; (3) local district inservice programs; (4) implementing the model; (5) increasing academic content in vocational education; and (6) evaluation and follow-up. The appendices, which make up the bulk of the document, include the following: (1) a trainer's manual in three sections: introduction, establishing communication channels, and vocational/academic advisory committee; (2) description of participating districts; (3) forms; (4) a list of techniques for generalizable skills instruction; (5) a list of remedial reading techniques; and (6) evaluation forms. Two readability formulas and a 14-item bibliography are also included. (NLA)