This study involved all distributive education state supervisory and teacher education personnel in the United States, 48 distributive education teacher coordinators and 400 distributive workers at the entry, supervisory and management levels. Specific objectives were to determine: (1) basic beliefs concerning distributive education, (2) critical tasks of the distributive education teacher coordinator, (3) professional competencies needed to perform these tasks, and (4) technical competencies needed by the teacher coordinator to develop worker competencies. This document includes a philosophy of distributive education, critical tasks of the high school distributive education teacher coordinator, the professional and technical competencies needed, and a cross tabulation of competencies needed by selected distributive workers. Volume II, department stores, variety stores, (VT 005 974), Volume III, food stores, service station, wholesaling, (VT 005 975), and Volume IV, hotels-motels, restaurants, (VT 005 976) include the critical tasks of selective distributive workers, competencies needed to perform the tasks, and a cross tabulation of competencies needed by workers in selected categories of business. Volume V (VT 009 085) includes final reports of Phases II and III of the study. (MM)