The first in a series of nine career education guides covers the planning and implementation of an articulated career education program. The unit provides a means for articulating the total career education concept in grades K-12 by use of an integrated council. It lists career education goals with respect to general objectives and specific grade levels. It discusses a tri-regional, regional and district basis of organizing career education, and details the makeup of the Career Education Coordinating Council at the local level. It examines the responsibilities of the various coordinating units present on the Council: the tri-Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) regional career education director; the tri-BOCES materials center; school representatives; students; parents; BOCES occupational center representatives; business, industry, and organized labor; local colleges and technical schools; government; and other community groups. It discusses objectives and techniques of articulation within the school, between schools, and between the school and the community. A one-page appendix presents an organizational format for recruiting resource personnel. (JR)