This volume of the "Teacher Handbook," a product of the extensive audit and revision of curriculum carried out by the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction in 1984 in order to develop a basic education program for the state's public schools presents a competency-based curriculum in library/media and computer skills. Designed to ensure that each child acquires the skills necessary to become an independent learner and user of information resources, the school library/media skills curriculum is a set of clearly defined skills (locational, inquiry/investigation, reporting, literature appreciation, and reading guidance), which is initiated with the student's introduction to the media center and continued consistently through a sequential plan from kindergarten through grade 12. Introductory material in this volume includes background on the development of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study: an overview of the program's philosophy and rationale; approaches to the teaching of thinking skills and programs for exceptional children; and notes to those using the "Teacher Handbook" for the competency-based curriculum. A number of appendices are provided, including copies of The Elementary and Secondary School Reform Act of 1984 and the Standard Course of Study (North Carolina Administrative Code); lists of course requirements for high school graduation and other programs; an outline of testing requirements; a description of the textbook adoption process; and an organizational chart for instructional services. (THC)