To assist project members in understanding the concepts and philosophy of community-based education in Teacher Corps programs, this document presents eight learning guides. The first two guides relate community-based education to regulations and to emerging community-based policy in the Teacher Corps program. They offer background material for the four guides that follow and provide information on and insight into the legislative intent for community involvement in Teacher Corps. The following guides utilize four case studies of community-based education projects undertaken by the Teacher Corps to explore organizational concepts. Each includes guided activities, a list of behavioral objectives, and a self-test on organizational concepts. The case studies are briefly summarized, but not included. The final two guides treat issues of community council governance, role, and function. The Teacher Corps regulations, a policy paper on community-based education, and information on the functions of the community council are appended. (Author/WD)