This booklet is intended to aid school officials in collective bargaining and dealing with employee disputes, in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Educational Employment Relations Act. Individual chapters focus in turn on preparing for negotiations, carrying on negotiations, concluding negotiations, resolving disputes, and dealing with school strikes. The appendix contains the text of Washington's Educational Employment Relations Act and Public Employment Labor Relations Act, a section analyzing typical negotiations proposals, a model emergency strike plan, and a glossary of important employee relations terms. Because much of the booklet is addressed to the specific provisions of Washington state laws, it will be of limited value to school officials in other states. (JG)