Developed by the total staff at Vocational Village (Portland, Oregon), this handbook presents the following: (1) information about Vocational Village, a unique alternative high school which offers a program dedicated to helping economically and educationally disadvantaged youth between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one become independent, responsible, and productive citizens through guidance, counseling, and an interdisciplinary curriculum of basic and career oriented education adjusted to individual needs, and placement and follow-up services; (2) a reference explaining the roles, duties, and expectations of all members of the faculty and all classified personnel; (3) an explanation of the procedures and forms necessary to process students into and out of this open-entry open-exit program; (4) a bibliography of reference books and other resources that will enable the staff to improve and update methodology and better understand educational policies; and (5) a glossary of terms that have a special or unique meaning for the school. The information is presented in five sections: (1) purpose and goals; (2) curriculum, including a sample outline of behavioral objectives for the clerical office practice unit of the clerical occupational cluster; (3) administrative procedures (admissions, registration, reporting of achievement, and program completion); (4) staff (code of profession ethics, staff improvement, staff responsibilities); and (5) forms (student enrollment and scheduling, attendance and discipline, academic achievement, conduct, transportation and safety, and miscellaneous). (BL)