This book is a guide for educators or administrators responsible for implementing a teacher aide program. Eleven chapters are devoted to answering questions grouped under major areas of concern. These chapters include the teacher aide concept, goals and benefits of teacher aide programs, the question of volunteer or paid aides, legal status and responsibility of aides, initiation of the program, enhancing the teacher aide program, classification of teacher aides, selection of teacher aides, aide training, utilizing the aide, and specific examples of special aide usage. The appendix presents an overview of the volunteer effort at Michigan State University. A glossary and a 64-item bibliography are included. (MJM)