This guide contains information designed to provide vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluation and planning. The first section of the guide, consisting of information for use in local annual planning, outlines procedures for reviewing community data, evaluating existing programs, assessing external program options, and making decisions pertaining to a new program. Examined next are strategies for use in long-range planning. The final section of the volume is a leader's guide that covers topics such as individuals who should be included in planning, data collection procedures in the planning process, and coordination of planning meetings. Appended to the guide are Oregon standards that apply to vocational education, major sources of information for community data, sample forms and questionnaires, and tables of data pertaining to vocational education in Oregon. (MN)