This handbook for the distributive education coordinator was designed to provide information on adult distributive education (D.E.) and to outline the necessary steps in establishing and conducting an adult program. It begins with an introduction which lists the intrinsic values of adult D.E. and the advantages that these programs offer to the student, school, businesses, and community. The remaining content discusses each of the following eight steps in setting up an adult D.C. program: (1) determining what to offer, (2) obtaining course outlines (includes a list of available outlines), (3) recruiting adult instructors (covers qualifications and certification), (4) preparing adult instructors, (5) promoting adult D.C. programs, (6) teaching adult D.E. programs, (7) filing state department forms (includes sample form), and (8) evaluating adult D.E. programs (includes sample evaluation form). The appendix contains a form for a statement of qualifications for vocational education teachers in Mississippi and Mississippi's policies and regulations for adult education. (EM)