Saskatchewan's Meadow Lake Special Area is predominantly north of the Fifty-fourth parallel on the west side of northern Saskatchewan. An agreement between the Department of Regional Economic Expansion and the province provide for manpower training necessitated by industrial and economic expansion. At first a large vocational school was intended for construction in Meadow Lake. However, because of the known disinclination of native people to seek training away from their home communities, additional study was initiated of area training needs. Interviews and observations conducted over seven months indicated that the Meadow Lake Vocational School should instead be a Vocational Resource Center. The program would assist in the identification of area community needs, develop suitable learning programs, and provide external instructional programs. The only internal programs of the Centre would be for the training of instructors; local men and women would be trained as paraprofessionals to teach in their own communities. Operation, supervision, evaluation and continuous adaptation of instructional programs would be the Centre's central focus. This community-centered educational program would function to meet community needs as identified by the residents. This report is divided into three parts. The first describes the recommendations concerning the resource centre, the second discusses the practice of both policy-guided performance and effective learning, and the third explores changing perspectives in education. (Author/DS)