This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This last booklet offers suggestions for the effective planning and implementation of volunteer programs. Ten potential problem areas in utilizing a volunteer reading program are identified along with accompanying recommendations and solutions and steps in planning a volunteer training program are listed. Also offered are sample planning worksheets, a list of possible topics and handbooks, sample news releases and job descriptions, lesson plan and evaluation forms, a list of guidelines for volunteers, a sample reading interest inventory, and an annotated bibliography on volunteer programs. (AEA)