The implications of rapid change in rural areas demand an effort on the part of planner educators to prepare professional planners for new, transactive roles with skills to build the capacity of communities to become self-reliant. As one of the partner institutions working collaboratively in rural development and planning with the Partnership for Rural Improvement, Eastern Washington University has developed an inter-disciplinary planning curriculum that translates theory of transactive planning into skill areas and techniques. This curriculum has the added dimension of unique outreach work in adult and continuing education for planning commissioners, staff, and community members. (Author)