This teacher's guide is designed to facilitate use of the West Virginia floriculture competency-based education (CBE) curriculum by instructors in floriculture programs. The curriculum is organized into 13 learning units, correlated with specific competencies. Each competency includes a learning checklist, learning activities, and evaluative standards. Where appropriate, student quizzes, work sheets, and information sheets are included. In order to aid the teacher, the accompanying teacher's guide contains an explanation of the curriculum and suggested usage; a list of competencies, by job title; suggested unit tests; and a list of references to accompany the curriculum. Appendixes to the guide contain data and information on tasks currently performed and equipment used, as determined from a validation survey of educators and persons employed in floriculture, and lists of curriculum aids currently used in West Virginia floriculture programs. Job titles covered in the curriculum include field inspector for disease and insect control; irrigator; supervisor of insect and disease inspection; flower picker; bulb sorter; supervisors of rose grading and horticulture; specialty growers; plant propagator; harvest contractor; cashier-wrapper; farmworker; telephone order clerk; salesperson for flowers or florist supplies; floral designer; florist; and manager of a retail store. (KC)