Intended for Special Education Directors, the source book is designed to provide assistance in the areas of personnel identification and selection. In part I, recommended competencies are listed for the following special education staff: resource classroom teacher, self-contained teacher, vocational adjustment teacher, generic classroom teacher, administrator, supervisor, educational diagnostician, counselor, psychologist, and special education teacher aide. Part II on staffing the schools covers the following topics: practices and techniques in the selection of staff (on the question of relative validity, on staff selection methods, interviews, biographical information, reference checking, rating scales, transcripts, sociometric devices, applicant's personality, and "halo effect"); on hiring the handicapped; unlawful employment practices; and a new interview approach--the teacher perceiver interview guide. A final section offers a brief summary of staff selection practices and a list of questions to be used in interviews for special education teacher selection. Appended are Texas guidelines for special education personnel, an interview checklist, proposed interview questions, and role description models for special education programs. (SBH)