Directed primarily toward small school administrators and school boards, this publication describes a consortium of five rural school districts in central Missouri and how they used a traveling teacher to facilitate incorporation of microcomputer capabilities into the school systems' operation and curriculum. The paper describes the use of the consortium to provide teacher inservice training in each district and discusses curriculum applications of microcomputers. Topics include development of the training program, delivery system, methods of instruction, evaluation of the inservice program, and explanation of the post inservice use of computers in the consortium schools. A discussion of the suggested principles of consortium operation covers the need for a clear advantage to cooperation, optimal number of members, geographic proximity and size of member schools, leadership, organization, finances, and the use of outside resources. Background material includes a description of the roles to be played by small school consortia, a review of literature concerning the use of computer technology in rural schools, and a history of the Mid-Missouri Small School Consortium (MMSSC) with attention to features that made for successful sharing of services. Appendices contain tables showing participant ratings of inservice training topics, characteristics of schools and communities forming the MMSSC and a short list of references. (JHZ)