This handbook is designed to familiarize the beginning secondary vocational teacher with the legal requirements and guidelines for the Indiana assistantship program for vocational teacher licensing and to assist that teacher in satisfactorily completing the assistantship. The handbook includes a discussion of the features of the occupational specialist certificate; an outline of requirements for the certificate; an overview of the beginning teacher assistantship program; a list of the expectations and responsibilities of the vocational administrator, the university representative, the mentor (an outstanding experienced teacher who provides assistance and support but who does not evaluate the beginning teacher), and the beginning teacher; and the standards for the occupational specialist certificate. Appendices provide a checklist of the certification requirements, Indiana state certification rules, criteria for selecting mentors, a beginning teacher assistantship inventory, observation record forms, sample discussion items for meetings between beginning teachers and mentors, a list of the most frequently perceived problems of beginning teachers, and a form for requesting evaluation of credentials for occupational specialist certification. (CML)