This resource puts quality improvement at your fingertips by providing you with information covering all aspects of teaming-from types of teams, member roles, and team ground rules to data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. You will also get a CD-ROM that includes reproducible tools for your quality-improvement efforts. This book will help you set the stage for collaboration and teamwork by teaching you how to become a SMART school and improve processes and systems. You and your team members will learn:

• Structures for teamwork
• The basics of effective teamwork
• Group processes and planning tools
• The benefits of thinking like a system
• The role of professional development in learning communities

CD-ROM with reproducible sheets; grades K-12