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
Strategic and Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-based, and Time-Bound