1. A Climate for Team Building. The Teacher's Role. Avenues of Teacher Renewal
2. An Agenda for Team Building. The Evolution of Team Building. Examples of Academies
3. Selecting Teams. Choosing a School. The Team's Relationship to the School. Selecting Individuals. A Team's Concerns About Change
4. How an Academy Happens. Demands of the Schedule. Personal Expectations of Team Building. Analyzing and Imagining. Planning for the Return. Teachers as Leaders
5. Bonding and Growing. Outward Bound. A Proper Setting for Team Building. Getting to Know Each Other. Group Process Skills. E Pluribus Unum?
6. The Team and the Principal. Should Principals Be on Teams? Needed: Principals with Confidence. New Allies for the Principal. Principal as Enabler. Support of the Central Administration
7. The Team Returns. Spreading Ownership. Personal Transformation. Schoolwide Transformation. The Role of Facilitator
8. Making Time for Teams.
New Schedules for New Responsibilities. Some Ways to Reallocate Time
9. Obstacles to Teams. Societal Factors. Budgets. Unions. Teacher Knowledge and Dedication. Team Function. Continuity
10. Team Building in the Long Run. Lessons for Professional Development.