Collaborative Teams That Work: The Definitive Guide to How Teams Transform Teaching and Learning, Second Edition

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), at their best, become a way of being for a school, and they have helped teachers around the world produce better outcomes for their students. As the challenges schools face grow more complex, building a collaborative culture matters more than ever, and collective responsibility for learning becomes the surest way forward if we are to realise the promise of education. The harder part is knowing what to do once a team sits down together and how that work carries into the classroom.

A bestseller since its release in 2020, this second edition of Collaborative Teams That Work returns shaped by what experienced teachers and educational coaches Colin Sloper and Gavin Grift have since learned in and with systems and schools. They refine their cycles of learning and break down the right work of high-performing teams into twelve clear actions, grounded in new case studies and examples from real team meetings and classrooms.

Whether your school is beginning its PLC journey or your team is ready to reach its full potential, this book is grounded in theory and made for practice, bringing clarity and focus into your meetings and real results for the students you serve.

Featuring a foreword by internationally sought-after educational consultant Anthony Muhammad, Collaborative Teams That Work transforms the very best research into concrete actions that will help your school answer the critical questions of a PLC and anticipate, address and overcome the challenges that collaborative teams often encounter on their quest to ensure high levels of learning for all.