Adult society and employment increasingly require participants who are able to work together effectively as members of teams and small groups.  In addition, evidence is available that significant learning gains (cognitive and conceptual knowledge as well as higher order thinking skills) can be achieved by students who engage complex academic content as members of collaborative study teams.  These results apply especially to students who read and write below grade level or who are otherwise regarded as low academic status.  Through lecture, demonstration teaching, instructional coaching, exchanges with colleagues, the project strengthens teachers' abilities to use small group study approaches as an integral part of their teaching practice.
 
 
 

Academic specialist presentations/articles

Institute days:  summer and academic year

Project instructional units

Instructional coaching

Classroom observation and feedback

On-line problem-solving/consulting

Instructional specialists

Fellow/mentor teachers