ABSTRACT
Although you spend a great deal of your time working with your pupils in the classroom, you also spend time working with colleagues, in groups and teams. How well teams of staff work together has been identified as contributing to how well the school functions, as indicated below:
At present the performance of most institutions and services is patchy and poorly coordinated. Either some aspects have been developed and others ignored, or success has depended on individuals' strengths rather than on shared purposes and concerted team-work. Often, policies and projects are not sustained long enough to make an impact.
