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The leadership group comes together regularly

Conversations continue online, too

Such intensive, ongoing, and collaborative professional development is exactly what research shows to be most effective for improving both teachers' practice and student learning.

Collaboration on its own doesn't guarantee results, but management research shows that when professionals work together in close partnership toward common goals and when decisions are made with the expertise of those closest to the point of impact, the conditions are right for progress. Collaboration will result in improvements "where it matters most -- in the classroom," says St. John Superintendent Kevin George. "Staff and students will benefit as the information shared will have long-lasting effects,"