Facilitator Handbook: Learning Team Guide for Strategic Reading in the Content Areas, consisting of 12 sessions, has been developed to assist the successful implementation of learning teams. Research-based outcomes for the learning team process are:

• Develop strategic readers in all content areas
• Engage in practices that shift the learning process from teacher-directed to student-directed
• Examine information and practice strategies for teaching reading in your content area
• Engage in reflective practice and participate as a member of a learning team