Educational teams and learning communities

The organization model of school based on educational teams requires structural and instructive changes, in a process that challenges teachers to become professional learning communities, combining their professional development with school improvement, with an impact in the student learning process. This is a qualitative study and it identifies the school main concerns regarding the implementation of this alternative organization, presents the intermediate management structures that have been created, infers the considered model of leadership and shows the significant school and teachers’ gains, namely, the interaction and professional collaboration, social visibility of teaching, the school environment, improved educational achievement and recognition of the community.