The School Team Facilitator assists participating New England secondary schools in planning and implementing improvement efforts based on school effectiveness research. This publication, distributed at a team training conference, begins with the conference schedule, a list of facilitators, instructions on choosing a school team, and letters to teachers and principals. The next section, titled "Concepts," contains reprints of articles from "American Education" and "Educational Leadership." These are: "Effective Schools: Accumulating Research Findings" (Michael Cohen); "Classroom Management and Learning" (Jere E. Brophy); "The Effective Principal" (Judith Warren Little); "Guidelines for Improving Teacher Quality" (Gary A. Griffin); "How Teachers' Expectations Affect Results" (Thomas L. Good); "The Role of Testing in Effective Schools" (Andrew C. Porter); and "Academic Press: Translating High Expectations into School Policies and Classroom Practices" (Joseph F. Murphy and others). These are followed by "Approaching the Research on Effective Schools and Effective Classrooms" (a working draft compiled by Thomas Mullikin). The next section, entitled "Tools and Strategies," includes "Quality Circles" (Larry Chase); and "How to Be a Good Facilitator" (Michael Doyle and David Strauss); a series of guides for working with groups; and single sheets for planning and scheduling. A team leader bibliography concludes the document. (MLF)