Mandarin teaching was more or less teacher-centered in the past decades. However, teachers may find it no longer easy to meet students' needs with the same teaching approaches nowadays. Hence, teaching Chinese as a second language has gradually become a professional subject involving different fields with theoretical backgrounds. The purpose of this action research is to see if the process of establishing an intensive program can develop teacher professional knowledge so as to help students learn effectively. The participants of this study were twelve teachers and eighty-six students of the Mandarin Training Center at National Taiwan Normal University. Data were collected from questionnaires, interviews, and meetings. The findings showed that peer dialogues, collaborative work, and resource sharing were all beneficial to teacher development.