Let me count the ways: The many educational uses for Microsoft Teams
Teams is useful for many educational purposes.
Class Teams helps educators easily manage class workflow while engaging every learner’s voice. Using Class Teams, educators can move quickly and easily from conversations to content creation. Educators create, share, and grade assignments while learners collaborate on projects, provide feedback to peers, and engage in conversations about the content they’re learning.
Staff Teams can be used for whole school initiatives or for smaller departmental projects. The uses are only limited by the vision of administrators and school leaders. Examples include:
- School improvement plans
- Incident response plans
- Disciplinary reports
- Social and emotional learning programs
- Educator evaluations
- Technology support and instruction
- Bus incident reports
- Curriculum planning
In short, create Staff Teams for different projects, activities, committees, and processes. Any administrative task can be managed within Teams.
A PLC team allows educators to connect regularly with colleagues and continue personal career development throughout the year. A PLC team may be structured by interests, grade levels, departments, across subjects, or book studies. A PLC team has an integrated PLC OneNote Notebook, which provides templates based on the Dufour model for PLCs.
Educators and learners may also create a Team for clubs, sports teams, or any common interests.