Connect, collaborate, and save time with Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a digital hub for educators and school leaders. It brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Teams streamlines workflow for administrators and helps educators create vibrant, personalized learning environments.
With Teams, educators can:
- Create collaborative learning environments
- Personalize learning with assignments
- Connect with colleagues in professional learning communities (PLCs)
- Streamline staff communication
Teams supports educator-to-educator collaboration and class collaboration and communication. In short, Teams is the one tool that helps with educators' administrative and classroom tasks. Teams saves educators time while teaching learners future-ready skills.
Teams for educators and learners
Microsoft class teams provide educators with the most efficient class workflow yet.
In Teams, educators can:
- Converse with learners
- Survey learners’ wellbeing with Reflect
- Organize and create class content in Classwork
- Share files and websites
- Create a OneNote Class Notebook
- Distribute and grade assignments
Through Teams, learners are free to use the Microsoft tools they're most familiar with—Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Excel—and access websites and other frequently used third-party apps. Built-in OneNote Class Notebooks and end-to-end assignment management help educators:
- Organize interactive lessons
- Deliver personalized learning
- Provide effective and timely feedback
With one location for everything, class teams save time and simplify everyday logistics so educators can focus on what’s most important—improving learner outcomes.
Teams for staff and PLCs
Staff and PLC teams provide the perfect location to work with colleagues on:
- Projects
- Curriculum adoptions
- School-wide initiatives
School administrators can communicate and collaborate with their entire staff in one location and easily share:
- Policies and procedures
- Forms
- Instructions for various tasks and responsibilities
- School websites
- And more
With the built-in OneNote Staff Notebook, administrators can provide private feedback regarding class observations and establish personalized professional development plans for every faculty member.
Online Teams meetings
Teams also supports online meetings with screen sharing and whiteboard annotation. Meetings can be recorded, transcribed in Stream, and saved to SharePoint in Microsoft 365. Whether colleagues are down the hall or in another building across town, staff and PLC teams support collaboration among educators.
Teams for extracurricular activities
Educators and learners can also use Teams to connect and collaborate on sports, clubs, service opportunities, and other common interests. The flexibility of the “Other” team template helps educators and learners to design a team to fit their needs.
Teams prepares learners for the workplace
Most importantly, Teams isn’t just a platform for schools. It’s how millions of corporate employees around the globe connect and collaborate every day. Using Teams in schools and classes prepares learners to use the same tools and resources they'll most likely use when they enter the workforce. These skills give learners an advantage in their preparation and confidence to achieve.