Maximize Microsoft Teams for Education
Teams is useful for many educational purposes.
Class teams
Class teams help educators manage class workflow while engaging every learner’s voice.
With class teams, educators can:
- Quickly and easily move from conversation to content creation
- Organize and create content in Classwork
- Create, share, and grade assignments
For learners, class teams provide a place to:
- Collaborate on projects
- Provide feedback to their peers
- Engage in conversations about what they’re learning
Staff teams
Staff teams are useful for whole school initiatives or smaller departmental projects. Its uses are only limited by the vision of the administrators and school leaders. Some uses for staff teams 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, staff teams can be used for various types of projects, activities, committees, and processes. Teams can handle any administrative task.
PLC teams
A PLC team is a place for educators to connect regularly with colleagues and pursue professional development throughout the year. A PLC team might be structured according to:
- Interests
- Grade levels
- Departments
- Subjects
- Book studies
A PLC team has an integrated PLC OneNote Notebook, which provides templates based on the Dufour model for PLCs.
Other teams
Educators and learners can also create a team for clubs, sports teams, or any shared interests. Educators can use the “Other” team type to build a digital community with any group of learners and faculty to:
- Post reminders about upcoming meetings
- Share a schedule for the season’s matches
- Keep track of upcoming service activities and everyone’s responsibilities
- Celebrate wins and achievements