What's in a team?
Microsoft Teams is the digital hub that educators and school leaders need. It brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place Teams also streamlines workflow for administrators and allows educators to create vibrant, personalized learning environments. With Teams, educators create collaborative classrooms, personalize learning with assignments, connect with colleagues in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and 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. It saves educators time and teaches learners future-ready skills.
Microsoft Class Teams provides educators with the most efficient class workflow yet. Within Teams, educators can quickly converse with learners, share files and websites, create a OneNote Class Notebook, and distribute and grade assignments. Learners are free to use the Microsoft tools they're most familiar with—Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Excel—as well as access websites and other frequently used third-party apps. Built-in OneNote Class Notebooks and end-to-end assignment management allow educators to organize interactive lessons, deliver personalized learning, and provide effective and timely feedback. With one location for everything, Class Teams saves time and simplifies everyday logistics, creating the freedom to focus on the most important task—improving learner outcomes.
Microsoft Staff and PLC Teams provide the perfect location to work with colleagues on projects, curriculum adoptions, and even whole school initiatives. School administrators communicate and collaborate with their entire staff in one location. Policies and procedures, forms, instructions for various tasks and responsibilities, school websites, and more are shared in Teams for quick access. With the built-in OneNote Staff Notebook, administrators can provide private feedback regarding classroom observations and establish personalized professional development plans for every faculty member. Teams supports online meetings with screen share and whiteboard annotation. Meetings can be recorded, automatically saved, and transcribed in Stream, SharePoint, or Office 365. Whether colleagues are down the hall or in another building across town, Staff and PLC Teams support collaboration among educators.
Most importantly, Teams isn’t just a platform for schools. It’s the way millions of corporate employees around the globe connect and collaborate every day. Using Teams in schools and classrooms prepares learners to use the 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.