{"id":1568,"date":"2021-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T22:26:03","slug":"tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues\u2014wherever they are\u2014is key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently. Educators can form or join PLCs tied to specific interest areas, grade levels, or subjects\u2014not only to exchange helpful information or ask questions, but also to build a community that can help you better reach and exceed your learning and teaching goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams can also be a great solution for existing PLCs that haven\u2019t discovered the Teams platform yet and want to collaborate more effectively. Whatever the circumstance, it only takes a few clicks to get started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. With Teams open, select the Teams icon <\/strong>in your left rail. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click Join or create a team<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. If forming a new PLC, select Create a team<\/strong> and then Professional Learning Community (PLC)<\/strong>. Enter a name for your team and optional description, then select Next<\/strong>. Once you’ve created your PLC team, you can add and invite others to join.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Teams offers PLCs many built-in features\u2014such as OneNote notebook, file storing, and video and audio conferencing\u2014for more streamlined communication. PLC teammates can pin sites or Microsoft programs to Teams channels, such as Excel for data collection, OneNote for ideas or student work examples, and PowerPoint for group presentations\u2014all without ever having to leave the application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Learn more about creating<\/strong><\/a> and participating<\/strong><\/a> in PLCs through Teams and explore all the time-saving features and tips<\/strong><\/a> that can help your community reach its goals. And if you haven\u2019t already, sign up for Teams<\/strong><\/a> to try it for free today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_force_push":false,"ms_queue_id":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,27,22],"tags":[],"audience":[249,150],"content-type":[155],"product":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[231],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educators","category-microsoft-teams","category-school-leaders","audience-education-decision-makers","audience-educators","content-type-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Education Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-03T22:26:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1040\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"585\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Microsoft Education Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Microsoft Education Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/\",\"name\":\"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-12T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T22:26:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ab638b01b937e2b52aa425ebcd46\"},\"description\":\"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp\",\"width\":1040,\"height\":585},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Educators\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/category\/educators\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Education Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ab638b01b937e2b52aa425ebcd46\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Education Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/827d7f22f1f23baabd1a5542e32d8586\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Microsoft Education Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/author\/microsoft-in-education-team\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog","description":"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog","og_description":"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Education Blog","article_published_time":"2021-08-12T07:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-03T22:26:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1040,"height":585,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Microsoft Education Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Microsoft Education Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/","name":"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC) | Microsoft Education Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp","datePublished":"2021-08-12T07:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T22:26:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ab638b01b937e2b52aa425ebcd46"},"description":"Educators are always looking for new ways to build relationships with colleagues and enhance student instruction. To do this, collaborating with colleagues is key. Professional learning communities (PLCs) through Microsoft Teams are an excellent way to discover, test, and share teaching practices easily and efficiently.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hero_WIN20_EDU_RemoteLearning_023.webp","width":1040,"height":585},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-for-using-teams-for-your-professional-learning-community-plc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Educators","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/category\/educators\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tips for using Teams for your professional learning community (PLC)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Education Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ab638b01b937e2b52aa425ebcd46","name":"Microsoft Education Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/827d7f22f1f23baabd1a5542e32d8586","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g","caption":"Microsoft Education Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/author\/microsoft-in-education-team\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5425,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/5425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}