{"id":1840,"date":"2022-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/09\/20\/improving-educator-well-being-and-engagement-using-teams\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T01:53:27","slug":"improving-educator-well-being-and-engagement-using-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/09\/improving-educator-well-being-and-engagement-using-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving educator well-being and engagement using Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Now that the school year has begun, it\u2019s important to have the right tools that can help you create a quality learning environment for students as well as educators. With these new Microsoft Teams<\/a> features, you can better understand the well-being of educators, connect with parents and guardians to help manage student learning progress, and use various tools from the integration with our partner app, Kami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social and emotional learning is not only important for students, but for educators as well. Teachers that have higher levels of social emotional knowledge may have a better chance of creating effective learning strategies and keeping their students engaged. However, very little training is provided to support teacher\u2019s social emotional learning growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recently, we\u2019ve updated Reflect<\/a> in Microsoft Teams to appear as a featured tab in each of your classes, and now you can create Reflect check-ins for staff teams<\/a>. By providing educators opportunities to check-in with themselves and take the temperature of your school ecosystem, school leaders can build a culture of trust and growth so voices can be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To create a Reflect staff check-in you must be a team owner. Simply click on Reflect<\/strong> in the general channel of your staff team, select a question from the gallery based on CASEL core competencies<\/a>, and create space for personal and community growth through reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCreate Reflect check-ins in staff teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to create a staff check-in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n