Why Teacher Teams Are More Critical Than Ever: Effective instructional teams helped schools navigate the pandemic--and they're essential to helping schools thrive in its aftermath.

The author highlights the importance of effective instructional teams to remote learning at Spark Academy and Guilmette Middle School in Lawrence, Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include the role of school-based teams in the appropriate response of the schools to demands during the crisis, effort of teacher teams at Spark to define the ideal daily class routine for students, and the improvements made by teacher teams to strengthen collaboration.