10 Tips for Collaboration in the Teaching Staff

One shared folder per department: curricula, exams, materials.

New content goes there instead of landing in five different inboxes.

The school leadership maintains one schedule column, and all class and subject maps embed it: if a date changes, it is updated everywhere.

A shared materials pool works with tags (class7, grammar, exam). The tag filter finds in seconds what five subfolders hide.

Split large maps (project week, school festival) into column groups: each team maintains its own area without interfering with others.

Write parent letters, concepts, and minutes together instead of emailing versions back and forth.

Add feedback on drafts directly as a comment under the box: the response stays with the content, and nothing gets lost in email threads.

Using a colleague’s lesson map as a starting point (with their permission) beats any empty map. Or copy only specific columns as needed.

Anyone who follows the department map or the school leadership map stays informed about changes without having to check actively.

Agenda as a map: submit topics in advance as boxes, use the poll module for votes, and record decisions directly.

Meetings become shorter, and the minutes almost write themselves.

Exams, trips, conferences, and celebrations on one timeline map: scheduling conflicts become visible before they happen. Alternatively, choose one calendar per box and combine these calendars as needed.