2. Teams

Suppose teachers must feel motivated and manage their resources in the best possible way, promote balance and energy, they need to have good colleagues around. Being part of a healthy, well-functioning learning environment reduces stress. It provides greater joy and makes everyday  life more comfortable with a sense of togetherness and community.
 
When having professional sparring partners close by to listen, support, and give feedback, the teachers appear as a cohesive unit rather than just a single - more vulnerable – one. It makes them better equipped and no longer exposed to criticism from parents, students, or management. When the purpose is clear and leads to better pedagogical work, learning and well-being teamwork works the best. 
 
Teams are often composed of each grade level or based on subjects and didactics in Denmark. In those teams, teachers can structure interdisciplinary courses, put together annual plans and take over each other’s teaching by, e.g., illness, doubt, conficts, if necessary, where they use each other’s resources to the greatest joy and beneft of the students.