def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Retrieve the counts of team workflows for each status.
    Returns:
        tuple of (list, int), where the list contains dicts with keys
        "status" (unicode value) and "count" (int value), and the
        integer represents the total number of submissions.
    """
    student_item = self.get_student_item_dict()
    status_counts = team_workflow_api.get_status_counts(
        course_id=student_item['course_id'],
        item_id=student_item['item_id'],
    )
    num_submissions = sum(item['count'] for item in status_counts)
    return status_counts, num_submissions