Resources to Hear, Watch, Read: September Opportunity Culture® Newsletter

by | September 22, 2022

NEW FROM PUBLIC IMPACT

Opportunity Culture® Audio

Making the Most of Opportunity Culture® Innovations
Superintendent Scott Muri, a finalist for state superintendent of the year in Texas, has Opportunity Culture® experience in multiple districts; since he brought Opportunity Culture® models to Ector County Independent School District in 2019, the district has seen significant improvement in student learning and teacher recruitment. Hear Muri’s thoughts on the impact of Opportunity Culture® innovations in areas including teacher residencies, teacher leadership, and other district offices, and the importance of staying faithful to the model.

Becoming a Committed Opportunity Culture® School
Susan Hendricks was the principal of Ross Elementary in Ector County, Texas, before becoming the district’s director of leadership in August. Under her leadership, Ross Elementary received high ratings on the annual, anonymous survey given to Opportunity Culture® educators. When we spoke with Hendricks earlier this year, she credited that success to having structures in place that the whole school understands and committing to the belief that the Opportunity Culture® initiative is “who you are.”

For more about committed Opportunity Culture® schools, listen to  Comprehensive Communications Strengthen Opportunity Culture® School, with Principal Julie Shields in Hertford County, North Carolina. 

Opportunity Culture® Video

Building Space for Collaborative Instruction
In this short video, see how one school’s room designs, including moveable walls, proved “perfect” for Opportunity Culture® teams and their students. While such design is not needed for Opportunity Culture® implementation, it has made collaboration even easier for multi-classroom leader teams in this Midland, Texas, school.

Read more in the September Opportunity Culture® Newsletter.

Note: Public Impact® and Opportunity Culture® are registered trademarks; Multi-Classroom Leader™ is a trademarked term, registration pending.

Keep Reading

New on EdNC.org from Public Impact: Creating a Tutoring Culture

Teaching team leader Tameka Rover-Brown, at right, and paraprofessional Janie Martin, at left, from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Educators and policymakers continue to worry about permanent learning shortfalls post-Covid—both for individual students and the...

Free Webinar: Three Keys to Getting Every Educator a Coach

In schools using Opportunity Culture® staffing models, small teaching teams aim to provide every educator with a great coach—the team leader. What can administrators do to support these teacher-leaders in their new coaching roles? Join us June 27 for a free webinar to...