#8. Dramatic Student Growth Follows Focus on Data, Small-Group Tutoring, and Collaboration

Principal April Shackleford, back right, reviews student reading data with her third-grade teaching team.

Lucama Elementary, a rural, Title I school in Wilson County, North Carolina, implemented several Opportunity Culture® roles in 2021–22. Following a focus on data-driven, small-group tutoring, instruction based on the science of reading, and greater educator collaboration through Multi-Classroom Leader teams, the school dramatically increased student learning growth. Principal April Shackleford and Lucama educators explain their success, and why it led them in 2022 to expand to schoolwide Opportunity Culture® roles.

Dramatic Student Growth Follows Focus on Data, Small-Group Tutoring, and Collaboration

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