#17. For Big Results, Go Big with Teaching Teams

MCL™ Jessica Martinez talks with the resident on her teaching team at Santa Rita Elementary School in Midland, Texas.

When schools and districts begin using Multi-Classroom Leader® teams, should they wade in, or dive in? Hear what district leaders have said over the past decade on how best to improve student learning growth and teacher careers.

Superintendents, district leaders, principals, and team leaders from North Carolina’s Wilson County, Hertford County, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County districts, as well as Winchester, Virginia, and Ector County and Midland districts in Texas—several of whom have Opportunity Culture® experience in multiple districts—discuss what worked for them.

For Big Results, Go Big with Teaching Teams

The following terms, used by interviewees in this podcast, are trademarked:

Opportunity Culture®, OC™, Multi-Classroom Leader®, MCL, Expanded-Impact Teacher

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