Choosing to Use Opportunity Culture® Design, on Fast Timeline

Principal Uvonda Willis and MCL Nadine DeLallo with math students at Greene County Intermediate School

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In the first of an occasional “Superintendents Speak” series, Superintendent Rodney McNeill of Greene County and Superintendent Rodney Peterson of Person County discuss why they chose to use Opportunity Culture® models in their districts, and why they elected to have their districts go through a fast-track design workshop together in the spring, to be able to begin using Multi-Classroom Leader® teaching teams in the fall. Both districts feel the pressure of nearby, larger districts—and districts already using Opportunity Culture® models—that are able to pay teachers more.

“I want teachers to have more tools in their toolboxes. I want them to teach kids with confidence. I want them to know what good, sound instruction looks like and what it feels like,” McNeill said.

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Choosing to Use Opportunity Culture® Design, on Fast Timeline

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Bonus Clip: Advice from Principals in Greene and Person Counties

Uvonda Willis, principal of Greene County Intermediate School, and Whitney Sharlow, principal of South Elementary School in Person County, offer words of advice to other schools considering implementing Opportunity Culture® models.

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