Can Districts Miles Apart Share Staff Successfully—And Why Would They?

by | April 10, 2026

We think of school districts in a steady competition for teacher talent–but what happens when they collaborate to share staff instead?

Listen to our latest Opportunity Culture® Audio podcast to hear how two North Carolina districts, hours apart, worked together when one district needed, but couldn’t find, a high school math teaching team leader with a record of producing high-growth learning.


🎧 Listen: When Districts Share Staff, Students and Teachers Win


Rockingham County Schools, a rural North Carolina district, and Edgecombe County Public Schools used the Remotely Located Multi-Classroom Leader® role with a proven Edgecombe team leader taking on a two-person math team in Rockingham as well as the one she led in her own district, providing coaching and guidance to quickly improve instruction for a first-year teacher and a veteran teacher who had not previously taught high school.

Get a quick overview of the collaboration and the results for Rockingham’s teachers and students in this podcast with Moriah Dollarhite, Rockingham’s human resources director.

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