Great news for students and educators: With funding for more than 40 new school systems to begin their design phase this year, Opportunity Culture® staffing and instructional design continues to grow. Thanks to the tens of thousands of educators who have worked within these designs—teaching, leading, and collaborating for excellent learning results!
District leaders: Nearly all of the funded slots have been filled; if you lead a school system interested in design, contact us, and we will try to match you with one of the remaining slots.
Funders and state leaders: If you want to reach students with more learning growth and teachers with far more support and pay, contact us, and we will start matching you with interested districts and charter organizations.
Public Impact partners with districts and charter organizations in all phases of instructional materials adoption. A significant majority of sites using Opportunity Culture® design use their teacher-led teams to implement high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) that have a green rating on EdReports.org. This saves teachers time for lesson practice and data-driven differentiation to help more students make high-growth learning.
New Mexico Wins TSL Grant for Staffing and Instructional Design
Congratulations to the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED), which won a $12 million federal TSL grant (Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program) to help high-need schools address teacher shortages by using Opportunity Culture® staffing and instructional design and integrating pre-service candidates. The grant supports PED’s New Mexico Aspiring to Rewarding Careers (NM ARC) initiative. Public Impact is honored to serve NM ARC and the students and educators of New Mexico!
As more sign on, eight sites are already launching design this year as one of the two cohorts under this grant, which will include both traditional districts and charter school organizations.
Public Impact, which founded the Opportunity Culture® initiative, will collaborate with PED and Prepared To Teach in this grant, with Basis evaluating the effort.
“This grant is a tremendous boost for New Mexico’s educators,” said PED Educator Pathways Bureau Manager Denise Beutel. “Through NM ARC, we are rewarding our best teachers for their leadership while giving new teachers the daily mentorship they need to thrive. This is a direct investment in the success of our students.”
Several New Mexico districts already use OC® design or will begin implementation next year; Carlsbad Municipal Schools was the first, with state-leading results in reading and math using Multi-Classroom Leader® teams, including Desert Willow Elementary, which posted the highest growth in the state in the literacy proficiency rate among medium-size schools, and PR Leyva Middle, with the fourth-highest growth in the math proficiency rate among large schools and the 17th-highest in literacy.
Welcome to New Oklahoma Districts!
The second cohort among 16 Oklahoma districts to receive funded assistance for design and launch of Opportunity Culture® design is getting underway. Sites small and large are planning staffing and instructional designs to attract, retain, and support educators and help them excel and improve student learning outcomes. A final two of the 16 available slots are about to be filled; Public Impact® is keeping a waitlist for districts and charter organizations interested in joining later.
Thanks to the Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma Public School Resource Center, and other leaders for their partnership in sharing this opportunity with school systems and informing Public Impact® about state instructional, staffing, and other priorities. We’re honored to collaborate with the many community members who have demonstrated passion for serving their state.
More expansion news coming soon!
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