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Paid Educator Residencies, Within Budget

How New School Models Can Radically Improve Teacher and Principal Preparation

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Paid Educator Residencies, Within Budget: How New School Models Can Radically Improve Teacher and Principal Preparation details how to create paid, full-time, yearlong residencies for aspiring teachers and principals, within existing budgets. Aspiring teachers become part of a team led by an educator in the Multi-Classroom Leader® role, while aspiring principals receive intensive coaching and support from an administrator in the Multi-School Leader™ role and a team of principals.

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Opportunity Culture® Staffing and Instructional Design

July 23, 2026

This report briefly details the why, what, and how of Opportunity Culture® staffing and instructional design, including its benefits, roles, and results. It explains how the process for receiving Certified Opportunity Culture School® status supports schools in...

State of the Opportunity Culture® Initiative: Summer 2026

July 23, 2026

As the Opportunity Culture® initiative, the nation’s largest and most successful school staffing and instructional design effort, closed out the 2025–26 school year, Public Impact® published this report on the progress toward goals for the initiative and insights from...

Next-Level TAs: How a Coveted Role Helps Students Succeed

June 16, 2026

It’s a winning formula: school paraprofessional + tutoring culture focus + support and training + pay supplement = a highly coveted role. How do schools and students both win when districts begin using the Opportunity Culture® Reach Associate™ role? This short...