North Carolina Advanced Teaching Roles
Include Opportunity Culture® teaching teams in your application
North Carolina provides grant funds annually for districts to develop advanced, higher-paid roles for educators. Since 2016, over 65% of districts receiving Advanced Teaching Roles funds have used Opportunity Culture® staffing designs, founded by Public Impact®, in their applications. Partnering with us lowers the lift of applying and bases your application on a model with a record of success.
With Opportunity Culture® staffing designs:
Extra Months of Learning Each Year
Research-proven
Teaching teams boost student learning by an extra 4.5 months annually in reading and math on average—roughly a half-year of extra learning every year, according to third-party studies, helping students catch up and leap ahead.
% Teacher Approval in Surveys
Educator-endorsed
Teachers love the team roles; anonymous surveys show 99% of team leaders and 91% of those in all team roles want their schools to keep them.
Key Steps for Districts
Look for the RFP on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction webpage in early May.
Register for the Opportunity Culture® ATR information session on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. ET to learn how your district can benefit from Opportunity Culture® advanced roles and teams. (Can’t attend? Please register so we can send you the recording!)
Fill out this interest survey to alert the Public Impact® team you are interested in submitting an Opportunity Culture® Advanced Teaching Roles application. (Already in contact with one of our team members? Skip this step!)
Respond to our emailed invitation to schedule time to discuss your interest, service pricing, and application needs. We will also share draft proposal language to support you as you write your application.
Important Dates for 2025
May 5: Advanced Teaching Roles RFP released—see NCDPI website
May 13: BEST NC + NCDPI informational webinar—register here
May 20: Opportunity Culture® ATR information session—register here
June 10: BEST NC + NCDPI RFP Q&A—register here
June 20: BEST NC/NCDPI ATR Sharing Session—registration coming soon
June 23–25: WRESA Summer Leadership Conference—we’ll be there!
August 15: ATR applications deadline
October 15: Legislation requires the SBE to select ATR grantees