Encourage students to take ownership of their learning by tracking their progress and discussing it one-on-one, Multi-Classroom Leader® Amber Hines says.
Beverley Tyndall
To Engage Students, Use Broad Range of Resources Technology Offers
Target a student’s interests to make learning relevant and engaging, Multi-Classroom Leader® Amber Hines says.
Hold Students Accountable for Group Work
Blended-Learning Teacher Lori Treiber explains her detailed system for students to hold one another accountable on group projects to set students up for success.
What Principals Can Do to Keep Good Teachers in Their Schools
From Education Week, October 16, 2018, by Madeline Will
Principal Mary Beck knew that in order to transform her Chicago high school’s staff culture, she had to go the distance—13.1 miles, to be exact.
Improving Student Teaching Methods Can Benefit Educators and School Districts
From Education Dive, October 3, 2018, by Amelia Harper
Indianapolis Public Schools is working to change the student teaching experience so students are working with teacher leaders, have sufficient district support and emerge better prepared to lead a classroom.
What Schools Can Learn from Google (Spoiler: It’s Not What You’d Expect)
From eSchoolNews, October 3, 2018 by Talia Milgrom-Elcott and Mo-Yun Lei Fong
It’s Management 101 that employees need to be inspired to create services and products that are relevant and effective.
Introduction: Opportunity Culture® Models
This short slide deck with brief speaker notes provides a useful overview for educators, policymakers, and anyone else interested in dramatic improvements in education of why students and educators need an Opportunity Culture, how it works, the research supporting it, what states and districts can do to support it, and a list of more resources.
The Risks and Rewards of Using Blended Learning to Reach More Students
By Elizabeth Annette Bartlett; first published by EducationNC, August 8, 2018
“In the end, it wasn’t quite that simple—but the lessons we learned will continue to benefit students.” Middle school Blended-Learning Teacher Elizabeth Annette Bartlett saw blended learning in an Opportunity Culture as a means to reach more students and give them more time for hands-on labs—but, she discovered, age mattered for student success. Read More…
Communicate With Parents to Avoid Summer Slide
Multi-classroom leader Jacqueline Smith explains a strategy to improve parent communication and aid student learning over the summer.
Fall 2018 Newsletter
The Fall 2018 edition of our newsletter for Opportunity Culture educators includes a look at what makes the multi-classroom leadership role different; an interview with Principal Donnell Cannon from Edgecombe County, N.C.; Opportunity Culture news stories from around the country; and links to free tools and resources to use now! Read the Fall 2018 newsletter here.