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…
Beverley Tyndall
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.
Select Staff Based on Solid Vision
Set a clear vision for what teacher-leaders will do, and select carefully to fit the vision, Principal Janet Moss says. This video is part of the Instructional Leadership and Excellence series. Learn more here. Note: This video contains trademarked terms, such as...
Choose Teacher-Leaders Carefully
Success begins with careful selection of MCLs with a service attitude who can establish trust and lead adults well, Principal Janet Moss says. This video is part of the Instructional Leadership and Excellence series. Learn more here. Note: This video contains...
Career Paths and Pay in an Opportunity Culture®
What if all teachers could achieve excellent student learning results by getting the right leadership and support? This guide presents examples of career paths that make this possible—using multi-school leaders, multi-classroom leaders, and other roles for teachers, who can collaborate, improve, and excel on teams led by multi-classroom leaders. Teachers and principals in all these paths reach more students with excellent teaching and earn more for it, within schools’ budgets.
Multi-School Leadership
Opportunity Culture multi-school leaders (MSLs) are excellent principals with a record of high-growth student learning who lead a small group of two to eight related or closely located schools for more pay, funded within the budgets of their schools.
Summer 2018 Newsletter
The Summer 2018 edition of our newsletter for Opportunity Culture educators includes a look at engaging facts and figures on the Opportunity Culture Dashboard; a column by expanded-impact teacher Tu Willingham of Fulton County, Georgia; the announcement of the latest district to join an Opportunity Culture, Guilford County, N.C.; and links to free tools and resources to use now! Read the Summer 2018 newsletter here.
Fostering Teaching Efficiency Through Teacher Leadership
By Tu Willingham; first published by Georgia Public Broadcasting, May 23, 2018
“I have never been part of a more thoughtful, practical, and effective classroom model than this.” For Expanded-Impact Teacher Tu Willingham, leading an aspiring teacher throughout the year not only helped him effectively reach more students, but also increased classroom efficiency and allowed him to boost the school’s home-grown teacher pipeline. Read More…
Teachers Kept Quitting This Indianapolis School. Here’s How the Principal Got Them to Stay
From Chalkbeat, May 9, 2018 by Dylan Peers McCoy
When Jeremy Baugh took the helm as principal of School 107 three years ago, staff turnover was so high that about half the teachers were also new to the struggling elementary campus, he said. For his first two years, the trend continued — with several teachers leaving each summer.