What are some Texas districts doing to make six-figure pay a reality for their teachers, well before the end of long careers? Read about the example from one district, Midland, in our senior VP Sharon Kebschull Barrett's op-ed in The 74. "Ask teachers how much their...
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5 How-To’s for Education Strategies that Stick: June Newsletter
Our latest newsletter has questions--and answers! How can you reverse student learning slides in three steps ? Avoid K-12 scale fail? Stop wasting student teachers’ time and money? Add tutoring time for free? Right-size your tutoring groups? How are some Texas...
June 2025 Newsletter: 5 How-To’s—Education Strategies that Stick
How can you reverse student learning slides in three steps ? Avoid K-12 scale fail? Stop wasting student teachers’ time and money? Add tutoring time for free? Right-size your tutoring groups? Public Impact® Co-President Bryan Hassel offers advice in a recent series of short posts. Plus, how to make 6-figure educator pay a reality; staffing design workshops; virtual summer professional learning; tools for summer planning, and more in our June newsletter!
Are You Right-Sizing Your Tutoring Groups?
By Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan C. Hassel Adult-led, small-group tutoring adds huge learning growth for students, even in small doses weekly. But finding the right group size is tricky. Too large, and learning impact per student declines. Too small, and the number of...
Opportunity Culture® Advanced Teaching Roles Info Session
This brief webinar presents an overview of Opportunity Culture® school staffing models and explains how North Carolina school districts can include these research-proven models in their Advanced Teach Roles grant applications. To learn more about how Public Impact® can support districts with their ATR applications, see here.
May 2025 Newsletter: Step Up to the Plate with Summer PD!
Hear what educators say about the partial-release Multi-Classroom Leader® role in our new video; hear Bryan Hassel and Kendall King of Public Impact® on the Learning Can’t Wait podcast; learn how we can help North Carolina districts apply for ATR grants; register for district-level and school-level design workshops AND summer professional learning for educators; plus the latest on certification, the portal, and tools you need now—all in the May 2025 Opportunity Culture® newsletter!
Why Educators Like the Partial-Release Team Leader Role
Districts and schools love the Multi-Classroom Leader® role, in which a teacher with a record of student growth leads a small teaching team. But which version of the role should they choose, full-release or partial-release?
March 2025 Newsletter: Big Results in Learning Growth; Batter Up for Great Professional Learning
In this edition of our newsletter, see the high student learning growth in schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams; hear from the Midland ISD superintendent about how their Opportunity Culture® “reset” has paid off in learning growth for students, sustainable higher pay for teacher-leaders, and stronger teacher support and retention; and learn how you can step up to the plate in our summer professional learning sessions! Plus get updates on certification, the portal, tools and more! Read all about it in our March 2025 newsletter!
#16. Reset for Success: How Midland ISD Revamped Teaching Teams for Results
When Superintendent Stephanie Howard came to Midland ISD in the Permian Basin of Texas, she knew what success with Opportunity Culture® teaching team models should look like, after working with them in neighboring Ector County ISD as a deputy superintendent. Although Midland ISD was using these teams as well, several Opportunity Culture® fundamentals weren’t being followed. Howard and Jessie Garcia, who came to Midland from Ector County as well, took a year to do a complete reset—an effort now paying off in learning growth for students, sustainable higher pay for teacher-leaders that can reach six figures, and stronger teacher support and retention. Hear how they did it in our latest audio piece.
Opportunity Culture® Portal Tour
Bryan Hassel, co-president of Public Impact®, leads a 2-minutes virtual tour of our online design and professional learning portal for educators, with visits to the Design, Learn, Monitor and Tools rooms.