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A classroom staffing model is improving outcomes for teachers and students
From EdNC, by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto, July 31, 2025
What would happen if schools changed the way they staffed a classroom? What if instead of the traditional method — one teacher leading a classroom — a whole team of teachers were available to support students?
Teacher-led teams are yielding “top-tier results nationally,” according to a press release from Public Impact, the Chapel Hill-based research firm that designed this Opportunity Culture model. More than a decade’s worth of data reveal the model produces additional student learning growth, better educator satisfaction rates, lower turnover and vacancy rates, and growing pay supplements.
“Teacher-led teams are essential to scaling excellent teaching to all students,” said Bryan Hassel, co-president of Public Impact and founder of the Opportunity Culture initiative. “Over 12 years, 10,000 educators in urban, rural, and suburban schools have used their voices to help us get this right for their students.”
Opportunity Culture® Models Perform Best Among School Staffing Initiatives
Opportunity Culture® staffing models, which create teacher-led teams, continue to produce top-tier results nationally, according to nearly a dozen years of data, Public Impact® reported today. The models reach larger numbers of students each year, produce substantial extra student learning growth, provide field-leading pay supplements, and achieve extremely high ratings in educator surveys. Districts examining turnover and vacancies have seen substantial declines. These results have held even as the model scales up nationally, unlike many school reform initiatives whose early results fade.
Opportunity Culture Models Perform Best Among School Staffing Initiatives
July 15, 2025, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Opportunity Culture® staffing models, which create teacher-led teams, continue to produce top-tier results nationally, according to nearly a dozen years of data. The models reach larger numbers of students each year, produce substantial extra student learning growth, provide field-leading pay supplements, and achieve extremely high ratings in educator surveys. Districts examining turnover and vacancies have seen substantial declines. These results have held even as the model scales up nationally, unlike many school reform initiatives whose early results fade.
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