In the new year, we know schools and districts are going after big results for students and teachers. We’re launching into 2024 focused on helping them get and support all hands on deck! Check out our latest Opportunity Culture Newsletter, with information on registering for Opportunity Culture SIMPLE™ Tutoring Design Series—one session or all of five, starting February 1, or the live, virtual Introduction to School Staffing Design with Results™ on January 30 that helps participants unlock the 5 Opportunity Culture Design Principles…
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January 2024 Newsletter: A Rising Tide of Tutoring
In our January 2024 newsletter, it’s “all hands on deck” as we help schools launch a tutoring culture that engages all adults in the building in small-group teaching and tutoring under the leadership of an excellent educator using the SIMPLE method. The newsletter also includes our new video about the Reach Associate role; a sneak peak at the School Excellence Portal, coming in July; plus tools, videos, social media highlights, and upcoming events. Check it out here!
December 2023 Newsletter: Tips for Strong Recruitment
In our December 2023 newsletter, we share tips for getting an early start on educator recruitment; good news from Opportunity Culture districts around the county; tools, videos, and social media highlights; and upcoming events and webinars. Read the December 2023 newsletter here.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Montgomery County, & Fort Worth School Districts Receive Federal Grant for Wide Use of Opportunity Culture® Models
We’re excited about our latest news! Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Fort Worth ISD, and Montgomery County Public Schools have been awarded a $7.7 million federal TSL grant for widespread implementation of Opportunity Culture innovative staffing models, which CMS pioneered with Public Impact’s support in 2013. With the grant, CMS will expand its use of these models to all of its schools over three years, while the Fort Worth and Montgomery County districts will launch and expand the models over three years.
5 Things MCLs Do Every Day
Want to know what a Multi-Classroom Leader®, or MCL, does during a typical school day? Check out this short video!
November 2023 Newsletter: Hosting Legislators; Coaching International Teachers
Our November 2023 newsletter features a spotlight on an MTRT from the Philippines who mentors other international teachers; a short video about 5 things MCLs do every day; shoutouts to Opportunity Culture districts; and tools, videos, and social media highlights. Read the November 2023 newsletter here.
Innovative Staffing in The Compass
In the latest issue of The Compass, the magazine of the American Association of School Personnel Administrators, check out page 26 for “Using Innovative Staffing to Boost Student Success” by Public Impact’s Sharon Kebschull Barrett.
11 States, 150K+ Students, Positive Educator Feedback: 2022–23 Opportunity Culture® Results: June Opportunity Culture® Newsletter
The June newsletter includes updates from the Opportunity Culture Dashboard; a welcome to new Opportunity Culture Sites; tools and resources; Opportunity Culture news, and more.
Building a Tutoring Culture; Strong District-Level Support for Student Success: April Opportunity Culture® Newsletter
The April newsletter includes a new module for scalable, sustainable tutoring; new publications and blogs; tools and resources; Opportunity Culture news, and more.
New Publications: How Strong District Opportunity Culture® Leadership Helped Pave the Way for Low-Performing Schools to Succeed
When Dr. Tina Lupton and Dr. Timisha Barnes-Jones joined the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Opportunity Culture implementation was happening in the midst of Covid. Lupton, the executive director of professional learning, and Barnes-Jones, the area superintendent for a network of 15 transformation schools, used their experience in other Opportunity Culture districts to help the schools make some adjustments. By the following year, three of those Opportunity Culture schools came off North Carolina’s “low-performing” list; nine of the 11 schools implementing Opportunity Culture models either met or exceeded the bar set by the state for expected student learning growth—results they attribute in part to these models.