By Public Impact, March 14, 2023
Opportunity Culture Audio is now on Apple podcasts, Spotify, and more podcast services! Hear from Opportunity Culture educators as they share what they do and what they have they learned about successfully redesigning school roles to reach all students with excellent teaching. Subscribe to Opportunity Culture Audio as we address some of the stickiest issues facing education!
How Opportunity Culture Models Aim to Increase Teacher Diversity
By Public Impact, March 10, 2023
As recent reports have highlighted, public schools face an ongoing need to increase educator diversity. Students of color make up more than 50 percent of public school enrollment, FutureEd reported, but 79 percent of the teaching force is white. How can Opportunity Culture models help?
How District Support Aids Opportunity Culture Educators: March Opportunity Culture Newsletter
By Public Impact, March 8, 2023
The March newsletter includes information about an upcoming module, several new Opportunity Culture materials, spring resources, and media highlights. See an excerpt below.
Opportunity Culture Models Bring a Team Approach to the Science of Reading
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, February 13, 2023
In North Carolina, a newfound focus on the science of reading led to the mandated use of the professional learning program LETRS, or Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling. Making the shift from “balanced literacy” to instruction based on the science of reading takes significant time and training—adding strain on Covid-weary teachers, as Education Week reported.
With their team-based approach, Opportunity Culture schools can ease some of that stress. Opportunity Culture schools place teachers with proven records of student growth in Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) roles, leading small teams of teachers and paraprofessionals. Read more…
Kids Need Tutoring. Few Kids Get Tutoring. Opportunity Culture Models Can Help.
By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, February 10, 2023
Despite a steady national drumbeat about the power of high-dosage tutoring to help students rebound from the dramatic post-Covid learning dip, the National Center for Education Statistics reported on Wednesday that such tutoring reaches only about one in 10 students. Although 37 percent of schools reported that they offer high-dosage tutoring—that is, at least a half-hour of one-on-one or small-group instruction three times a week with a trained educator—not even a third of students in those schools receive the tutoring. Read more…
The Science of Reading Comes Alive! Read the January OC Newsletter
By Public Impact, January 30, 2023
The January newsletter includes a new Opportunity Culture video about the science of reading, a prompt for Opportunity Culture principals, winter resources, and media highlights.
New Video: Using Opportunity Culture Roles to Support Science of Reading-Based Instruction
By Public Impact, January 27, 2023
The science of reading has “come alive” at Lucama Elementary, in North Carolina’s Wilson County Schools, after the principal and her team of Multi-Classroom Leaders led the use of multiple curricula and data-driven small-group instruction and interventions—resulting in strong student learning growth. Watch our new video here to learn more!
New from Public Impact: How Innovative Staffing Can Address Teacher Shortages, Permanently—and Boost Learning
By Public Impact, January 12, 2023
How can innovative staffing help reduce staffing shortages and boost learning? Public Impact’s latest brief explains how the Opportunity Culture initiative uses innovative staffing designs to create new career options for educators, increase collaboration and support, and incorporate high-impact tutoring for all students into the school day—within regular budgets.
School’s Success with Data, Tutoring Focus: December Opportunity Culture Newsletter
By Public Impact, December 12, 2022
The December newsletter includes a new Opportunity Culture audio, video, and blog. It also includes a prompt for Opportunity Culture principals, winter resources, and media highlights.
New Opportunity Culture Video: Leading Through Co-Teaching a Combined Class
By Public Impact, December 12, 2022
As a temporary solution to a shortage of paraprofessional reach associates who can provide release time, Multi-Classroom Leader Sunil Dutt combines one of his math blocks with that of a new teacher into one large group meeting in the library, so that Dutt can co-teach and model instruction.
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