From Arizona Republic, March 17, 2019, by Joanna Allhands
Classrooms filled with highly effective teachers. I know. Duh. But the research is clear: Students who have effective teachers perform light-years ahead of their peers. And that accelerated performance sticks with students for years (though the converse is true for students who have ineffective teachers).
In the Media
Teacher Awarded $175,000 Grant
From Rocky Mount Telegram, March 12, 2019, by Amelia Harper
One Phillips Middle School teacher received the surprise of a lifetime Monday when she was told she had just won a $175,000 grant for herself, her school and for Edgecombe County Public Schools. Casandra Cherry is in her second year as the math multi-classroom leader at the school. She previously taught math at South Edgecombe Middle School for eight years
Opportunity Culture® Dashboard Updates Data on Nationwide Initiative
From EdNC, March 6, 2019
Public Impact, which created and leads the national Opportunity Culture initiative, updates the Opportunity Culture annually and today released the latest results from 2018–19, showing that student learning continues to benefit, and teachers want to keep and grow Opportunity Culture.
Governor’s Education Commission Discusses Teacher Retention, Advanced Teaching Roles
From EdNC, March 4, 2019, by Analisa Sorrells
After recruiting, training, and inducting a teacher, what does it take to keep them in the classroom? Answering that question was the focus of the Governor’s Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education during its meeting last week.
Rethinking the Teaching Profession
From American Enterprise Institute, February 8, 2019, by Frederick M. Hess and Amy Cummings
The very shape of the teaching profession has made it increasingly difficult to recruit or compensate educators in a fashion that both attracts and retains talent. Here are four ways to rethink it.
Coker-Wimberly: Setting Kindergarteners Up for Success Starts Day One
From EducationNC, February 6, 2019, by Liz Bell
When children come to the first day of kindergarten, they come with a variety of needs, personalities, abilities, and backgrounds. The most important thing in those first few weeks is building a routine, said Annette Kent, a kindergarten teacher at Coker-Wimberly Elementary School in Edgecombe County.
Three North Carolina School Districts Win State Advanced Teaching Roles Funding to Implement Opportunity Culture®
From EdNC, January 31, 2019
In the latest round of funding for the state’s Advanced Teaching Roles pilot, the North Carolina State Board of Education awarded grants to three districts that will implement Opportunity Culture roles—Halifax County and Hertford County in eastern North Carolina and Lexington City Schools in Davidson County.
North Pitt Benefits from Effort to Boost Math Instruction
From The Daily Reflector, January 28, 2019
A public-private educational partnership will augment mathematics instruction at North Pitt High School this semester as part of a project to partner remote expertise with teachers on site at schools statewide.
VCS Teacher Joins Pilot Program Aimed at Benefiting Rural Districts
From The Daily Dispatch, January 28, 2019, by Miles Bates
Stanford Wickham, a Vance County High School math teacher who also teaches Advanced Placement calculus to seniors, is part of a team of teachers that Maria Hernandez of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is leading in a pilot program aimed at furthering access to excellent teaching across the state. No longer available online.
Edgecombe Schools to Host Job Fair for Teaching Leaders
From Rocky Mount Telegram, January 21, 2019, by Amelia Harper
As the Opportunity Culture teaching model expands to historic proportions in Edgecombe County Public Schools, the school district is hosting its first job fair for teacher leadership positions on Saturday. The Opportunity Culture Teacher Leadership Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in the atrium of Martin Millennium Academy at 400 East Johnson Street in Tarboro.