Opportunity Culture® Videos

Karen Wolfson on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader®

Karen Wolfson, a math multi-classroom leader, discusses the benefits of Opportunity Culture® and having teaching teams led by fully accountable teacher-leaders. Read Karen's related blog post, Raising My Teacher Voice to Save My Job—and My Students' Success. Can’t...

Scott Nolt on Being a Blended-Learning Teacher

Scott Nolt, a blended-learning history teacher at Jay M. Robinson High School in Cabarrus County, explains how blended learning enables him to personalize instruction for students at all levels. Read Scott's related blog post, Blending the Best: Better Learning for...

Erin Burns on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader®

Erin Burns describes her role as a multi-classroom leader at West Charlotte High School, where she leads a team of biology teachers reaching 500 students. Read Erin's related blog post, More Powerful Than a Department Chair. Can’t access YouTube? Watch this video...

Amy Sparks on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader®

Multi-Classroom Leader® Amy Sparks highlights how even high-achieving schools and students can continue to grow with an Opportunity Culture®, which extends the reach of great teachers and their teams to more students.   Read Amy's related blog post, When Top...

Combining Multi-Classroom Leadership and Subject Specialization

Danielle Bellar describes her role as a multi-classroom leader, leading a team of three subject-specializing teachers for 75 5th-graders in Charlotte, N.C. Read Danielle's related blog post, A Win-Win Model for Students and Teachers. Can't access YouTube? Watch...

Bobby Miles on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader®

Bobby Miles explains why his role as a multi-classroom leader is "the best of both worlds"—allowing him to lead a team of teachers while impacting more students in the classroom. Read Bobby's related blog post, 1 Teacher, 400 Scholars—and Loving It. Can't access...

Maggie Vadala on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader®

Syracuse City Schools Multi-Classroom Leader® Maggie Vadala discusses support she gets and gives in her Opportunity Culture® school. Funding for this video was provided by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Read Maggie's related blog post, Keep on Keeping on:...

Teacher Support in an Opportunity Culture®

Opportunity Culture® teachers and teacher-leaders agree: It’s all about the support. Hear how teachers appreciate the genuine, on-the-job, consistent support they receive from teachers in the Multi-Classroom Leader® (MCL™) role. Can't access YouTube? Watch this video...

I Want To Be Like Karen

First-year teacher Emily Angles, from Winecoff Elementary School in Cabarrus County, N.C., tells why she wants to be like Karen von Klahr, her Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leader who explains the joy of having a teaching role that allows her to provide in-depth, on-the-job development for a brand-new teacher.

Ranson and Ashley Park Choose an Opportunity Culture®

Principals at Ashley Park PreK-8 and Ranson IB Middle in Charlotte tell why they chose to create an Opportunity Culture® in their schools, working with teachers to choose new job models that would suit their schools best—and how an Opportunity Culture® helps them...

Recruiting in an Opportunity Culture®

District leaders and principals from Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s Project L.I.F.T. schools share thoughts on how an Opportunity Culture® is attracting teachers to previously hard-to-staff schools. The video features interviews with, in order of appearance: Dan Swartz,...