Teacher Pay Supplements

in Opportunity Culture Sites 2017–18

Highest OC Supplement: $23,000

Average Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) Supplement in Dollars: $12,247

Average MCL Supplement as Percent of U.S. Average Teacher Salary: 21%

Average OC Supplement Paid to Excellent Teachers in All Roles: $10,401

Range of OC Supplements for ALL Teachers: $1,500 — $23,000

Approximate $$ Reallocated to Higher Teacher Pay in 2017–18: $3.3 million

Approximate $$ Reallocated to Higher Teacher Pay Since OC Launch: $10.0 million

Each Opportunity Culture school has a design team that includes teachers to plan its Opportunity Culture implementation. The team identifies roles and reallocates the school’s budget to fund supplements to teachers’ pay that are sustainable within the regular budget. Pay levels for roles are set by each district.

These sustainable pay supplements encourage excellent teachers to stay in teaching roles so they can extend their reach to more students, and, in the case of multi-classroom leaders, provide support and on-the-job development to small teaching teams. These teams achieve significantly higher student learning growth.