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For a Strong Opportunity Culture®, Include Support from the Top

February 11, 2020

By Margaret High and Sharon Kebschull Barrett, February 11, 2020

Whenever the Public Impact team interviews Opportunity Culture educators, one word comes up again and again: support. With multi-classroom leaders (MCLs) at the core, support flows up and down—up from MCLs serving as an instructional leadership team for their principals, down from MCLs to their teaching teams, and even sideways, with MCLs forming a supportive team for one another.

That schoolwide support becomes even more powerful when backed up by strong, vocal support from a superintendent and central office. Read more…

‘Opportunity Culture®’ Schools in Guilford County Bested Overall District Improvement in Reading and Math

October 12, 2019

From News and Record, October 12, 2019, by Jessie Pounds

Nine local schools that added a new staffing model for teachers last academic year saw student performance on key subjects improve more than Guilford County Schools as a whole, state test data show. Taken together, the schools that implemented “Opportunity Culture” last year improved more than the district as a whole in both reading and math at the fourth-, sixth- and seventh-grade levels.

Opportunity Culture® by the Numbers: 2017-18 Dashboard Updates

March 16, 2018

By Sharon Kebschull Barrett, March 16, 2018

Public Impact analyzes the dashboard results so we can continually improve Opportunity Culture materials and our work with schools and districts. Our goals are to reach all students with excellent teaching and all teachers with outstanding career opportunities and support. Read More…

Opportunity Culture® Voices: Scheduled for Success

February 16, 2017

When I became a multi-classroom leader for the exceptional children’s (EC's) team, I expected to be able to use my 15 years of experience as an EC teacher and dean of students to coach teachers, especially special education teachers, and help them grow.  But I...