Beverley Tyndall

SCSD Schools Begin Transition to Opportunity Culture® Model

Published June 20, 2016 on www.syracusecityschools.com As part of a Districtwide strategy to provide more time for teacher collaboration, a focus on excellent teaching and an overall positive change in school culture, SCSD schools are transitioning to an Opportunity...

How to Lead a Schoolwide “Team of Leaders”: Tools for Principals

In the most successful Opportunity Culture® schools, principals lead a team of multi-classroom leaders—strong teachers who lead small teams and are accountable for outcomes in each grade and/or subject—to ensure instructional excellence schoolwide. Successful...

Principal Tools

In the most successful Opportunity Culture schools, principals lead an instructional team of multi-classroom leaders. Other principals can emulate their approach using this set of tools, which helps principals plan for and lead a schoolwide team, along with tools for principals new to an Opportunity Culture school.

New Vignettes: How 4 Pioneering Teacher-Leaders Led Their Teams

What does teacher-leadership look like when teachers lead a team while continuing to teach? For four pioneering multi-classroom leaders in high-need elementary, middle, and high schools, it starts with taking accountability for up to 500 students and leading a...

Pioneering Multi-Classroom Leaders

Pioneering Multi-Classroom Leaders Erin Burns, Ashley Jackson, Russ Stanton, and Karen Wolfson each took accountability for up to 500 students and led teaching teams toward higher growth and personalized learning for all those students. In these vignettes and accompanying video, they discuss their views of their roles, actions they took to lead their teams, mistakes they made, and how they recovered.

Pioneering Multi-Classroom Leaders

Pioneering Multi-Classroom Leaders Erin Burns, Ashley Jackson, Russ Stanton, and Karen Wolfson each took accountability for up to 500 students and led teaching teams toward higher growth and personalized learning for all those students in their high-need schools in...

Speaking Up: A Year’s Worth of Opportunity Culture® Voices

“How many teachers are out there struggling daily because of lack of support?  How many burn out because they’ve tried all they know?  How many leave our profession early because they can’t do it on their own any longer? How many kids suffer because they have access...

Yes, some Charlotte teachers make good money, but they’re rare

For more on this story, see our blog post, which details how many other well-paid Opportunity Culture® positions exist in Charlotte-Mecklenburg beyond the 26 cited here. Another 30 multi-classroom leaders make supplements of $13,000, and many other positions also...

“What Is My Job, Anyway?” Teacher Hindsight From a Multi-Classroom Leader

By Kristin Cubbage, first published by Real Clear Education, May 16, 2016

“My job is to ensure that every single one of my students, in all eight classes, has the most effective teacher standing up front each day, because our students deserve that kind of dedication to their lives.” After three years as a multi-classroom leader, Kristin Cubbage has a deeper understanding of her role and its impact. Read More…