Models to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching, Within Budget
This page contains links to school models that use job redesign and technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget. The models are part of a larger set of 20+ model summaries. In each of these models, teachers have career opportunities dependent upon their excellence, leadership, and student impact. Advancement allows more pay and greater reach. We call this an Opportunity Culture, explained in this infographic. The detailed models below explain how changes in teaching roles, time use, and technology can allow teachers who achieve the best student outcomes to reach more students and help peer teachers produce excellent results, too. Many of the models create new, collaborative work teams.
These models address:
- How roles change for teachers and staff
- Impact on the student learning experience
- Increased percentage of students great teachers can reach
- How to pay teachers more within budget
- Schedule, facilities, and technology changes
- Opportunities for collaborative teaching teams and professional development for all
- Critical decisions for school design teams
Detailed School Models
Class-Size Increases School Model
Class-Size Shifting School Model
Subject Specialization (Elementary) School Model
In-Person Rotation + Subject Specialization (Elementary) School Model
Multi-Classroom Leadership (“Pods”) School Model
In-Person Rotation (Elementary) School Model
In-Person Rotation (Secondary) School Model
In-Person Flex School Model
Remote Time-Technology Swaps (Rotation and Flex) School Model
Multi-Combinations School Model
Pay Teachers More: Financial Planning for Reach Models
This webpage offers resources that show how to pay teachers more with school models that reach more students with excellent teachers and teaching teams.
Example Schedules for Rotation Models
These schedule variations show how top teachers can reach more students. Blended learning model schedules include as little as about an hour per day of digital learning time per student.
Schedule Example—1/4 Time in Digital Learning Per Subject—Elementary Rotation with Team Teaching
Schedule Example—1/2 Core Subject Time in Digital Learning—Elementary Rotation, 4th and 5th Grade
Schedule Example—1/4 Time in Digital Learning Per Subject—Elementary Rotation + Specialization
A Day in the Life—Elementary Subject Specialization + Time-Technology Rotation
Schedule Example—1/2 Time in Digital Learning Per Subject—Secondary Rotation
Some of these models might look familiar. Some schools are already trying them. Please help us improve the models by sharing your stories on our Feedback page. See our complete set of tools for school design teams.
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