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Molly Whelan, a multi-classroom leader (MCL) at Ranson IB Middle School in Charlotte, NC, joins the school’s principal, Erica Jordan-Thomas, for a conversation about the benefits of the Opportunity Culture MCL role—especially when midyear turnover leaves a teaching team short, or with a long-term substitute.
Read Molly Whelan’s accompanying column here.
Here are some recent reports that include Opportunity Culture, an initiative of Public Impact. Coverage of our report, with Clayton Christensen Institute, Innovative Staffing to Personalize Learning: The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade. Here’s What’s Next. Report: Successful … Read more...
This column first appeared on EducationNC on August 9, 2018. If, as a teacher who sees success with one class of students, I could reach twice as many students per class, why shouldn’t I try? That’s the question I asked myself in trying to solve a dilemma my middle school science students … Read more...
An Opportunity Culture extends the reach of excellent teaching—what about doing the same for excellent schoolwide leadership? Public Impact, which founded the national Opportunity Culture initiative, today releases a set of practical materials on Multi-School Leadership: How to extend the reach of … Read more...
What's new with Opportunity Culture? Recent news coverage highlights the growth and successes of Opportunity Culture, an initiative of Public Impact: Guilford school board wants flexibility to help 9 low-performing schools: Jessie Pounds of the News & Record reported on the expansion of … Read more...
Under Superintendent Sharon Contreras, Guilford County Schools, based in Greensboro, N.C., has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within schools’ recurring budgets. Researchers at the … Read more...
We're hiring! Public Impact seeks interns to start immediately and in June, focused on two data projects. As part of their role, interns will: Gather both quantitative and qualitative data using a wide variety of sources, including research journals, online publications, interviews, and … Read more...
Quick Stats from the Opportunity Culture Dashboard, updated for 2017-18: 225+ schools committed to Opportunity Culture 1,450+ teachers with advanced roles or on-the-job development 41,000+ students reached by excellent teachers extending their reach $3.3 million in extra pay for … Read more...
