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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.
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...
This column first appeared on EducationNC on February 23, 2018. As a young child I was always taught the famous proverb: If you love your job, you will never work a day in your life. I discovered my passion in education—my love for learning and teaching. So I have truly never “worked” since I was … Read more...
Public Impact continues to grow and hire great new members of our team. See our latest opportunity, for an entry-level research analyst, and apply now! Work includes quantitative and qualitative analysis, learning from experienced professionals, and working independently and as a collaborative … Read more...
