Multi-Classroom Leader Stacie Bunn discusses the importance of having a whole teaching team, not just the leader, collaboratively setting goals for students. This video is part of the Instructional Leadership and Excellence series. Learn more here.
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Lead Team to Set Ambitious Goals
Multi-Classroom Leader Erin Williams on how to lead a teaching team to set high goals and see what students are truly capable of, leading to empowered students. This video is part of the Instructional Leadership and Excellence series. Learn more here.
Edgecombe Schools Launch New Initiative
From Rocky Mount Telegram, August 19, 2917, by Amelia Harper
LEGGETT — Roughly 100 educators from Egdecombe County Public Schools gathered this week in the cafeteria of North Edgecombe High School to celebrate creation of the new “I-Zone” in the north side of the school system.
North Carolina is Testing Out Different Ways of Paying Teachers
From The News & Observer, August 3, 2017, by T. Keung Hui
RALEIGH—North Carolina has long paid its teachers based on their years of experience, but Chapel Hill-Carrboro and five other school systems could point the way to changing that model.
NC leaders want teacher raises based on results. CMS is tapped to show them how
From The Charlotte Observer, August 3, 2017, by Ann Doss Helms and T. Keung Hui
As North Carolina’s leaders look for ways to pay the state’s best teachers for results, they’re putting their money on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to help them figure it out. CMS was one of six districts awarded grants for systems that pay teachers for results and leadership, rather than just experience and credentials.
Opportunity Culture® + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Statewide Plan
To kick off a statewide Arkansas initiative to reach all students with excellent teaching, North Little Rock Middle School will begin creating an Opportunity Culture® for teachers and students this fall, using teams led by multi-classroom leaders—experienced,...
North Little Rock Joins Opportunity Culture®
July 11, 2017, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— In Arkansas, North Little Rock Middle School will begin this fall using multi-classroom leadership—in which excellent teachers lead a teaching team, for more pay, within the regular school budget—as a pilot school for a statewide initiative to reach all students with excellent teaching. Read the full press release…
How My West Texas School Elevated Struggling Young Readers (and Their Teachers)
By Maina Cisneros; first published by The 74, June 19, 2017
“Finally, I had an aha moment! We had to unchain ourselves from our one-teacher-one-classroom setting.” After her school incorporates Opportunity Culture models, the boost in planning time and collaboration allow Multi-Classroom Leader Maina Cisneros and her team to develop a small-group strategy to increase literacy—and great student growth follows. Read More…
Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale
For the growing number of Opportunity Culture® schools—and schools using accountable teacher leadership and other advanced teaching roles—Public Impact® provides a new suite of tools. They guide districts and schools to achieve excellence in teaching and learning with...
How to Lead and Achieve Instructional Excellence
Opportunity Culture® schools nationally achieve far more schoolwide high growth than comparable schools, on average. How have teachers who reach more students than is typical—directly or by leading teams—gotten that high growth? They pursue instructional excellence...