By personalizing lessons and developing strong relationships with families, teachers gain students’ trust that can lead to academic growth, Multi-Classroom Leader Sydney Mboob says.
Paola Gilliam
Creating a Positive Classroom Environment with Affirmations
Multi-Classroom Leader Candace Butler uses affirmations for herself and her students to create a safe and encouraging environment.
First Look: Remotely Located Teacher Leadership
From EdNC, May 8, 2019, by Sharon Kebschull Barrett
This semester, the College Board and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) joined with Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative to test the remotely located Multi-Classroom Leadership model: An excellent NCSSM teacher would lead a small team of teachers spread across rural North Carolina districts, which often lack enough teachers who are prepared to ensure student success in advanced classes.
Doing Teacher Residencies Right: Yearlong, Well-Paid, and Led by Excellent Teachers
By Sharon Kebschull Barret, May 2, 2019
We know that in traditional student teaching today, incoming teachers are eager to learn and help students, and some “cooperating teachers” help their student teachers tremendously. But we also know that most student teachers are in the classroom for a short while, unpaid, and not necessarily learning under the school’s strongest teachers. Alternative residency programs, while a great idea, reach only a very few student teachers, at high cost—often funded through temporary grants.
Paying It Forward By Supporting New Teachers
Multi-Classroom Leader Lara Harris remembers how lucky she felt at the start of her own career to have a mentor who provided deep support—something Harris is thrilled to provide as an MCL at a high-poverty, high-needs school.
How Opportunity Culture® Helps Schools Retain Teachers
Because of Multi-Classroom Leadership, Principal Jeremy Baugh says, his school has been able to dramatically reduce high teacher turnover rates.
How Opportunity Culture® Lives Up to Its Five Principles
Opportunity Culture has done what it says, benefitting students and teachers, Principal Jeremy Baugh says.
Providing Greater Teacher Support Through an Opportunity Culture®
Through greater teacher support, student learning grows in an Opportunity Culture, Principal Arthur Hinton says.
Multi-Classroom Leaders Support Teachers and Students
Through Multi-Classroom Leadership, Melissa Wirth can support both teacher and student growth.
Dr. Anitra Wells: Opportunity Culture® Comes to Lexington City Schools
From The Dispatch, April 6, 2019, by Dr. Anitra Wells
It is every parent’s expectation that the children they send to us every day are being prepared for success after high school. Through our efforts with Public Impact, an organization that began developing ideas about how to best prepare teachers to support other teachers in 2009, we are embarking on a journey to transform teaching and learning in Lexington City Schools.