In our December 2023 newsletter, we share tips for getting an early start on educator recruitment; good news from Opportunity Culture districts around the county; tools, videos, and social media highlights; and upcoming events and webinars. Read the December 2023 newsletter here.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Montgomery County, & Fort Worth School Districts Receive Federal Grant for Wide Use of Opportunity Culture® Models
We’re excited about our latest news! Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Fort Worth ISD, and Montgomery County Public Schools have been awarded a $7.7 million federal TSL grant for widespread implementation of Opportunity Culture innovative staffing models, which CMS pioneered with Public Impact’s support in 2013. With the grant, CMS will expand its use of these models to all of its schools over three years, while the Fort Worth and Montgomery County districts will launch and expand the models over three years.
5 Things MCLs Do Every Day
Want to know what a Multi-Classroom Leader®, or MCL, does during a typical school day? Check out this short video!
November 2023 Newsletter: Hosting Legislators; Coaching International Teachers
Our November 2023 newsletter features a spotlight on an MTRT from the Philippines who mentors other international teachers; a short video about 5 things MCLs do every day; shoutouts to Opportunity Culture districts; and tools, videos, and social media highlights. Read the November 2023 newsletter here.
Innovative Staffing in The Compass
In the latest issue of The Compass, the magazine of the American Association of School Personnel Administrators, check out page 26 for “Using Innovative Staffing to Boost Student Success” by Public Impact’s Sharon Kebschull Barrett.
11 States, 150K+ Students, Positive Educator Feedback: 2022–23 Opportunity Culture® Results: June Opportunity Culture® Newsletter
The June newsletter includes updates from the Opportunity Culture Dashboard; a welcome to new Opportunity Culture Sites; tools and resources; Opportunity Culture news, and more.
Building a Tutoring Culture; Strong District-Level Support for Student Success: April Opportunity Culture® Newsletter
The April newsletter includes a new module for scalable, sustainable tutoring; new publications and blogs; tools and resources; Opportunity Culture news, and more.
New Publications: How Strong District Opportunity Culture® Leadership Helped Pave the Way for Low-Performing Schools to Succeed
When Dr. Tina Lupton and Dr. Timisha Barnes-Jones joined the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Opportunity Culture implementation was happening in the midst of Covid. Lupton, the executive director of professional learning, and Barnes-Jones, the area superintendent for a network of 15 transformation schools, used their experience in other Opportunity Culture districts to help the schools make some adjustments. By the following year, three of those Opportunity Culture schools came off North Carolina’s “low-performing” list; nine of the 11 schools implementing Opportunity Culture models either met or exceeded the bar set by the state for expected student learning growth—results they attribute in part to these models.
New Opportunity Culture® Audio: Public Impact® Module Helps Schools Create a Tutoring Culture
Former Multi-Classroom Leader® Okema Owens Simpson led the development of Public Impact’s on-demand module, Building a Scalable, Sustainable Tutoring Culture for All. In this podcast, Simpson provides an overview of the Multi-Classroom Leader® role and the power of small-group, in-school tutoring through MCL teams, as a preview for watching the module and understanding our SIMPLE framework for building a tutoring culture. Listen here.
Opportunity Culture® Audio: Now On Podcast Services
Opportunity Culture Audio is now on Apple podcasts, Spotify, and more podcast services! Hear from Opportunity Culture educators as they share what they do and what they have they learned about successfully redesigning school roles to reach all students with excellent teaching. Subscribe to Opportunity Culture Audio as we address some of the stickiest issues facing education!