For a decade, the Opportunity Culture® initiative has been advancing a vision in which teacher-lead teams are the conduit for high quality instructional materials and methods (HQIMM). Teacher leaders need guidance and support to bring this vision to life with the teams. Read our brief deck on this topic, and look for more in 2025.
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Opportunity Culture® News and Views
The Opportunity Culture® 2024 Year in Review: So Much to Celebrate!
A district with strong use of—and strong support for—Opportunity Culture® models was named district of the year. Congratulations to Ector County ISD in Odessa, Texas! K–12 Dive reported that the percentage of high school seniors considered prepared for postsecondary success jumped from 56% to 88% between 2019 and…
Congratulating K-12 Dive District of the Year, Ector County ISD
A teaching team leader instructs students in small-group tutoring sessions in 2022 in Ector County ISD. Educators in the team leader role lead small teaching teams while continuing to teach students part of the time. Congratulations to K-12 Dive District of the Year...
Leading in Growth and Small Groups: Lessons From Winchester
At John Kerr Elementary in Winchester, Virginia, teaching team leader Brandi Shirley (left) and Reach Associate™ Debra James lead small-group instruction. In October, Winchester Public Schools Superintendent Jason van Heukelum got good news from the latest Virginia...
N.C. Districts—Including 5 Largest—Lead Nation in New Certification
Did you know that all of the five largest school districts in North Carolina use Opportunity Culture® strategic staffing models? With 10 other North Carolina school systems, these districts—Wake, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Guilford, Winston-Salem-Forsyth, and Cumberland—are also leading the first wave of schools nationally to receive Certified Opportunity Culture School™ status.
366 Schools in 8 States Receive Certified Status
We are excited to announce that 366 schools in 28 districts in eight states have been awarded the new "Certified Opportunity Culture School™, Provisional Level, 2023–24" designation! Showing their commitment to reaching all students with excellent teaching,...
Teach Plus Report Highlights New Mexico School Using Opportunity Culture® Roles
In a new report this summer, Teach Plus took a look at innovation in New Mexico districts, and highlighted a Carlsbad Municipal Schools middle school seeing success with student growth from its Opportunity Culture® teaching teams! Read what P.R. Leyva Middle School...
New on EdNC.org from Public Impact: Creating a Tutoring Culture
Educators and policymakers continue to worry about permanent learning shortfalls post-Covid—both for individual students and the societal implications, including to the U.S. economy. In North Carolina, efforts to spread high-dosage tutoring help, but still reach a fraction of students. But North Carolina districts and schools using strategic staffing models point the way to getting students the amount of tutoring proven to dramatically increase learning—during school, within regular budgets, for all students, and with even more tutoring time for the students furthest behind.
Free Webinar: Three Keys to Getting Every Educator a Coach
In schools using Opportunity Culture® staffing models, small teaching teams aim to provide every educator with a great coach—the team leader. What can administrators do to support these teacher-leaders in their new coaching roles? Join us June 27 for a free webinar to learn about three keys to achieving widespread but personalized coaching and a platform to support it.
Because Kids Can’t Wait: Expanding Access to Opportunity Culture® Design
At Public Impact®, we feel the “kids can’t wait” urgency—we know all kids deserve the learning results that our Opportunity Culture® strategic staffing models have been proven to produce. So we are taking steps to make our support for school systems more accessible. With a new online platform and certification process, schools and districts can spread the results to many more students and educators…