Opportunity Culture® Videos

Maggie Vadala on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader

Syracuse City Schools Multi-Classroom Leader Maggie Vadala discusses support she gets and gives in her Opportunity Culture® school. Funding for this video was provided by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Read Maggie's related blog post, Keep on Keeping on: Using...

Teacher Support in an Opportunity Culture®

Opportunity Culture® teachers and teacher-leaders agree: It’s all about the support. Hear how teachers appreciate the genuine, on-the-job, consistent support they receive from teachers in the Multi-Classroom Leader™ (MCL™) role. Can't access YouTube? Watch this video...

I Want To Be Like Karen

First-year teacher Emily Angles, from Winecoff Elementary School in Cabarrus County, N.C., tells why she wants to be like Karen von Klahr, her Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leader who explains the joy of having a teaching role that allows her to provide in-depth, on-the-job development for a brand-new teacher.

What could you do in an Opportunity Culture®? (2015)

Teachers and staff in Opportunity Culture school districts discuss how new teacher-leader roles offer teachers “the best of both worlds,” allowing them to work directly with teachers and students to help both reach their goals, while earning large pay supplements, within school budgets. Team teachers receive the support and feedback they need to develop into the excellent teachers they aspire to be, and students thrive in an environment where excellent teachers are directly accountable for their growth.

Ranson and Ashley Park Choose an Opportunity Culture®

Principals at Ashley Park PreK-8 and Ranson IB Middle in Charlotte tell why they chose to create an Opportunity Culture® in their schools, working with teachers to choose new job models that would suit their schools best—and how an Opportunity Culture® helps them...

Recruiting in an Opportunity Culture®

District leaders and principals from Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s Project L.I.F.T. schools share thoughts on how an Opportunity Culture® is attracting teachers to previously hard-to-staff schools. The video features interviews with, in order of appearance: Dan Swartz,...

Nashville Team Teachers in an Opportunity Culture®

Teachers on multi-classroom leader teams in Metro Nashville Opportunity Culture® schools tell why they love their collaborative teams. This video features interviews with the following teachers from Buena Vista Enhanced Option Elementary School, in order of...

Nashville Principals in an Opportunity Culture®

Hear principals of two Opportunity Culture® schools in Metro Nashville discuss why an Opportunity Culture® is the “it factor” in changing the game for teachers and students, especially in high-need schools, in video from Public Impact®’s Opportunity Culture®...

Nashville Multi-Classroom Leaders in an Opportunity Culture®

Multi-classroom leaders in Opportunity Culture® schools in Metro Nashville share thoughts about why they love their jobs, in video from Public Impact®’s Opportunity Culture® Initiative. The video features interviews with, in order of appearance: Joi Mitchell,...