As a teaching team leader, Multi-Classroom Leader Kristin Cubbage aims to begin to build relationships with team teachers well before school begins, and explain exactly what they can expect from her. This video is part of the Instructional Leadership and Excellence...
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Focus on Students to Set Mutual Vision
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.
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.
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…
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...
Opportunity Culture® Voices: When Students Own Their Academic Results, They Transform Their Schools
When you’re not sure where to start, ask your students! Well, not always, but when I came to Charlotte, North Carolina’s James Martin Middle School as a multi-classroom leader in 2014, I felt overwhelmed. I started as the MCL for sixth grade, where for the previous...
When Students Own Their Academic Results, They Transform Their Schools
By Erin Williams; first published by The 74, May 15, 2017
“I was shocked to discover in student conferences how few students knew about grade-level expectations; even fewer were aware of their own performance on the previous state end-of-grade test.” Multi-Classroom Leader Erin Williams tells how she and her team of teachers create the “Strive for 5” campaign to combat negative learning growth and empower students. Read More…
Erin Williams on Being a Multi-Classroom Leader
Erin Williams, a multi-classroom leader at James Martin Middle School in Charlotte, N.C., describes how she and her team use data to encourage students to track their own growth toward their learning goals. Can’t access YouTube? Watch this video on Vimeo instead!
How to Extend the Reach of Great Teachers in Turnaround (or Any) Schools
By Erin Burns; first published by The 74, April 24, 2017
“These are the changes policymakers can’t fully grasp when they look just at a school’s report card. But Superintendent Johnson saw up close the “different world” we’re creating.” Biology Multi-Classroom Leader Erin Burns shows how Multi-Classroom Leadership and its intensive support could help change school culture and student results at West Charlotte High School. Read More…
Execute Rigor and Personalization
Execute Rigor and PersonalizationExecute rigorous lessons aligned with the curriculum, personalizing and differentiating instruction for highly engaging, high-growth learningMore Detail Executing rigorous, personalized lessons for mastery and growth includes the...