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Welcome to this edition of the Opportunity Culture® Newsletter!
Opportunity Culture® portal subscribers receive these newsletters automatically as part of their district’s portal benefits (log in here). Not already subscribed? Join our mailing list here! |
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LATEST DATA
New Data, Big Results: Opportunity Culture® Roles Outpace Others in Learning Growth |
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See the strong latest data on schools using Opportunity Culture® teaching teams—how can your school or system use this to scale up student learning results? |
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2023–24 Opportunity Culture® Outcomes Show High Growth in Title I Schools |
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Title I schools that had Multi-Classroom Leader® teaching teams for at least four years and were reaching all students in core subjects in 2023–24 were 83 percent more likely to make high growth schoolwide than Title I schools without these Opportunity Culture® teams.* |
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Title I schools using these teams for at least one year and reaching all students schoolwide in 2023–24 were 61 percent more likely to make high growth schoolwide than Title I schools without the teams.** |
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93 percent of schools using Opportunity Culture® models qualified for federal Title I funding. |
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*24 Title I schools for which growth data were available, affecting more than 500 teachers and over 13,000 students.
**41 schools for which growth data were available, affecting more than 900 teachers and over 22,000 students.
146 Title I schools in the data set had four or more years of experience with the roles. The prominent teacher coaching
meta-analysis by Brown and Harvard Universities considers programs of over 100 teachers to be large. |
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Both experience with Multi-Classroom Leader® teams and the percentage of students reached by them affected schoolwide outcomes.
Title I schools that had several years of experience with these teams, which can include new educator roles, and reached students schoolwide showed the best growth results—boosting their odds of high-growth learning schoolwide by 83 percent over schools without the roles. |
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Schools that reached the most students with excellent teaching through Multi-Classroom Leader® teams and sustained their commitment to these roles for 4 years or more were the most likely to achieve high growth schoolwide. |
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Reaching students mattered more than just gaining years of experience with the roles. Including all students increased the odds of high-growth learning schoolwide by 61 percent, while just gaining experience for four or more years boosted the odds of high growth by 26 percent. On average, participating schools are reaching about 56 percent of their students with Opportunity Culture® teaching teams.
Read more in our blog post. |
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OPPORTUNITY CULTURE® AUDIO
Reset for Success: How Midland ISD Revamped Teaching Teams for Results |
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At Long Elementary School in Midland ISD, educators on teaching teams lead small-group instruction. |
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When Superintendent Stephanie Howard came to Midland ISD in the Permian Basin of Texas, she knew what success with Opportunity Culture® teaching team models should look like, after working with them in neighboring Ector County ISD as a deputy superintendent. Although Midland ISD was using these teams as well, several Opportunity Culture® fundamentals weren’t being followed. Howard and Jessie Garcia, who had also worked in Ector County, took a year to do a complete reset—an effort now paying off in learning growth for students, sustainable higher pay for teacher-leaders that can reach six figures, and stronger teacher support and retention. Hear how they did it in our latest audio piece. |
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NEW FROM PUBLIC IMPACT®
Op-Eds in EducationNC
With our partner The Innovation Project, we published two op-eds this month in EducationNC: |
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SHOUT-OUT
Welcome to Newly Certified Schools |
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Congratulations to Barnes Elementary School in Wilson County, North Carolina, the second school nationwide to reach Level 2 for its Opportunity Culture Certified School™ status!
And congratulations to the more than 50 schools that have recently received certified status; see the full list on the Opportunity Culture® dashboard. |
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CERTIFICATION
This Month in Opportunity Culture® Certification |
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Thirty-nine participants from North Carolina and Maryland schools took advantage of our first certification webinar, which we created to help schools navigate the certification process. Public Impact® staff walked school and district leaders and educators through the certification process, then provided time for each school to complete the steps with live support. |
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Interested in a future support webinar? Register here for the next one on April 8; future webinars are planned for May 22 and June 10, 11, and 12. See all upcoming event dates here.
In a short survey for the first webinar, all respondents said it was worth their time, commenting that it provided “lots of key information that helps you understand the process” and “excellent tech and 1:1 support.” Wilson County, North Carolina, Principal April Shackleford said, “The frontload of work between Public Impact and our district made this a seamless process!”
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Banners and badges: Schools that have achieved Certified Opportunity Culture School™ status can announce their certification level and validation status by displaying a badge on their Opportunity Culture® banner. Certification and validation convey the strength of your instructional model to educators, students, families, and your community. Order yours today from the new Opportunity Culture® Merch shop on our Shopify site! |
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PORTAL
This Month in the Opportunity Culture® Portal |
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Thanks to the more than 5,000 educators who have responded so far to the annual Opportunity Culture® educator survey! The survey provides valuable insights into your experiences and perspectives. Having this 31% response rate already—consistent with high responses rates for online surveys in education—supports our efforts to understand how Opportunity Culture® implementation affects your schools and systems, and allows Public Impact® to identify areas for improvement. |
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Batter Up!
Step up to the plate this summer for invigorating days of professional learning for educators new to implementing Opportunity Culture® team teaching roles! Not on an Opportunity Culture® team? Catch the skills you need for other advanced teaching roles as well.
You’ll learn how to knock one out of the park with leadership and instructional excellence training for those in Multi-Classroom Leader®, Master Team Reach™, and Reach Associate™ roles. Whether you’re the coach or a key team player, there’s lots of learning here for you!
Join us for in-person sessions July 9 and 10 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, or participate in our virtual sessions from July 22–24.
See the fans of last year’s sessions here, then register today! |
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April Professional Learning Sessions
4/8 Navigating the Opportunity Culture® Certification Process, 3–4 p.m. ET FREE – Register
4/8 School-Level Staffing Design Workshop Part 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ET – Learn More
4/9 School-Level Staffing Design Workshop Part 2, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ET – Learn More
4/9 Introduction to School Staffing Design with Results, 1:05–3:30 p.m. ET — Register
4/15 District-Level Staffing Design Workshop Part 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ET – Learn More
4/16 District-Level Staffing Design Workshop Part 2, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. ET – Learn More
4/17 Opportunity Culture® Info Session, 1:00–1:45 p.m. ET FREE — Register
4/30 National Behavioral Event Interview Training, 1:05–4:00 p.m. ET — Register |
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RESOURCES
Tools and Tips You Need Now
Check out the instructional leadership and excellence resources on the Opportunity Culture® website. Principals and team leaders may find the Support and Develop Individuals and Manage Yourself sections especially useful now, as you head into the final months of the school year.
For all educators, find resources on these elements for achieving instructional excellence that may be especially useful now: |
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As schools prepare for end-of-year testing, how can teachers and teaching team leaders use data to motivate students and teachers and celebrate learning growth? This 45-minute webinar was led by Erin Burns Mehigan, a former teacher-leader accountable for the learning results of the 500 students taught by her high school biology team, which produced dramatic leaps in learning growth and proficiency. |
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She is joined by special guest Stevie Roper, leader of an elementary teaching team in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Title I school that ranked 25th in all of North Carolina for student learning growth, and had the highest proficiency growth among all the district’s elementary schools. Mehigan presents several proven data-based strategies to prepare for the testing homestretch and discusses with Roper what she has used for success—and provides tips teachers can use any time of the year.
Find more webinars here. |
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