Our national Opportunity Culture® initiative makes possible an excellent education for all students and excellent careers for all educators.
Public Impact® founded and leads the rapidly growing national Opportunity Culture® initiative, which assists pre-K–12 schools in extending the reach of excellent teachers, principals, and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring school budgets. Educators in the Multi-Classroom Leader™ (MCL™) role—teachers with a record of high-growth student learning who lead small, collaborative teams—are the cornerstone of this design. Yearlong, paid residencies make on-the-job learning possible for a diverse set of future teachers and principals.
To access all results, materials, and other support for educators and district administrators, visit the Opportunity Culture® website.
The Opportunity Culture® Initiative is Research-Backed
Two third-party studies have found that, on average, teachers who joined Opportunity Culture® Multi-Classroom Leader™ teams moved from producing 50th percentile student learning growth to 77th percentile student learning growth.
The initiative has been recognized by policymakers and education advocates as an effective strategy to address staffing shortages and Covid recovery.
FEATURED VIDEO
Opportunity Culture®: Teaching, Leading, Learning Part 1
What barriers keep teachers and students from experiencing great support and strong learning outcomes? Part 1 of our two-part video highlights some of the barriers that Opportunity Culture® models can remove. Part 2 explains how these models provide support for all teachers to reach many more students with excellence, learn more, and earn more.
Opportunity Culture® Principles
We work with districts and states that are committed to the five Opportunity Culture® principles:
Teams of teachers and school leaders must choose and tailor models to:
- Reach more students with excellent teachers and their teams
- Pay teachers more for extending their reach
- Fund pay within regular budgets
- Provide protected in-school time and clarity about how to use it for planning, collaboration, and development
- Match authority and accountability to each person’s responsibilities
Our Opportunity Culture® implementation team provides:
District and School Technical Assistance
We cost-efficiently guide districts and schools using Opportunity Culture® models to design for results, implement collaboratively, monitor outcomes, and improve to make a positive impact on students and educators. Our technical assistance includes:
- One-on-one support for your district’s Opportunity Culture® leader
- Design sessions for district teams and school teams that include teachers
- Designing financially sustainable roles—from paraprofessionals to multi-school leaders—and pay, so your schools can implement for the long term, within budget
- Training and professional learning sequences for educators in Opportunity Culture® roles
- Feedback rounds, analysis, and guidance to monitor and improve implementation
- The Opportunity Culture® portal, a virtual planning and communications platform
State and Federal Technical Assistance
If you are a state or federal policy leader interested in establishing an Opportunity Culture® initiative, we can help you efficiently design and implement an approach that fits your context and gets results for students.
Our technical assistance includes advising on grant competitions that inspire your public schools, creating and facilitating cohorts of districts designing their Opportunity Culture® plans, and advising on policies for initial pilots and scale-up.
We seek district and state partners who are eager to meet or surpass the goal of:
Reaching at least
75%
of students…
With at least
75th
percentile student learning growth*…
*On average, compared to 2010 standard growth levels.
While nearly
100%
of educators are satisfied or highly satisfied.
Visit the Opportunity Culture® website to learn more—then start planning your own Opportunity Culture® design!