Don’t miss the latest posts on the Opportunity Culture website! Keeping Kentucky’s Teachers: How Opportunity Culture Roles Could Help When the Northern Kentucky Tribune took a look at why schools struggle to retain teachers, Data Editor Jan Hillard noted several “best-practice solutions,” including Opportunity Culture models. Hillard highlighted Opportunity Culture roles, such as Multi-Classroom Leadership, as a way to improve […]
Public Impact Announces 2021 National Cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows
June 17, 2021, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Public Impact announces with pleasure the seventh cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows, made up of eight principals who have achieved strong results in their schools and districts. Fellows provide support to their cohort, take one another’s ideas back to their schools, write columns or lead webinars about their experiences, and speak locally and […]
The 2021 National Cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows
By Public Impact Public Impact announces with pleasure the seventh cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows, made up of eight principals who have achieved strong results in their schools and districts. Fellows provide support to their cohort, take one another’s ideas back to their schools, write columns or lead webinars about their experiences, and speak locally […]
Diagnosis: Principal Failure. Rx: Listen, Act, Cure
In the webinar, a school principal describes how he turned his school’s climate around and shares his tools for gathering data and acting on it.
Public Impact Announces 2019–20 National Cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows
June 3, 2019, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Public Impact announces the fifth cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows, made up of 10 Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders and 5 principals who have achieved strong results and been leaders in their schools and districts. Fellows provide support to their cohort, take one another’s ideas back to their schools, write […]
Career Paths and Pay in an Opportunity Culture: A Practical Guide
This guide presents examples of career paths that make it possible for educators to reach more students with excellent teaching and earn more for it, within schools’ budgets.
Local Principal Awarded National Fellowship
Rocky Mount Telegram, November 19, 2018, by Amelia Harper
North Edgecombe High School Principal Donnell Cannon recently was selected as one of 15 Opportunity Culture Fellows nationwide. The 15 fellows come from multi-classroom leaders and principals serving in school districts that have adopted the Opportunity Culture model. This year’s fellows were selected as leaders who have achieved strong results in districts in Texas, Indiana, Arkansas and North Carolina, a press release from Public Impact said.
Public Impact Announces 2018-19 Opportunity Culture Fellows
EdNC, October, 26, 2018 The following is a press release from Public Impact. Public Impact is pleased to announce our fourth cohort of Opportunity Culture Fellows. This year’s 15 fellows are Opportunity Culture multi-classroom leaders and principals who have achieved strong results and been leaders in their schools and districts. Fellows provide support to their cohort, take […]
Indianapolis is Experimenting with a New Kind of Teacher — and It’s Transforming This School
Chalkbeat, February 16, 2017, by Dylan Peers McCoy
Teachers at School 107 are up against a steep tower of challenges: test scores are chronically low, student turnover is high and more than a third of kids are still learning English.
Free Tools for Teacher-Leaders, Turnaround Principals
Start off the new year with support from a large selection of new, free tools from Public Impact. Whether you are leading a teaching team or leading a school—especially one attempting a turnaround—you’ll find tools based on research and the practices of the best Opportunity Culture teacher-leaders and principals nationally.
Recruitment Toolkit
This four-step guide walks districts through the key recruiting steps to encourage great candidates to apply for Opportunity Culture roles.
Teacher and Staff Selection Toolkit
This planner and tools guide district, school, and charter management organization leaders in selecting teachers and staff members for Opportunity Culture roles.