Part 2—Here’s How: This brief video details how Opportunity Culture implementation provides on-the-job, consistent support for all teachers to reach many more students with excellence, learn more, and earn more—by having great teachers lead teams or reach more students directly, with more school-day collaboration and planning time. 

Opportunity Culture models restructure pre-K–12 schools to extend the reach of excellent teachers, principals, and their teams to more students, for more pay, within regular school budgets.

Opportunity Culture career paths let you stay in the classroom while continuing to advance as a teacher and teacher-leader, reaching many more students with excellent instruction and getting and giving great support—while earning more! 

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In each Opportunity Culture school:

• A design and implementation team of teachers and administrators determines how to use the Multi-Classroom Leader role and other roles to reach more students with teachers who have demonstrated high-growth student learning.
• Teachers in the Multi-Classroom Leader role lead a teaching team, providing guidance and frequent on-the-job coaching while continuing to teach, often by leading small-group instruction.
• Accountable for the results of all students in the team.
• The schools redesign schedules to provide additional school-day time for teacher planning, coaching, and collaboration.

The Multi-Classroom Leader role is the cornerstone of Opportunity Culture designs.

Independent research found that students in classrooms of team teachers led by teachers in the Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) role showed sizeable academic gains.

The MCL role allows teachers with a record of high-growth student learning and leadership competencies to:

• Lead a small grade or subject team: co-planning, coaching, co-teaching, and modeling instruction and data analysis for and with the team.
• Continue to teach part of the time, often by leading small-group instruction.
• Work as a team with other MCLs to help principals lead instruction, behavior policies, and other critical activities affecting learning in each school.
• Take accountability for student learning, teacher satisfaction, and other outcomes in all classrooms led.
• Earn substantial pay supplements funded by reallocations of the school’s budget.

The opportunity culture principles guides the work.

Teams of teachers and school leaders must choose and tailor models to:

1. Reach more students with excellent teachers and their teams
2. Pay teachers more for extending their reach
3. Fund pay within regular budgets
4. Provide protected in-school time and clarity about how to use it for planning, collaboration, and development
5. Match authority and accountability to each person’s responsibilities

Want to Learn More About Opportunity Culture Models? Start Here!

For Educators: Introduction to Opportunity Culture Models

For Parents: Introduction for Parents (also available in Spanish)