Are you a teacher who:

• Believes all students can learn?
• Wants to impact more students, and advance without leaving the classroom?
• Wishes you could help other teachers grow?
• And dreams of doing this with more planning and collaboration time, for pay competitive with other professions?
• Opportunity Culture roles are designed for you! Apply today!

Opportunity Culture schools offer innovative team-based roles that allow teachers to lead from the classroom, learn on the job, pursue teaching excellence together, and earn significantly more for reaching more students. All roles are funded sustainably at the school level, rather than with temporary grants.

If you are committed to high standards of excellence, teamwork, and student impact, join us!

Multi-Classroom Leader Role

The Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) role allows teachers with a record of high-growth student learning and leadership competencies to both teach part of the time and lead small, collaborative teams of two to eight teachers, paraprofessionals, and teacher residents in the same grade or subject to meet each MCL’s standards of excellence. MCLs establish each team member’s roles and goals at least annually, determine how students spend time, and organize teaching roles to fit each teacher’s strengths, content knowledge, and professional development goals. The team uses the MCL’s methods and tools.

An MCL:

• co-plans, co-teaches, models, coaches, and gives feedback.
• teaches students part of the time.
• organizes the team to analyze student learning data and change instruction to ensure high-growth learning for every child.
• collaborates with the team, using the team’s ideas and innovations that may improve learning.
• is fully accountable for the learning and development of all students taught by the team members.
• helps choose team members and leads their development, and monitors, assesses, and shares their progress with the principal.

Download a detailed job description here.

Reach Associate

A Reach Associate (RA) is an advanced paraprofessional who provides release time and support for teachers in the Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) role. Reach associates, or RAs,  provide that release time by instructing students in small groups or individually, supporting students while they work on projects, skills practice, and digital learning, and supporting the team on other non-instructional tasks. 

• Everything the RA does is directed by the MCL.
• Likewise, a team may include a teacher resident, who can serve some of the functions of an RA, supporting the team while getting on-the-job training from the MCL.

Download a detailed job description here.