Districts that have
created an Opportunity Culture have seen a surge of applications; this toolkit helps leaders adapt to a higher volume of applications and the chance that offers to become highly selective in hiring.
At two Charlotte schools, though, the principals found something they hadn't tried:
creating an Opportunity Culture for their students and teachers.
This guide and brief join the many free Opportunity Culture materials for schools, districts, and human resources personnel to use in
creating an Opportunity Culture, recruiting, selecting, training, and evaluating and developing teachers and teacher - leaders in these new roles.
Many of the Opportunity Culture schools are high - poverty, and have been able to fill positions selectively instead of having teacher vacancies as they did before
creating an Opportunity Culture.
These new models offer a glimpse at what they are doing, and provide a starting point for additional schools that want to reach all students with excellent teaching and provide all teachers with career advancement opportunities and on - the - job development and support —
creating an Opportunity Culture for all.
Now, it's the principals» turn: We've shared videos of multi-classroom leaders and team teachers telling why they love their jobs in the Metro Nashville schools that have
created an Opportunity Culture.
Not exact matches
So (it) gave me the
opportunity to hire an executive team... We had an
opportunity to
create our own
culture and we're off to the races, pun intended.»
Counter
Culture Coffee President Brett Smith talks the coffee business and how the gourmet buzz
creates opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Through his influence, he has become the center of everything relevant, tech and
culture, and has used his brand to
create massive
opportunity.
With power, men have the
opportunity, indeed the obligation, to
create cultures where harassment does not flourish.
For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time
opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and
Creating an Innovative
Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.
You'll also be
creating an inclusive company
culture that provides
opportunities to those often overlooked.
The question of whether we can harness it for
creating anything more substantial than amusing pictures of cats, Shirky writes, «will be answered much more decisively by the
opportunities we provide for one another and by the
culture of the groups we form than by any particular technology.»
Once you have
created this
culture of
opportunity, your people will see that there is scope for them to move up.
Despite ongoing business challenges and employment issues that are clearly ripe for improvement, according to the American Psychological Association some employers have seized the
opportunity to
create a healthy
culture where employees and the organization can thrive.
Whether you have 30 employees or 300,
creating a
culture of
opportunity at your business will make a huge difference for your staff.
Employer retention strategies could benefit from
creating environments that encourage entrepreneurial
culture and
opportunities for workers.»
In her twenty - plus years as an entrepreneur, Kim has had the
opportunity to speak in front of thousands of people in the business, nonprofit and academic worlds about how to
create a vibrant and rewarding work
culture that enhances the company's bottom line as well as her coworker's and customer's lives.
We modernized the environment,
creating more
opportunities for collaboration, while maintaining the same academic atmosphere revered by our
culture.
I looked at what my sister and mom had
created in Idaho (they own two studios there) and saw that Pure Barre offers the
opportunity to empower women, help them reach goals they didn't think were possible before, and build a community of all different beliefs,
cultures, and ages!
The rigidity of social institutions in a «vertical
culture»
creates numerous
opportunities for corruption and injustice, because it
creates strongholds of power that the oppressor can colonize and exploit.
Ricoeur points out that the Christian view of the unity of body and mind had no
opportunity to «
create a
culture for itself».
Nevertheless, despite the misgivings educators might have about the basis on which such literary choices have been made, it is clear that the new A Level specifications have at least
created an
opportunity for Catholic
culture to be brought back into the curriculum.
Daymon associates have the
opportunity to be owners after one year of employment and
create a
culture of decision ownership.
«We have
created different experiences in our nine dining halls because we wanted students to have the
opportunity to experience foods from different
cultures.
«Clean label» has been a rallying cry for years, but in the Instagram age — where trends and preferences change more quickly than ever — it's difficult to pin down exactly how location,
culture, age and other factors are shaping the clean label movement and
creating unique challenges and
opportunities.
As a high school sophomore and self - identified hippie, I saw working at this ice cream franchise in the suburbs of Chicago not really as a job
opportunity so much as a potentially transcendent life experience: I could go beyond consuming Phish Food ice cream and be part of the
culture that
created Phish Food.
«The new Ghostbusters is an iconic film that is loved by millions of people, and its return gave us a unique
opportunity to
create exciting menu items inspired by the pop
culture phenomenon,» said John Eucalitto, president of Wayback Burgers.
James Richardson, Ph.D., leads Hartman Strategy, which works with the largest and most respected global food and beverage companies to identify,
create and seize white - space
opportunities that align with constantly evolving food
culture.
Learn how to
create a
culture of bicycling and walking in your neighborhood to provide more
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We believe that the digital era presents unparalleled
opportunities for young people, and we strive to
create a
culture of responsibility and a sense of digital citizenship for all.
Our support will enable FoodCorps to achieve its goals of providing hands - on nutrition education in schools, offering kids
opportunities to try new, wholesome foods in the cafeteria, and
creating a
culture of healthy eating in nearly 650 schools across the country.
We believe that the digital era presents unparalleled
opportunities for young people, and we strive to
create a
culture of responsibility and...
The net offers
opportunities to
create and enjoy
culture like never before, yet this openness and creativity risks being undone by corporate monopolists backed by bullying states.
Zongos are vibrant places, they are communities with
opportunities in local
culture, specialty foods and tourism that if properly invested in, and harnessed can
create jobs and economic growth at the community level» Dr. Bawumia added.
«Rebranding of our
culture and festivals is important because it will not only boost investment, but will also
create business
opportunities that will make the local industries thrive,» she said.
When then - Assemblymember Vito Lopez stepped down from his party boss post amid a sexual harassment scandal, and was replaced by current Chair Frank Seddio in 2012, it
created an
opportunity for
culture shift throughout the organization and the website was part of that, according to Rizzo.
Finally, I see this as an
opportunity to
create personal friendships and connections with people from diverse backgrounds and to learn of their
culture.
«This rich assemblage of materials in bronze, silver, lead and iron, along with the abundant ceramics and remarkable evidence of organic remains,
create an unparalleled
opportunity for the study of
culture, religion and daily life in Chianti and the surrounding region,» she said of the well excavation that began in 2011, which is part of a larger dig encompassing the entire Cetamura settlement.
The first tier contains items that many young scientists would expect from their supervisors: mentoring; communication; setting a direction and vision for the research group; providing
opportunities to network with other scientists; providing funding for postdocs» research or giving them significant help in obtaining their own grants; training;
creating a work
culture and environment that encourages individuals to treat everybody with respect and encourages collaboration;
creating an ambience that keeps group members satisfied and attracts talented scientists to the group; and offering postdocs
opportunities to explore options for their careers once their fellowships have ended.
The
opportunity, the report stated, is in training effective mentors and
creating a
culture of inclusiveness by providing faculty
opportunities to become more aware of implicit bias, stereotyping, and ways to avoid either.
Although Arnold Gehlen once labeled humanity as a «flawed being» that had to
create its own
culture to survive nature's environment, we can be certain he had not yet considered the
opportunities presented by bionics, marine biology and microbiology.
Together, we have the power to transform
culture by preserving the space for our artists to
create and thrive and providing
opportunities to introduce their work to new audiences.
According to the report, the overall learning
culture that ability grouping
creates inhibits learning
opportunities for some students and can leave them stuck at a level of learning they have potential to advance from.
Public Impact's latest
Opportunity Culture case study, Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T.: New Teaching Roles
Create Culture of Excellence in High - Need Schools, explains the «truly different» things that L.I.F.T. did to redesign four schools using
Opportunity Culture models and principles.
Instead, schools need to
create a
culture of conversation and partnership with students to figure out how to live with and work through the
opportunities and challenges that accompany instituting one - to - one programs.
My guess is that if you focus in an intentional way on
creating a college - going
culture for all your students, even those students who were on the fence about higher education may eventually consider the possibilities and
opportunities that a college education can provide.
Districts and charter schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an
Opportunity Culture,
creating pilot schools that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.
We've
created a Teacher and Staff Selection Toolkit and a Recruitment Toolkit to capture the lessons and tools of the most successful recruiters among these early
Opportunity Culture districts.
Its solution is found most often in
creating a positive, supportive school
culture and climate, where teachers are treated as professionals and given the
opportunity to collaborate, problem solve, and get needed, reasonable supports in timely ways.