Not exact matches
Nearly all the school
teams chose to combine several models to
reach more students with great teachers, add
team collaboration time, and let excellent teachers lead and develop their peers.
Opportunity Culture models redesign jobs to extend the
reach of excellent teachers to
more students, for
more pay, within budget — typically in collaborative
teams on which all teachers can pursue instructional excellence together and are formally accountable for all of the
students they serve.
We feel confident of this based on the study results: Great teachers can lead small
teams to
reach a lot
more students with high - growth learning — and support their colleagues» success really well.
• Opportunity for career advancement and rigorous, on - the - job learning becomes possible when great teachers advance by collaborating with, leading, and developing other teachers in
teams to
reach more students (without forcing class - size increases).
But we didn't know what methods of extending teachers»
reach would work best for
students:
reaching more students directly with extra paraprofessional support, or leading
teams.
* In math classes, excellent blended - learning teachers will use the rotation version of Time - Technology Swaps to extend their
reach to
more students, and also work in a
team of developing and novice teachers on their way to becoming blended - learning teachers.
A year ago, Public Impact began working with school design
teams of pilot schools in the Charlotte and Nashville public school districts to choose and tailor school models for extending the
reach of excellent teachers to
more students.
Any backlash we feared was apparently quelled by the designs these
teams chose: They focused as much on developing excellence among peers as
reaching more students with excellence directly.
Teachers are redesigning their schools» roles and schedules so that great teachers
reach more students, and most teachers work in
teams led by excellent teachers.
Use of these digital books is still limited (Kinetic Books, funded by a Florida venture capital firm, doesn't disclose how many schools are enrolled in its program), but Jacobsen and his
team are working hard to
reach more teachers and
students.
Peer pressure would also presumably be
more limiting when we look at achievement levels that are only likely to be
reached if
students join a math
team or take online courses.
The redesigned teacher roles extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students and also allow for increased teacher pay.
From that line of thinking was born Opportunity Culture, an initiative to try this idea: Let school
teams with teachers on them redesign jobs and use age - appropriate technology to extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to many
more students, for
more pay, within regular budgets, adding
more planning time, and having them take full accountability for the learning of all the
students they serve.
Teachers who
reach more students directly or by leading
teams can earn
more within recurring budgets, advancing their careers while continuing to teach.
Chetty's
team tracked down 95 percent of those tested to see if
students who scored well on kindergarten tests were earning
more than their classmates by the time they
reached their mid-20s.
Advanced roles can include
more teamwork, conducting complex planning and instruction on
teams,
reaching more students directly by partnering with paraprofessionals, and leading
teams of increasing size and challenge.
Structure competitive grants to induce districts and states to shift to transformative school designs that
reach more students with excellent teachers and the
teams they lead.
Public Impact defines «opportunity culture» as «extending the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within budget.
By extending the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to many
more students — for much higher pay, within available budgets, and adding time to plan, collaborate, and improve — the schools saw a way to address their dilemmas using the Opportunity Culture formula.
The contract also includes $ 6,800 supplements for «expanded - impact teachers,» great teachers who extend their
reach to at least 33 percent
more students with paraprofessional support, but who do not lead
teams.
With these models, excellent teachers are accountable for every
student's learning, and they and their
teams earn
more for
reaching more students.
Opportunity Culture models extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within budget.
That leadership is critical in an Opportunity Culture, which extends the
reach of their excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within recurring budgets — but applicable to any principals leading turnarounds and those interested in strengthening teacher leadership and enabling a collaborative approach to improving
student achievement.
The Harlandale Independent School District, in south - central San Antonio, Texas, has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within recurring budgets.
As in all Opportunity Culture schools, a Wells
team of teachers and administrators chose among models that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to
reach more students with personalized, high - standards instruction — one hallmark of great teachers.
Opportunity Culture models, which extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for higher pay within budget, change both the content and process of teacher evaluation — for the better.
She walks readers through the workweek of Romain Bertrand, a multi-classroom leader at Ranson middle school in Charlotte who incorporates blended learning into his math
team, to help understand how Bertrand extends his
reach to many, many
more students than the one - teacher - one - classroom mode.
Here, we include materials for Opportunity Culture schools, which extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within recurring budgets.
With Opportunity Culture models, schools can extend the
reach of excellent teachers and the
teams they lead to
more students, for
more pay, within budget (not temporary grants)-- making significant pay increases possible for all teachers.
This requires new school models with redesigned teacher roles that extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students.
Thursday's announcement that the Charlotte - Mecklenburg School District is scaling up its use of Opportunity Culture models that extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within budget, got some attention.
In our quest to
reach all
students with excellent teachers by 2025, the Public Impact
team previously published several detailed models that use job redesign and technology to
reach more students with excellent teachers, for
more pay, within budget.
This frees multi-classroom leaders and
team teachers to
reach more students without increasing instructional group sizes, and to plan and improve together based on data about
student progress each week.
Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide
students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the
reach» of high - performing teachers to
more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading
teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all
students taught by their
team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39
Public Impact says an Opportunity Culture creates a plan whereby a
team of teachers and administrators at each school choose among models that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to
reach more students with personalized, high - standards instruction — a hallmark of great teaching.
In Opportunity Culture models, a
team of teachers and administrators at each school chooses among models that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to
reach more students with personalized, high - standards instruction — one hallmark of great teachers.
In an Opportunity Culture, great teachers and the
teams they lead extend their
reach to
more students, for
more pay, within budget and without forcing class - size increases.
These models use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to many
more students, for
more pay, within budget.
Teachers working in
teams should track «significant conversations,» making sure that one adult on the
team has
reached out to every at - risk
student at least once a week to say
more than hello.
Extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to many
more students, for
more pay, within available budgets.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has made Texas the first state to support multiple districts in creating anb Opportunity Culture, joining the national initiative designed to extend the
reach of excellent teachers and their
teams to
more students, for
more pay, within recurring budgets.
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