Opportunity Culture Audio
What do great Opportunity Culture educators do, and what have they learned about successfully redesigning school roles to reach all students with excellent teaching? Opportunity Culture Audio pieces bring their voices and advice to you, to help confront some of the stickiest issues facing education.
Podcasting since 2022 • 20 episodes
Opportunity Culture Audio
Latest Episodes
#15. How Small Groups Led to Big Middle School Math Growth
Math Team Reach Teacher™ Brian Tavenner discusses his wholehearted belief in the power of extensive small-group instruction to improve all students’ outcomes and the difference it makes in how he works with student learning data. He delves into...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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11:15
#14. Becoming a Student Growth State Leader: Lessons from Winchester
For the 2023–24 school year, Winchester Public Schools had student learning growth results to celebrate: Their seventh-grade math students were number 1 in the state for learning growth; fourth-grade math was in the top 10, and eighth-grade mat...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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15:01
#13. BONUS: Use a Central Applicant Pool for Robust Hiring
Superintendent Jason van Heukelum of Winchester Public Schools developed a rigorous selection process at the division level to guard against bias and to send a message that teachers selected for the team leader role have to produce results.
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Season 2
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2:43
#13 BONUS: How Opportunity Culture® Career Paths Keep Educators in Their Best-fit Role
With the Multi-Classroom Leader™ role, some teachers who want to grow in their profession choose to stay in the classroom because they've been empowered to lead without having to be an administrator, says Winchester Public Schools superin...
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Season 2
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1:31
#13. A Superintendent’s View: Go All-In with Opportunity Culture® Teams, Small-Group
Viewing Opportunity Culture® implementation as a single, cost-neutral solution for multiple issues—student outcomes and educator career paths and satisfaction—Winchester Public Schools Superintendent Jason van Heukelum discusses why the distric...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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15:46
