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 2023 • 15 episodes
Opportunity Culture Audio
Latest Episodes
#12. For N.C. Superintendent, Opportunity Culture® Teams Lead to a “Return on Instructional Investment”
Since 2017, the Vance County, N.C., school system has used Opportunity Culture® teaching teams to improve teacher retention and student learning. How has the district sustained implementation through a pandemic and transition to a new sup...
May 20, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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19:52
#11. Public Impact Module Helps Schools Create a Tutoring Culture
Former Multi-Classroom Leader Okema Owens Simpson led the development of Public Impact’s on-demand module, Building a Scalable, Sustainable Tutoring Culture ...
April 11, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:17
#10. How Collaborative District Leadership Supports Opportunity Culture Success
Successful Opportunity Culture implementation in a school district isn’t all up to the schools: Getting broad participation and communication from multiple district offices provides the support schools need. In North Carolina’s Winston-Salem/Fo...
March 06, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:56
#9. Kids Need Tutoring. Few Kids Get Tutoring. Opportunity Culture Models Can Help.
A recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that high-dosage tutoring reaches only about one in 10 students—despite the national push for it. But if schools build innovative staffing models such as Opportunity Cultur...
February 10, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:57
#8. Dramatic Student Growth Follows Focus on Data, Small-Group Tutoring, and Collaboration
Lucama Elementary, a rural, Title I school in Wilson County, North Carolina, implemented several Opportunity Culture roles in 2021–22. Following a focus on data-driven, small-group tutoring, instruction based on the science of reading, and grea...
December 09, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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15:30
