Opportunity Culture® is to help highly skilled, master teachers keep making a direct impact on students while giving them opportunities to increase their responsibilities - and compensation. This is a unique staffing model used to create equity and opportunity for staff and students. Many school districts and states are adopting the Opportunity Culture® model, developed by Public Impact®, a North Carolina-based organization and used in many N.C. districts.
• Teachers lead the way. Each Opportunity Culture® school creates a team of teachers who decide which aspects of the model fit their school best. This is a sub-set of the Teacher-Led Design Team for the schools in Greene County.
• Many more students are reached with excellent teaching. Excellent teachers - those who typically make about 1½ years of progress each year with their students - reach more students directly or by leading teaching teams.
• Pay supplements are funded through reallocating current school budgets, making the higher pay sustainable over time.
• Teachers gain more protected, school-day planning and collaboration time, achieved through careful scheduling, and clarity about how to use that time.
• Accountability matches the responsibilities of each person. Teachers can focus on their best subjects and roles, with accountability matching what they take on.
Greene County Intermediate School