Key Principles of Opportunity Culture:

Teachers lead the way. Each Opportunity Culture school creates a team of teachers who decide which aspects of the model fit their school best.
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.
In most cases, large pay supplements are funded through reallocations of current school budgets, making the higher pay sustainable.
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.

Opportunity Culture Roles

Multi-Classroom Leader

A Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) has a record of high-growth with students and proven leadership skills. The MCL leads a small teaching team of up to 8 members in lesson planning, data analysis, and instructional delivery. They observe and coach team teachers, co-teach with them, and model instruction while continuing to teach some portion of the time. The MCL role may be “Partial Release” or “Full Release”. Partial Release MCLs have their own classroom of record and teach for part of the day, but have release time to leave their classroom to work with their team teachers. Full-release MCLs do not have their own classroom of record and generally lead larger teams. MCLs in WCS can earn stipends between $10,000 and $18,000 annually, depending on the number of team members supported and in which school they are employed.

Master Team Reach Teacher

The Master Team Reach Teacher (MTRT) has a record of high-growth with students and works under the direction of a Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL) to assist with supporting a large team. The MTRT provides coaching for 1-2 team members, leads PLCs and planning meetings, and may teach more students than his/her team members. The MTRT receives support and coaching from the team’s MCL as well. MTRTs in WCS can earn stipends between $6,100 and $7,600 annually, depending on the school in which they are employed.

Reach Associate

A Reach Associate is a paraprofessional who supports student learning by working under the guidance of a Master Team Reach Teacher (MTRT) or a Multi-Classroom Leader (MCL). RAs provide release-time to team leaders and teachers which enables them to release their classrooms to provide support to other team members. RAs assist with instruction, supervision, and classroom operations, helping to create a smooth, high-functioning learning environment that supports high achievement for all students. When not providing release time, RAs tutor small groups or individual students. RAs also collaborate in team planning sessions, student data analysis and professional development when the schedule allows. RAs in WCS can earn stipends between $3,250 and $4,000 annually, depending on the school in which they are employed.

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