ERIC Number: ED631156
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 5
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At Petree Elementary, Schoolwide Opportunity Culture Roles Underpin Growth
Barrett, Sharon Kebschull
Public Impact
When Dr. Tina Lupton and Dr. Timisha Barnes-Jones joined the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Opportunity Culture implementation was happening in the midst of COVID. Lupton, the executive director of professional learning, and Barnes-Jones, the area superintendent for a network of 15 transformation schools, used their experience in other Opportunity Culture districts to help the schools make some adjustments. By the following year, three of those Opportunity Culture schools came off North Carolina's "low-performing" list; nine of the 11 schools implementing Opportunity Culture models either met or exceeded the bar set by the state for expected student learning growth--results they attribute in part to these models. In this report on Petree Elementary, Opportunity Culture educators discuss their strategic use of Opportunity Culture roles and the power of Opportunity Culture teams to lead to student success. [For the other pieces in this series: "District Leader Collaboration: A Key to Opportunity Culture Schools' Success," see ED631157; and "At Ibraham Elementary, Data Drives Small-Group Instruction, Student Gains," see ED631155.]
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Culture, Teamwork, Educational Change, Teacher Collaboration, Small Group Instruction, At Risk Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Role, Barriers, Scheduling, Achievement Gains
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Public Impact, Opportunity Culture
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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