by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 14, 2018 | Education Reform, Instructional Strategies, School Improvement, Student Engagement
You know the drill: identify critical content, deliver it to students, and then give them homework to deepen their knowledge of the new material. This works, but do you ever get the urge to shake things up a little? Would your students benefit from a change to the...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 14, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, iObservation, Marzano Essentials for Achieving Rigor, School Improvement, School Leadership, Standards-Based Instruction
Originally published in CenterEd in June 2014. Having taken part in a pilot of iObservation, LSI’s observation and professional development software, and instructed the faculty to study elements of the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model, Bonny Eagle Middle School,...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Instructional Strategies, Marzano Evaluation Model, School Improvement, Student Engagement
When Dr. Ilene Winokur was young, people often told her she’d make a great teacher. She wasn’t quite sure why they said that – perhaps it was her ability to relate to all types of people or her infinite patience – but she respected the teaching profession so deeply...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Marzano Evaluation Model, School Improvement, Teacher Evaluation
In a previous article, we spoke with Chrisencia Barzey and Brian Schum, two educators at A.D. Henderson University School, a public K-8 school on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. Both teachers told us that since the school implemented the Marzano Teacher...
by LSI Marzano Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Marzano Evaluation Model, Robert J. Marzano, School Improvement, School Leadership
A.D. Henderson University School, a public elementary and middle school situated on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, is known for its rigorous academics and great teachers, but even at this 2004 National Blue Ribbon School, teachers are always...