by mlicausi | Nov 21, 2017 | Assessment, ELA (English Language Arts), Free Resources, Grading, Marzano Scales, Parent Communication
Have you ever felt like the grades you were giving students were not carrying the messages you wanted to send? I used to feel like I knew my students pretty well. After all, I spent 7 hours a day observing and interacting with them. When it came time for assessments,...
by mlicausi | Jan 7, 2017 | Assessment, ELA (English Language Arts), Marzano Scales, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluations
Does your school district use the Marzano Framework to evaluate its teachers? Are you anxious when you log into iObservations and take a peek at what’s expected of you? If you’re feeling stressed about what seems like a very complex system, stayed tuned for the next...
by mlicausi | Jul 16, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
Have you ever come across an amazing teaching idea, but you just couldn’t get it organized enough to use it consistently? Maybe you used it but it didn’t seem to bring you the results you were expecting? Maybe it was more complicated than you...
by mlicausi | Apr 5, 2016 | Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluations
With the explosion of Marzano framework for teacher evaluations, and Marzano Scales refocusing classroom instruction, I get a lot of questions from teachers trying to figure out how to write their own scales to meet district or state requirements. A few months ago I...
by mlicausi | Feb 25, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Motivation, Professional Development
Have you ever felt like as a teacher, you’re doing most of the work to learn, organize, pace, and dispense the curriculum while your students sit back passively waiting for you to tell them what to do? What if your students understood that it was their job to...
by mlicausi | Jan 8, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
So, how do you write a Marzano Scale that works? Continuing the theme of writing goals with your students for the new year, this third post is going to divulge my most helpful tips for how to write specific Marzano Scales. I’m going to share with you the...
