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 | Jun 15, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, Marzano Scales, Math, Teacher Evaluations
In the last school year I’ve received some really great comments from teachers. They tell me how useful the leveled Math Assessments with Scales and Posters have been for supporting a growth mindset and differentiation! If your school uses the Marzano Framework...
by mlicausi | May 23, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Grading, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development
Last post I discussed the Pros and Cons of Informal Assessments. This week I am switching to the idea of using formal assessments for Marzano Scales because I found that they were so much more effective! The benefits of formal assessments are that they give you and...
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...
