Teacher and Leader Evaluation PD Brochure

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Personally trained by Dr. Marzano, our associates specialize in long-term school improvement efforts. With professional development from MRL, you can tap into the immense depth and breadth of their collective experience.

At Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL), we truly respect the art and science of teaching.

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Teacher & LeaderSHIP

Tina Boogren, PhD, is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, instructional coach, digital educator, professional developer, new teacher mentor, athletic coach, and building-level leader.

Development

David Livingston, PhD, specializes in school and district-level leadership and school improvement.

He is a former district executive director of elementary education, teacher, and principal.

FRAMEWORKS

Other associates: Elliott Asp, Bev Clemens, Jane Doty Fischer, Mitzi Hoback, and Russell Jenson

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MRL is committed to pursuing all three. To create a consistent pedagogical philosophy throughout your school or district, we’ve become one of the few organizations in the industry that offer both teacher and leader professional development programs.

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We use the term development, not evaluation, because there is a fundamental distinction between measuring someone’s performance and helping someone improve performance. The evaluation process needs to do both, but a substantial focus on development is essential to meaningful teacher and leader growth.

Our teacher and leadership development models are a cut above the rest. Here are a few reasons why:

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Phil Warrick, EdD, is associate vice president of Marzano Research Laboratory. He was an awardwinning administrator in Nebraska for nearly 12 years.

He has been an adjunct professor at Peru State College since 2005.

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Jan K. Hoegh is associate vice president of Marzano Research Laboratory. She has been a classroom teacher, building-level leader, professional development specialist, assistant high school principal, and curriculum coordinator.

Pam Livingston has 14 years of experience as a classroom teacher and staff developer and 17 years as a building administrator.

She focuses on school leadership with special attention to the support and supervision of instruction.

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Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is vice president of Marzano Research Laboratory.

She is a consultant with experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts.

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A transformative approach to the evaluation process

Dr. Robert J. Marzano has made it his life’s work to discover the most effective K–12 classroom practices. He and his associates have spent decades analyzing what works in schools and classrooms around the world. Change happens, inside and outside the walls of MRL, but the fact remains that school improvement needs to be comprehensive, research-based, and consistent.

MRL core team: Jan K. Hoegh, Phil Warrick, Tammy Heflebower, and Robert J. Marzano

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1. These models allow for self-reflection and autonomy in the professional growth journey.

2. Teachers and administrators will develop a common language, helping everyone come together in vision, approach, and execution.

3. MRL will help you implement these models with a robust range of services—from video conferencing to on-site engagements and more.

Leaders, dynamic learning results begin with you Drill down to stronger instructional practices with this framework designed for coaches, teachers, and administrators. Each module of clearly defined on-site PD targets improved learning through techniques based on leading research.

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To kick-start your teacher and leadership development PD today, visit marzanoresearch.com and download our free evaluation models. Get the entire staff involved by holding a book study for your principals and leaders using Coaching Classroom Instruction or for your teachers using Becoming a Reflective Teacher.

When you’re ready to dive in, MRL will create a PD plan differentiated for your school’s needs. Here are a few ways our authors and associates can help you put the teacher and leadership development models to work:

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Choose a module for a one-day on-site overview

Address two domains in any combination during one-day training

Schedule two-day training (consecutive or nonconsecutive)

Schedule two-day training (consecutive or nonconsecutive)

Plan two-day training on a single module, including basic and in-depth overviews

Work to align your state standards with the Marzano model

“Teacher development is a multifaceted process.

Although it is often equated with teacher evaluation, development has different goals and motivations. Evaluation is designed to measure competence; development is designed to increase expertise.

Expertise has often been viewed as something that a person either has or doesn’t, but research has shown that this is not the case. Expertise can be developed over time, and growth is facilitated by goal setting, practice, feedback, coaching, and reflection.”

—Dr. Robert J. Marzano

Chart your path to better school leadership This is the starting point—and the finish line—for your on-site PD. Training can be completed in just two days or customized to meet your needs. These research-based best practices strengthen leadership schoolwide.

Today, 69 school districts in the state of Washington use the Marzano Teacher Development Framework to satisfy their evaluation requirements.

John Waldren, administrator of special projects for Wenatchee School District, talks about his experience using the model and the impact professional development from MRL has had on his district.

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

What has been the most helpful part of your PD experience?

FRAMEWORK

Viable curriculum

Instructional improvement

Data-driven focus

Ensure a guaranteed curriculum designed to optimize learning for all students, and establish practices for holding teachers accountable for following it.

Harness best practices for enhancing student learning and fine-tune your approach to pedagogy for continuous improvement in your school or district.

Leverage relevant and timely data to evaluate current practices, adjust your focus, and create shared goals.

Collaborative culture

Well-balanced climate

Instill leadership patterns that enable teachers and staff to function as a cohesive team and address critical issues.

Create and maintain an atmosphere that promotes a positive, safe, and healthful learning environment.

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Where does one begin? The most helpful part of the PD experience has been the specific trainings that address the specific components of the model. As a result of the trainings so far, our staff is developing a common language about teaching in addition to understanding the different levels of teacher expertise. Finally, I cannot emphasize how valuable the overall emphasis has been upon developing teacher expertise using this model as a ‘growth model.’ This underlying emphasis saturates all of our trainings and is very encouraging to our staff.”

What would you tell an educator who is considering MRL for teacher development work?

Without hesitation, I would advise any educator to consider MRL for teacher development work. This organization has the most comprehensive understanding of the Marzano instructional framework. The lab’s work is vetted by Robert Marzano, who also takes an active role in their work. In addition, those resources that are available to teachers to improve their instructional expertise have been developed by those who are employed

by MRL, many of whom are professional development trainers for school districts. Does it get any better than that?”

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The Wenatchee School District needed to provide administrative and certificated staff with training on learning the Washington state evaluation model (Marzano version) and how it applies to classroom instruction. Our state and our school district did not have the capacity to accomplish this on their own without outside assistance.”

MRL is an outstanding organization. The MRL trainers are highly skilled trainers and model the strategies they are teaching in a most engaging manner. I have also found them to be very approachable and willing to discuss any questions, ramifications, or concerns about the model that I have needed to share while going through this training. Finally, they have also provided additional assistance that has been extremely helpful as we continue to implement the model in our school district.”