Dr. Marzano on Designing Effective Professional Development
Dr. Robert Marzano suggests schools and districts take a different approach to professional development. It starts by adopting a common language of instruction and delivering professional development based on the common language. Teachers identify specific areas of pedagogy in which they would like to improve and then engage in targeted PD based on the common language focused on their improvement areas.
This very powerful and cost-effective model can be implemented using Dr. Marzano’s research-based common language of instruction: The Art and Science of Teaching. As teachers develop expertise in each area of Dr. Marzano’s common language of instruction, they can deliver focused in-service sessions on those subjects. Those sessions are delivered by expert teachers from the same school or district who are proficient in the PD subject, knowledgeable of the common language of instruction, and familiar with the student body.
iObservation supports teachers to identify improvement areas in Dr. Marzano’s common language of instruction and to receive targeted on-demand PD in those focus areas. As teachers develop expertise, they can use Dr. Marzano’s resource library to support their colleagues’ growth and development in a community of professional practice.
See Dr. Marzano describe this approach in the following video:
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Dr. Marzano on Designing Effective PD
Learn More About the Marzano Suite and iObservation
iObservation allows your school or district to implement the strategies and tactics described above. The Marzano Suite also includes the following features:
- The Marzano Observation and Feedback Protocol - Upgrades walkthroughs, instructional rounds, and observations with 41 key strategies revealed by research for effective teaching
- The Leaders of Learning Program - Professional development for district and school leaders to skillfully use the Marzano Observation and Feedback Protocol
- The Professional Development Resource Library - The Library provides on-demand professional development resources for use to improve instructional effectiveness
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