Marzano Academy Teacher Certification Courses

Description

Marzano Academies Educator Pathways to Certification are based upon Dr. Marzano’s Competency-based Instructional Model.

• Evidence-based material by Bob Marzano

  • Dr. Marzano has created an instructional model for Competency-based classrooms based on his 50 years of research. He has identified the nuances that make a CBE classroom different from a traditional classroom, provided detailed strategies a teacher can use today, and what measures they can use to determine if they are having the desired impact on their learners’ behaviors and dispositions.

• Flexible (personalized) –

  • Multiple Pathways to complete certification.
    • Pathway 1 – have access to all 10-Design Areas of the Marzano Academies’ Instructional Model and work on earning badges in the order that works for you. You can start gathering evidence of Design Area 1. Then you can begin collecting evidence for any other design area before earning the badge for Design Area 1. Once you have completed all ten Design Areas, you will be certified as a Competency-Based Educator.
    • Pathway 2 – Choose a badge, one at a time, collect all the evidence, submit it for review, earn the badge, and then move on to the next badge. Once you have earned badges for all 10 Design Areas, you will be certified as a Competency-Based Educator. You could also choose to earn a few badges that are important to you and not continue to complete the entire course. The choice is yours.
  • Various Interactive Methods
    • The courses are available on your schedule. Complete them as you feel you have the capacity. Interact with the material at your convenience.
  • Synchronous
    • Access to office hours with Marzano Academies’ implementation Specialists.
      • During these sessions, we will:
        • Break down the evidence-based elements and strategies further.
        • Discuss implementation strategies
        • Answer specific questions about using the elements and strategies in your classroom.

• Fulfillment

  • Opportunities to become demonstration classrooms. Become part of the professional network of Marzano Academies Competency-Based Educators.
  • Receive direct feedback from the Marzano Academies Implementation Specialists following the submission of your work.
  • Improve in something meaningful to you – your career. Opportunities to strengthen current skills, use them in new ways, and add more to your tool belt to continuously improve in what we do. While no one is ever perfect, our learners always deserve better than good enough.

How does it work?

The Marzano Academies’ Instructional model comprises four Domains, ten Design Areas, and 49 Elements. To earn the Design Area badge, you must complete both Course 1 and Course 2. Educators will access all courses through the Marzano Academies’ portal.

In course 1, you will build foundational knowledge of the Design Areas and the Elements associated with that Design Area. By interacting with the Competency-Based Education Folio Series, you will gather information regarding the research behind the Elements and learn about different strategies you can implement to impact learners, so they show the desired behaviors and dispositions that lead to increased learning and achievement. After gathering the information, you take an assessment that asks you to recall the acquired foundational knowledge of the elements. After completing the Course 1 assessments for the Design Area, you will move to Course 2 for that Design Area.

In Course 2, you will apply the knowledge gained in Course 1 by reviewing teacher-based scenarios, taking a self-assessment, and uploading a narrative and video describing how you meet the goals of the Design Area in your classroom. When you have finished Course 2, you will earn a badge for that Design Area. Once all ten Design Areas have been completed, you will gain certification as a Marzano Academies’ Competency-Based Educator.