Teaching in a Competency-Based Secondary School: The Marzano Academies Model (Your Definitive Guide to Maximize the Potential of a Solid Competency-Based Education Framework)

Improve your practice with a model of instruction for secondary teachers that facilitates student learning, supports individual growth, and fosters community in competency-based education (CBE) systems. Based on decades of research and practical experience, this definitive guide offers a detailed breakdown of the four domains, ten design areas, and forty-nine elements of effective teaching within the Marzano Academies instructional model.

Readers will ensure growth and learning for all students by:

• Understanding the tenets of competency-based education and its benefits
• Becoming familiar with the four domains, ten design areas, and forty-nine elements of the Marzano Academies instructional model
• Implementing the model in your competency-based secondary classroom with practical strategies, real-world examples, and artifacts of CBE in action
• Facilitating your students' journey to proficiency with academic content and the development of important mindsets and life skills
• Developing the correct mental approach to realize the full potential of CBE

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Feedback
Chapter 2: Content
Chapter 3: Context
Chapter 4: Self-Regulation
Chapter 5: The CBE Mindset
References and Resources
Index

Robert J. Marzano, PhD, is cofounder and chief academic officer of Marzano Resources in Denver, Colorado. During his fifty years in the field of education, he has worked with educators as a speaker and trainer and has authored more than fifty books and two hundred articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention. His books include The New Art and Science of Teaching, Leaders of Learning, Making Classroom Assessments Reliable and Valid, The Classroom Strategies Series, Managing the Inner World of Teaching, A Handbook for High Reliability Schools, A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education, and The Highly Engaged Classroom. His practical translations of the most current research and theory into classroom strategies are known internationally and are widely practiced by both teachers and administrators.

Dr. Marzano received a bachelor’s degree from Iona College in New York, a master’s degree from Seattle University, and a doctorate from the University of Washington. To learn more about Dr. Marzano, visit marzanoresources.com.

Alexander S. Aschoff is district coordinator of science for Proviso Township High Schools in Forest Park, Illinois. Aschoff started his teaching career in 2004 as a science teacher at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. During his tenure as a classroom teacher at Proviso East, he taught conceptual chemistry, honors chemistry, AP chemistry, conceptual physics, honors physics, and aviation physics. In 2017, he became the chair of the science department and helped successfully lead the school to earn the distinction of being the first high-school-level Marzano Academy in the United States. In 2020, Aschoff became the division head of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, where he established STEM course pathways to ensure graduates are college and career ready. In 2021, he became the district coordinator of science for Proviso Township, where he coaches teachers to deliver quality science curriculum and aligns those efforts with the district’s strategic plan to be an equity-focused institution that provides educational excellence.

Ashley Avila is an English teacher at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. Avila has been an educator since 2009 when she started her career working various short- and long-term substitute assignments. In 2011, she began working in the city of Chicago at Westside Holistic Leadership Academy, a small alternative charter school that served post-at-risk and adjudicated high school–aged students. It was through this employment that Avila became passionate about bridging the gaps in education and found her passion for working with youth who are troubled or at risk. In 2013, Avila joined the charter’s competency-based education leadership team and worked alongside the committee to develop a framework that would be adapted by several of their schools. In 2015, Avila took her current position at Proviso East, where she was given the opportunity to participate in their competency-based education pilot and continue to be an advocate for underserved and underrepresented youth.