A Handbook for High Reliability Schools. Robert J. Marzano

Acknowledging and Celebrating Success

       Resources for Level 4

       Chapter 5

       Competency-Based Education

       Level 5 Short-Form Leading Indicator Survey

       Level 5 Long-Form Leading Indicator Surveys

       Reproducible 5.1: Level 5 Long-Form Leading Indicator Survey for Teachers and Staff

       Reproducible 5.2: Level 5 Long-Form Leading Indicator Survey for Administrators

       Reproducible 5.3: Level 5 Long-Form Leading Indicator Survey for Students

       Reproducible 5.4: Level 5 Long-Form Leading Indicator Survey for Parents

       Level 5 Critical Commitments

       Get Rid of Time Requirements

       Adjust Reporting Systems Accordingly

       Level 5 Lagging Indicators

       Example 1

       Example 2

       Example 3

       Quick Data for Level 5

       Quick Conversations

       Quick Observations

       Easy-to-Collect Quantitative Data

       Acknowledging and Celebrating Success

       Resources for Level 5

       Epilogue

       Guideline 1: Provide a General Overview of the High Reliability Process to Teachers, Staff, and Administrators

       Guideline 2: Select Leading and Lagging Indicators That Are Appropriate for Your School

       Guideline 3: Work on Levels 1, 2, and 3 Simultaneously, but Seek High Reliability Status for One Level at a Time

       Guideline 4: If Necessary, Set Interim Criterion Scores for Lagging Indicators

       Guideline 5: Lead From the Perspective of the Indicators

       References and Resources

       Index

      About the Authors

      Robert J. Marzano, PhD, is the cofounder and CAO of Marzano Resources in Denver, Colorado. During his forty years in the field of education, he has worked with educators as a speaker and trainer and has authored more than thirty books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention. His books include The Art and Science of Teaching, Leaders of Learning, On Excellence in Teaching, Effective Supervision, The Classroom Strategies Series, Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction and Assessment, Vocabulary for the Common Core, and Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference. 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. He 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.

      Philip B. Warrick, EdD, spent the first twenty-five years of his educational career as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and superintendent and has experience in leading schools in the states of Nebraska and Texas. Dr. Warrick was named 1998 Nebraska Outstanding New Principal of the Year and was the 2005 Nebraska State High School Principal of the Year. He is a past regional president for the Nebraska Council of School Administrators (NCSA). He also served on the NCSA legislative committee. In 2003, he was one of the initial participants to attend the Nebraska Educational Leadership Institute conducted by The Gallup Corporation at Gallup University in Omaha. In 2008, Dr. Warrick was hired as the campus principal at Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas. In 2010, he was invited to be an inaugural participant in the Texas Principals’ Visioning Institute, where he collaborated with other principals from the state of Texas to develop a vision for effective practices in Texas schools.

      In 2011, Dr. Warrick joined the Solution Tree–Marzano Resources team and now works as an author and global consultant in the areas of school leadership, curriculum, instruction, assessment, grading, and collaborative teaming. He earned a bachelor of science from Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

      Julia A. Simms, EdM, MA, is the vice president of Marzano Resources in Denver, Colorado. She has worked in K–12 education as a classroom teacher, gifted education specialist, teacher leader, and coach. Her books include Coaching Classroom Instruction, Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction and Assessment, Vocabulary for the Common Core, and Questioning Sequences in the Classroom. She has led school- and district-level professional development on a variety of topics, including literacy instruction and intervention, classroom and schoolwide differentiation, and instructional technology. She received her bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and master’s degrees in educational administration and K–12 literacy from Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado, respectively.

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