Bill Zima

For those just beginning to explore standards-referenced, mastery-based, and competency-based concepts and actions, this is an excellent way to build your knowledge base. For those already involved in deep implementation, this institute is the perfect opportunity to revisit your goals, focus your work, introduce new team members to the process, and get answers to new questions.

Standards-based education is becoming more and more common across the country. The approach is typically implemented at the school level. When it is, the school leaders support the change and are deeply involved in adjusting practices, processes, and policies to support the work. But what about the individual teacher or small group of like-minded teachers who wish to implement a standards-based grading approach in their classrooms but still adhere to the school or district’s traditional requirements?

Dr. Robert Marzano has spent decades researching effective instructional practices, and his Marzano Mastery Approaches provide a structured way for schools to implement competency-based education successfully. In this webinar, you’ll learn the seven key domains that shape competency-based learning and unpack the critical decisions schools must make to ensure meaningful implementation. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or refining existing practices, this session will give you a clear framework to align grading, assessment, and instruction with mastery-based principles.

In this webinar, presented by Bill Zima, you'll be introduced to Marzano Mastery Approaches (MMA)—a flexible framework informed by decades of research by Dr. Robert J. Marzano and refined through the experience of practitioners in the field. The MMA framework is designed to help schools build systems that ensure all students learn while also developing agency, equity, and deep understanding. Whether you're just beginning your journey toward competency-based education (CBE) or looking to align your current efforts with research-informed systems thinking, this session will help you explore the seven domains that form the foundation of sustainable, high-impact implementation.