Bill Zima

This book champions competency-based education, outlining its history and benefits. It explores structural components such as organizing systems, foundational changes, student outcomes, agency, and equity, and procedural components such as assessment, instruction, and teacher facilitation. By embracing these principles, educators can create dynamic, student-centered learning environments.

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.

Build a school where everyone succeeds, with the support of the Marzano Mastery Approaches Toolkit. Designed by our experts, this curated package of self-guided professional development resources will help you grow and extend your knowledge in levels 3 through 5 of high reliability schooling.