tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post545133854310451394..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Robert Marzano Takes on EdubloggerPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-10268042652496268662022-02-13T16:33:11.678-05:002022-02-13T16:33:11.678-05:00I have been teaching in the State of Florida since...I have been teaching in the State of Florida since 1999, and I left teaching for good in 2020. The Marzano system punishes special education (ESE) teachers and teachers who are brave enough to tackle Title I schools. <br /><br />It is used by administration to intimidate teachers, threaten teachers, forced volunteerism, and force teachers into spending hours of unpaid overtime (e.g., typically 40 hrs above the normal work week) working without compensation. <br /><br />I would love to see Marzano visit one of the 5-most challenging schools in the State of Florida and teach in one of my classes. I have had district coaches refusing to return to my class to demonstrate best practices in instruction. <br /><br />After one visit, they typically fold up their charts and head for the door--never to return. When I request support, I get emails and and commendations. Dorcas Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164711888526910973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-12439568328312771732020-02-21T09:03:27.373-05:002020-02-21T09:03:27.373-05:00Marzano is the reason I have left teaching after 2...Marzano is the reason I have left teaching after 25 years. I have not had bad reviews. I volunteer at schools in another school district where my own children attend, and when the Marzano approach began to be used to shuffle teachers building to building and the support for resource students dropped I fell apart. I am still waiting for the Administration to acknowledge that I did get a highly effective review and that they input the wrong data about me to the state. Education has failed me and my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-85488211145749494492019-10-12T15:56:02.828-04:002019-10-12T15:56:02.828-04:00Marzano is the reason I left teaching after a succ...Marzano is the reason I left teaching after a successful 32 years in the classroom. I was a Teacher of the Year for my county, Teacher of the Year for the local Rotary Club, Golden Bell Award winner, and the Freedom's Foundation George Washington Medal. I wasn't a good enough teacher, I guess. My district forced Marzano down my throat until I couldn't take it any more. Now, armed with my Ph.D., I am an independent educational researcher on teacher burnout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-60638013925362288232016-02-06T10:02:52.804-05:002016-02-06T10:02:52.804-05:00The notion that someone (Marzano) created a generi...The notion that someone (Marzano) created a generic teacher evaluation rubric so awesome that it could be used to accuaretly measure the effectiveness of a kindergarten art teacher in Bed-Stuy AND the AP physics teacher in Scarsdale is beyond proposterous. It disqualifies that person (Marzano) from having anything to do with judging teachers.<br /><br />As Alphie Kohn has stated, "The one universal truth about teaching and learning is that there is no universal truth about teaching and learning."NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584135103498426410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-42792970948951409572016-02-05T19:19:18.518-05:002016-02-05T19:19:18.518-05:00Ten years ago I was with a group of math and scien...Ten years ago I was with a group of math and science teachers who had been in PD with their district involving Marzano. They made such fun of his research -- and made it clear to me that he is no kind of actual researcher. He had zero credibility with these teachers, so I've been spared personal knowledge of his work. It is a shame he has been hired by anyone, or that Detroit is spending any money on consulting. They should be supporting their own teachers, not spending money on crap. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com