About Ron Zalika
I've spent more than 27 years helping schools achieve their goals.
As a multi-state certified and proven educational leader, I have worked in and with a diverse blend of school districts as a teacher, supervisor, administrator, and consultant.
I have seen first-hand how hundreds of districts from every county and socio-economic group address budgets, organizational structures, evaluations, teacher placement, scheduling, course sequences, data analysis, assessment systems, grading practices, curriculum guides, instructional material selections, program identifications, and professional development.
With a deep passion for reform and a strong understanding of pedagogy, I have extensive proficiency in working with schools to develop and implement customized consulting solutions.
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Key Areas of Expertise Include:
Budgeting Efficiency
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
Budgeting Efficiency
- Examine staffing placements to optimize academic outcomes
- Properly audit instructional materials and technology to identify streamlining opportunities
- Analyze professional development and tuition reimbursement expenditures to measure cost value
Grading Systems
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
Budgeting Efficiency
- Deliver meaningful, understandable standards-based report cards
- Configure report cards to accurately document both work habits and student content mastery
- Leverage grading as a communication tool - make sure grades send the right message district-wide
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
- Go beyond compliance with curriculum guides that drive student success
- Create comprehensive high-quality UbD curriculum guides for all courses and content areas
- Optimize the curriculum writing process from start to finish (budgets, postings, reflections, revisions)
Balanced Assessment Systems
Balanced Assessment Systems
UbD Curriculum Writing & Mapping
- Improve consistency and accuracy in student assessments at every level
- Design a balanced strategic and uniform assessment system for the district - make it make sense
- Create standards-based summative assessments & performance tasks that anchor each unit of study
Data-Driven Schooling
Balanced Assessment Systems
Data-Driven Schooling
- Translate and apply large-scale data collection for strategic student-centered decision-making
- Utilize data on a wider scale to guide scheduling structures, instructional minute allocations, and more
- Make data-driven decisions on advanced coursework, prerequisites, tiering, departmentalization, and course assignments
Data-Driven Classrooms
Balanced Assessment Systems
Data-Driven Schooling
- Optimize classroom data analysis to make the most of your creative and engaging lessons
- Utilize data at the classroom level to guide differentiated instruction and individualized learning
- Create standards-based formative assessments that yield actionable classroom data for previous and future lessons