Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Discussions on education, teaching, and learning from the perspective of the Modern Classrooms Project

About the show

Your hosts discuss the model and its implications for the future of education, along with guests including MCP implementors such as mentors, teachers, and administrators.

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Episodes

  • Episode 231: Physical Education

    March 23rd, 2025  |  58 mins
    elementary school, massachusetts, physical education

    TR is joined by Jake Bersin to talk about the unique considerations of teaching health and PE and the ways he thinks MCP may benefit health and PE teachers.

  • Episode 230: HS Credit Recovery Team

    March 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    alternative education, high school, minnesota

    TR is joined by Amy Steele, Kara Cisco, Renee Swanson, and Sierra Burris to talk about their work incorporating MCP into the credit recovery program in St. Paul Public Schools

  • Episode 229: Family and Consumer Science

    March 9th, 2025  |  58 mins 58 secs
    cte, middle school, new york

    TR is joined by Mauranda Comley to talk about using the MCP model in a middle school Family and Consumer Sciences classroom

  • Episode 228: iReady

    March 2nd, 2025  |  47 mins 16 secs
    blended learning, elementary school, oregon

    TR is joined by Teri McNulty to talk about how she uses MCP in conjunction with iReady to plan and teach units in her 5th grade class

  • Episode 227: From Content- to Skills-Based Teaching With MCP

    February 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins
    middle school, oregon

    Zach is joined by Carson Hickox to talk about how MCP transformed his middle school social studies classroom and his approach to teaching in general.

  • Episode 226: I Want Students To Be Proud

    February 16th, 2025  |  58 mins 18 secs

    TR is joined by Jamie Nutter to talk about her approach to using and sharing MCP as an instructional coach

  • Episode 225: History + MCP

    February 9th, 2025  |  54 mins 48 secs

    TR is joined by Frank Hernandez to talk about his approach to teaching social studies using MCP

  • Episode 224: Kindergarten Classroom

    February 2nd, 2025  |  48 mins 14 secs
    elementary, indiana

    TR is joined by Saenovia Smith to talk about how she implements MCP in her kindergarten classroom.

  • Episode 223: Zach and TR

    January 26th, 2025  |  43 mins 33 secs

    Zach and TR catch up and chat about Zach's new role as a high school media production teacher, planning new courses, and transitioning into different teaching roles with MCP

  • Episode 222: Introducción al Modelo MCP y el Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos

    January 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

    This episode is in Spanish. Zach is joined by Rossana Gotuzzo to talk about the basics of the MCP model and how she uses project based learning in her art classes

  • Episode 221: Meet Every Learner's Needs

    January 12th, 2025  |  46 mins 55 secs

    Zach is joined by Rob Barnett, MCP Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, to talk about his new book, "Meet Every Learner's Needs," which comes out on February 5th, 2025

  • Episode 220: Elementary Special Education

    January 5th, 2025  |  24 mins 17 secs
    baltimore, elementary, special education, teacher

    Zach is joined by Leslie Pittman to talk about her approach to using MCP as an elementary special education teacher

  • Episode 219: Student Voice (EC)

    December 22nd, 2024  |  32 mins 51 secs
    chicago, elementary, student voice

    Zach is joined by Marlene Tapia Garcia and three of her first grade students, Olivia, Arya, and Ethan, to talk about their experience in a modern classroom

  • Episode 218: Culturally Responsive Teaching

    December 15th, 2024  |  45 mins 59 secs
    culturally responsive teaching, high school, washington dc

    Zach is joined by Xian Lu to talk about culturally responsive teaching and the importance of prioritizing authentic relationships with students.

  • Episode 217: Caregiver Perspective

    December 8th, 2024  |  48 mins 23 secs
    caregiver, high school, school leader

    Toni Rose is joined by April Burton, who shares her perspective as both a school leader and the parent of a student in an MCP math class.

  • We're taking the week off!

    December 1st, 2024  |  41 secs

    Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We'll be back next Sunday