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 209: Adapting a Curriculum to MCP for Young Learners

    October 6th, 2024  |  42 mins 3 secs
    elementary, implementer, maryland

    Toni Rose is joined by Evette Reid to discuss working with young learners and adapting a preset curriculum to work with the MCP model

  • Episode 208: Lifelong Learning

    September 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    lifelong learning, pbl, thought leader

    Toni Rose is joined by Jorge Valenzuela to talk about lifelong learning, project-based learning, and staying authentic as an educator.

  • Episode 207: How MCP Impacts the College Experience

    September 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 31 mins
    higher education, middle/high school, student voice

    Guest host Avery Balasbas is joined by a panel of his previous students who are now in college to discuss their MCP experience and how it prepared them for learning beyond high school

  • Episode 206: From the Classroom Into Leadership

    September 15th, 2024  |  57 mins 47 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Don Allen to talk about his journey from the classroom into school and district leadership positions, and the philosophy and approaches to education that guided him along the way.

  • Episode 205: Engaging with Students Even When They Are Absent

    September 8th, 2024  |  56 mins 53 secs
    high school, indiana, self-paced, us government

    Toni Rose is joined by Cassandra Burdette to talk about how she engages and supports students who are absent from school.

  • Episode 204: Reflections from a Four-Year MCP Implementer

    September 1st, 2024  |  58 mins 46 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Sam Ortiz to talk about her experience implementing the model over four school years, addressing concerns from stakeholders, and engaging with the MCP community.

  • Episode 203: Troubling the Narrative with Ken Shelton

    August 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 16 mins
    all levels, thought leadership, usa

    Toni Rose is joined by Ken Shelton to talk about ways we can critique and disrupt the status quo in the world of education.

  • Episode 202: System Alignment

    August 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 17 mins
    thought leadership

    Toni Rose is joined by Sean Aker to talk about how aligning and streamlining systems while centering relationships within schools materially benefits students and teachers.

  • Episode 201: Increasing Student and Teacher Confidence

    August 11th, 2024  |  55 mins 12 secs
    blended learning, elementary, mastery based instruction, utah

    TR is joined by Megan Meachum to talk about how the MCP model benefited both herself and her students, and her plans for the coming school year.

  • Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes!

    August 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 28 mins

    Toni Rose and Zach are joined by a live audience and a variety of special guests to celebrate our 200th podcast episode!

  • Episode 199: Shortcast 174: Planning for Multiple Preps

    July 28th, 2024  |  18 mins 18 secs

    Zach is joined by Steve Schlarman to discuss the challenges of teaching multiple different courses simultaneously and some of the solutions Steve has discovered to ease them.

  • Episode 198: Shortcast 187: Early Learners

    July 21st, 2024  |  16 mins 22 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Kendra Jergovic and Nick LeDoux to talk about how they use the MCP model to work with very young (1st grade) learners.

  • Episode 197: Shortcast 177: Gamification

    July 14th, 2024  |  21 mins 23 secs

    Zach is joined by Chad Collins to discuss the gamified materials he's designed and how he approaches gamified teaching in general.

  • Episode 196: Shortcast 171: Resetting MCP

    July 7th, 2024  |  18 mins 46 secs
    shortcast

    Toni Rose is joined by Kendal Giacomini to talk about resetting a modern classroom mid-year (after a long break) and her new role at MCP.

  • Episode 194: Shortcast 156: Progression vs. Grades

    June 23rd, 2024  |  15 mins 23 secs

    Zach is joined by Dacia Guffey and Paul O'Donaghue to talk about the distinction between tracking progress and assigning grades and how teachers can help students and other stakeholders shift their mindsets around learning and displaying progress data.

  • Episode 193: Shortcast 155: Grading Beliefs and Mindsets

    June 16th, 2024  |  14 mins 49 secs

    Zach is joined by Kate McGillicuddy to discuss mindsets around grades and grading, and in particular Kate's use of standards-based grading to address some of the problems inherent in traditional grading systems.