Episode 241

Shortcast 201 - Increasing Student and Teacher Confidence

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June 1st, 2025

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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.

Read a summary of the original episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

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Learning Experiences for the Week of June 1st, 2025

  • Calling all school and district leaders! We are hosting a virtual Summer Summit on June 24th for leaders supporting Modern Classrooms educators. Leaders will learn practical skills from fellow leaders, attend workshops of their choice, and connect with the Modern Classrooms Project Leadership Collaborative community. Modern Classrooms co-founder Robert Barnett is our featured keynote speaker and will share insights from his book Meet Every Learner’s Needs alongside voices of students, educators, and leaders. We invite educators to share the summit with their leaders and invite leaders to register. Learn more and [register here](www.modernclassrooms.org/summit)

  • Want to start building your own Modern Classroom? Sign up for our summer Virtual Mentorship Program! From June 23rd - July 27th, work with one of our expert educators to build materials for your own classroom. We have scholarships all over the country so you can enroll for free if you teach in Chicago, Alabama, Oakland, LA, Minnesota, and more. To see if there’s an opportunity for you, check out modernclassrooms.org/apply-now

  • We are hosting two book clubs this summer! We are reading The Promises and Perils of AI in Education by Ken Shelton and Dee Lanier in June and The Identity-Conscious Educator by Liza Talusan in July. Look out for more details.

  • Stacey Snyder is presenting on Modernizing Instruction with Mastery Learning: Using Google for Education Tools at CREATE! 2025 on June 5 in Maumee, OH. Hui Couch is presenting on Empower Every Learner in Self-Paced, Blended, and Mastery-based Learning MCP Model at JCPS Academic Innovation Summit from June 3-5 in Louisville, KY. Kate Klug is presenting on Self-Pace: Letting Students Drive Their Learning at Dakota State University Teach Camp on June 6 virtually. Toni Rose Deanon will be attending Georgia Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference from June 6-7 in Carrollton, GA. If you’re attending, make sure to check them out and say hi!

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach