Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

263 episodes of Modern Classrooms Project Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 4th, 2020.

  • FEED DROP - Lifelong Learning Defined with Jorge Valenzuela: Season 3, Episode 19 - From Compton to the World: Building STEM Futures Through Project-Based Learning with Jose González

    June 18th, 2025  |  26 mins 2 secs
    project-based learning

    For our second feed drop of the summer off-season, we'd love to share an episode of Jorge Valenzuela's Lifelong Learning Defined podcast. We hope you enjoy!

  • Shortcast 213 - Do We Want Students To Be On Pace or Actually Learning?

    June 15th, 2025  |  15 mins 44 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Drea Siford to talk about her approach to teaching 4th grade using the MCP model

  • Shortcast 204: Reflections from a Four-Year Implementer

    June 8th, 2025  |  15 mins 17 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

  • FEED DROP: Boundaries and Balance: Practical Solutions for Teacher Burnout

    June 4th, 2025  |  1 hr 9 mins

    Burnout is real—and for educators, it often creeps in quietly until it's too loud to ignore. In this episode, Ghazali and Dustin dive into real talk about how teachers can reclaim their time, protect their peace, and set boundaries that stick

  • Shortcast 201 - Increasing Student and Teacher Confidence

    June 1st, 2025  |  18 mins 10 secs

    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 240: Hacking Assessments

    May 25th, 2025  |  44 mins 27 secs

    TR is joined by Starr Sackstein to talk about how teachers can authentically innovate and disrupt in the realm of assessment

  • Episode 239: Wavio

    May 18th, 2025  |  40 mins 10 secs

    Guest host Aimee Yocom is joined by Dana Kravchick to talk about the Wavio Pulse tracker, developed specifically for MCP. They discuss how Wavio came to be, how it can be used in the classroom, and what the future holds for the platform

  • Episode 238: What About the High Achievers?

    May 11th, 2025  |  51 mins 7 secs

    TR is joined by Jocelyn Hieatzman to talk about how high achieving students can learn from discomfort as they thrive in a Modern Classroom

  • Episode 237: 5th Grade Collaboration

    May 4th, 2025  |  56 mins 5 secs
    arizona, collaboration, elementary

    TR is joined by a fifth grade teaching team to talk about how they work together to use the MCP model in their different classes

  • Episode 236: Gifted Education

    April 27th, 2025  |  51 mins 44 secs
    gifted education, maryland

    TR is joined by Alex Clough to talk about gifted learners and how to help them thrive in a modern classroom.

  • Episode 235: Is AI the Solution?

    April 20th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 mins
    ela, florida, middle school

    TR is joined by Carlos Canela to talk about how educators can use AI responsibly and the importance of connection, even in an AI-forward classroom

  • Episode 234: Learned Helplessness

    April 13th, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins
    high school, new york, science

    Toni Rose is joined by Ernest Rodriguez to discuss learned helplessness and the importance of SEL and vulnerability in a student-centered classroom

  • Episode 233: Driver Education

    April 6th, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min
    driver education, health, high school, physical education, virginia

    TR is joined by Debbie Fry to talk about how she uses the MCP model in her Driver Education, P.E., and Health classes

  • Episode 232: Workforce Readiness Training

    March 30th, 2025  |  55 mins 30 secs
    adult education, high school, study snacks, washington dc

    TR is joined by Sam Meisenburg, co-founder of Study Snacks, to talk about the importance of, and methodologies for, teaching cybersecurity and AI concepts to high schoolers

  • 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