Episode Archive
221 episodes of Modern Classrooms Project Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 4th, 2020.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 192: Shortcast 152: Embracing Resistance
June 9th, 2024 | 14 mins 14 secs
Toni Rose and Zach discuss the variety of emotions that can come with implementing an alternative educational model and beginning a new school year.
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Episode 191: Shortcast 151: Humanizing Teaching Practices
June 2nd, 2024 | 14 mins 54 secs
Zach is joined by Paul France to discuss practices that foster personalized learning and make teaching more sustainable.
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Episode 190: Fostering Inclusivity: Navigating Special Education in Student-Centered Classrooms
May 26th, 2024 | 56 mins 1 sec
This week's episode is the audio from a webinar Toni Rose hosted called Fostering Inclusivity: Navigating Special Education in Student-Centered Classrooms. They are joined by a fantastic panel of Mark Pederson, Maddie Richer, and Cassie Fontaine.
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Episode 189: Mastery-Based Teaching and Learning
May 19th, 2024 | 55 mins 6 secs
Toni Rose is joined by Ylaiza Perez to talk about teaching authentically and promoting true mastery.
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Episode 188: Screencastify
May 12th, 2024 | 50 mins 51 secs
Toni Rose is joined by Vishal Shah, CEO of Screencastify, to talk about how teachers, students, and industry professionals use Screencastify's various platforms and tools.