Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode 139: Teacher and Learner Reflection Practices

May 14th, 2023  |  51 mins 37 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Avery Balasbas to discuss the value of self reflection practices both for teachers and learners, as well as ways to facilitate student reflection in a Modern Classroom.

Episode 138: La Revisión y las Pruebas de Dominio

May 7th, 2023  |  59 mins 40 secs

For this episode entirely in Spanish, Zach is joined by Marlene Tapia Garcia to explain the MCP model and discuss how mastery checks facilitate revision in a self-paced class.

Episode 137: Going School-Wide with MCP

April 30th, 2023  |  42 mins 8 secs

Zach is joined by Maureen Delgado, the principal at Clinton Elementary School in Chicago, to talk about how she is rolling out the model to her entire school.

Episode 136: Formative

April 23rd, 2023  |  35 mins 1 sec

Guest host Monte Woodard is joined by Carlo Schmidt, Director of Product at Formative, to talk about the platform, its features, and some interesting use cases.

Episode 135: Stories from a Baltimore City Educator

April 16th, 2023  |  50 mins 59 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Wyatt Oroke to discuss his teaching career in Baltimore City.

Episode 134: Building and Supporting Communities

April 9th, 2023  |  55 mins 29 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Ashley Kearney to talk about connecting with, building, and supporting school communities.

Episode 133: Providing Effective Feedback

April 2nd, 2023  |  52 mins 23 secs

Zach is joined by Jerod Brown and Dan Ronchak to discuss strategies for providing effective feedback as well as ways that a Modern Classroom can be conducive to providing targeted feedback.

Episode 132: Universal Design for Learning and MCP

March 26th, 2023  |  52 mins 12 secs

Zach is joined by Devin Schrock to discuss Universal Design for Learning and the many ways it is evident in the MCP model.

Episode 131: Implementing MCP at an Independent School

March 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

Zach is joined by Carmen Welton to discuss her experience teaching at an independent boarding school and the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the MCP model in that context.

Episode 130: Teacher Collaboration - How to Lead a PLC about MCP at Your School

March 12th, 2023  |  32 mins 8 secs

high school, massachusetts, world languages

Toni Rose is joined by Whitnei Moore and Andrea Kowalski to talk about the MCP PLC they've developed at their school.

Episode 129: Teacher Collaboration

March 5th, 2023  |  56 mins 9 secs

alabama, math, middle school

Zach is joined by Brook Lee and Rick Smith, two members of a 6th grade math teaching team, to talk about working with other teachers (who may or may not implement the MCP model) to collaboratively develop curriculum and instruction.

Episode 128: Culturally Sensitive and Sustaining Teaching

February 26th, 2023  |  44 mins 17 secs

district of columbia, k12, thought leadership

Toni Rose is joined by Liz Kleinrock to speak about her work in the area of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist teaching.

Episode 127: Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities

February 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

k12, minnesota, sped

Toni Rose is joined by Tiffany Dreher to discuss how educators can support learners who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Episode 126: English Learners Success Forum

February 12th, 2023  |  49 mins 30 secs

colorado, ell, k12, thought leadership

Toni Rose is joined by Rebecca Castellanos of the English Learners Success Forum to talk about strategies and approaches to working with multilingual learners and learners who speak different languages in the classroom.

Episode 125: Neurodivergence

February 5th, 2023  |  50 mins 59 secs

district of columbia, k12, sped, thought leadership

Toni Rose is joined by Melody Maitland to discuss ways in which she approaches education through the lens of universal design for all learners and acknowledging every student's abilities in their educational journey.

Episode 124: Grading for Equity

January 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

Toni Rose is joined by Megan Leich to discuss her philosophy on and approaches to grades, grading, and assessment.