Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode 126: English Learners Success Forum

February 12th, 2023  |  49 mins 30 secs

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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

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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.

Episode 123: Goal Setting

January 22nd, 2023  |  52 mins 7 secs

Zach is joined by Stephanie Howell to talk about different ways teachers can scaffold student goal setting and ways we can support our students in keeping themselves accountable to their goals.

Episode 122: Going School-Wide with MCP

January 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 38 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Crystal Deaver, principal of the Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD, to talk about how she pioneered and continues to lead a fully-MCP school.

Episode 121: Student Feedback on the MCP Model

January 8th, 2023  |  49 mins 5 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Ronda Cosby, principal of Grace M. James Academy of Excellence, as well as five of her 7th grade students, to give their perspective on being middle schoolers in Modern Classrooms.

Episode 120: Guided Self-Paced Learning

December 25th, 2022  |  45 mins 13 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Joe Manfre to discuss the approaches and strategies he uses to guide his students in their self-paced learning and to personalize feedback to their unique learning experiences.

Episode 119: Metacognition and Reflection (Part II)

December 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

Zach is joined by an all-star teaching team from the International School of Kenya to continue the discussion on metacognition and reflection, in particular focusing on several of the incredible tools this team has developed for implementing metacognitive and reflective routines in their classes.

Episode 118: Inquiry-Based Learning

December 11th, 2022  |  41 mins 31 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Jim Hall to talk about how they implement MCP in an inquiry-based IB science class.

Episode 117: Metacognition and Reflection (Part I)

December 4th, 2022  |  54 mins 59 secs

Zach is joined by Lydia Crush to talk about their philosophy toward metacognition and reflection in their ESL Geography class, as well as how they use the MCP model to facilitate and promote metacognitive and reflective thinking.

Episode 116: EduGals, with Rachel Johnson

November 27th, 2022  |  49 mins 14 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Rachel Johnson of Edugals to talk about educational technology and blended learning, motivation, and working with teachers to implement new models and techniques.

Episode 115: Retrieval Practice, with Dr. Pooja Agarwal

November 20th, 2022  |  20 mins 13 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Dr. Pooja Agarwal to discuss the benefits of retrieval practice, including several strategies and resources.

Episode 114: World Language Acquisition

November 13th, 2022  |  59 mins 15 secs

Zach is joined by Xiaomin Sun, a middle school Chinese teacher and collegue at DC International school, to talk about how he uses the MCP model to develop language skills as well as foster more personal connections with his students.

Episode 113: Motivation

November 6th, 2022  |  44 mins 21 secs

Zach is joined by Jennifer Stephens to discuss student motivation: the reasons why students may be unmotivated, ways we can motivate them extrinsically and intrinsically, as well as how we can leverage the MCP model to help motivate our students.

Episode 112: Adult Collaboration

October 30th, 2022  |  53 mins 41 secs

Toni Rose is joined by April Williamson to talk about how she encouraged meaningful collaboration among teachers as a colleague and instructional coach.

Episode 111: HS Media Production

October 23rd, 2022  |  45 mins 48 secs

Zach is joined by Afton Dean to talk about how she used the model in her high school Media Production class and about using the model in creative, project-based classes more generally.