Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Episode 102: Elementary Science

August 21st, 2022  |  48 mins 51 secs

Zach is joined by Hilary Stover to talk about how she implements the model in her elementary science class, including how she transitions into the science block, how she has students conduct experiments, and how she incorporates science demonstrations.

Episode 101: Planning and Implementing with a Teaching Team

August 14th, 2022  |  56 mins 45 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Theresa Benedetto, Laurie Gustafson, and Stephanie Peel, to talk about planning and implementing the model side-by-side as a team.

Episode 100 with Catlin Tucker

August 7th, 2022  |  44 mins 21 secs

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In the kickoff episode for Season Two, Kareem is joined by Catlin Tucker to talk about addressing issues and innovating in the world of education.

Episode 99: Black Girls Teach

July 31st, 2022  |  59 mins 2 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Deidra Fogarty about the experiences that led her to found the Black Girls Teach, and how those experiences inform the professional development her organization provides.

Episode 98: From the Archive - Episode 66: Partnership Feature - Lynn Public Schools

July 24th, 2022  |  45 mins 53 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Michael Molnar, of Lynn Public Schools, to talk about how the district's partnership with MCP came to be, how it's implemented, and what may be to come.

Episode 97: Supporting Modern Classrooms Teachers

July 17th, 2022  |  42 mins 43 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Matt Hickson, Modern Classrooms' Director of Partner Transformation and former principal, to talk about how administrators and district leaders can support teachers who are implementing Modern Classrooms.

We're taking the week off!

July 10th, 2022  |  1 min 42 secs

We're taking the week off! Check back next week for a brand new episode, and make sure to check out our episodes in the coming weeks as we launch Season Two of the Modern Classrooms Project Podcast.

Episode 96: From the Archive - Episode 35: Coaching Teachers in Modern Classrooms

July 3rd, 2022  |  45 mins 35 secs

In this episode, we hear from Lisa Doty and Jamie Forshey, two educators who coach and support teachers in their school districts who are implementing the Modern Classroom instructional model.

Episode 95: From the Archive - Episode 10: Planning for Full-Group Collaborative Activities

June 26th, 2022  |  46 mins 44 secs

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In episode 10, we begin a two-episode series on collaboration; this week's episode focuses on pre-planned full group activities like labs and seminars, and we discuss ways teachers can manage these collaborative activities in a self-paced, mastery based class.

Episode 94: From the Archive - Episode 9 (Planning and Teaching in a Modern Classroom)

June 19th, 2022  |  51 mins

Kareem is joined by Nora Barnett and Lisa Doty to discuss in detail how they plan and implement their modern classrooms, from planning and recording instructional videos, to implementing self-paced structures and mastery checks.

Episode 93: Whole-Class Novels with MCP

June 12th, 2022  |  49 mins 5 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Brittney Cairns to talk about teaching whole-class novels using MCP.

Episode 92: From The Archive: Backwards Planning in a Modern Classroom

June 5th, 2022  |  43 mins 35 secs

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This week, Toni Rose is joined by Lindsay Armbruster to talk about planning units with the end in mind, beginning with standards and learning targets, and working down to mastery checks and activities before planning lessons and videos, as well as managing student (and teacher) pacing and workload via the planning process.

Episode 91: Wrapping Up Season One

May 29th, 2022  |  35 mins 10 secs

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Kareem joins Toni Rose and Zach to wrap up our first official podcast season, which focused on self pacing! We look back on the season and discuss our takeaways, as well as giving some updates on how VSI is going and what to expect over the summer and in August when we launch our second podcast season. Thanks for listening!

Episode 90: Q&A for May, 2022

May 22nd, 2022  |  38 mins 53 secs

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Toni Rose and Zach tackle some more listener questions on our last Q&A episode of the Spring 2022 season! Topics include explaining MCP to stakeholders, classifying lessons, displaying data in a very large class, and dealing with internet outages.

Episode 89: Impacts of Self Pacing

May 15th, 2022  |  52 mins 13 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Rebecca Mason and Paul O'Donoghue to talk about how self pacing has impacted their approaches to teaching as well as their students approaches to learning, and their learning outcomes.

Episode 88: Cognitive Science and MCP

May 8th, 2022  |  45 mins 11 secs

Toni Rose is joined by Alison Stone, who shares tons of fascinating information on cognitive science, how it relates to classroom teaching, and how it fits in with the Modern Classrooms approach.