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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

Episode 229: Family and Consumer Science

March 9th, 2025  |  58 mins 58 secs

cte, middle school, new york

TR is joined by Mauranda Comley to talk about using the MCP model in a middle school Family and Consumer Sciences classroom

Episode 228: iReady

March 2nd, 2025  |  47 mins 16 secs

blended learning, elementary school, oregon

TR is joined by Teri McNulty to talk about how she uses MCP in conjunction with iReady to plan and teach units in her 5th grade class

Episode 226: I Want Students To Be Proud

February 16th, 2025  |  58 mins 18 secs

TR is joined by Jamie Nutter to talk about her approach to using and sharing MCP as an instructional coach

Episode 225: History + MCP

February 9th, 2025  |  54 mins 48 secs

TR is joined by Frank Hernandez to talk about his approach to teaching social studies using MCP

Episode 224: Kindergarten Classroom

February 2nd, 2025  |  48 mins 14 secs

elementary, indiana

TR is joined by Saenovia Smith to talk about how she implements MCP in her kindergarten classroom.

Episode 223: Zach and TR

January 26th, 2025  |  43 mins 33 secs

Zach and TR catch up and chat about Zach's new role as a high school media production teacher, planning new courses, and transitioning into different teaching roles with MCP

Episode 217: Caregiver Perspective

December 8th, 2024  |  48 mins 23 secs

caregiver, high school, school leader

Toni Rose is joined by April Burton, who shares her perspective as both a school leader and the parent of a student in an MCP math class.

Episode 216: Think Like a Scientist

November 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

chemistry, high school

Toni Rose is joined by Darius Brown to discuss his approach to teaching high school chemistry and using the model to build lifelong learners and scientific thinkers

Episode 215: It's OK to Experiment

November 17th, 2024  |  49 mins 33 secs

Toni Rose is joined by school leaders Ryan Cordia and Roxane Thomas (plus a surprise guest!) to talk about how they support teachers who are implementing MCP and create a safe space to innovate

Episode 214: Ethnic Studies

November 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins

middle school, social justice

Toni Rose is joined by Mark Aquino to talk about his approach to teaching ethnic studies

Episode 213: Do We Want Students To Be On Pace or Actually Learning?

November 3rd, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min

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

Episode 211: Elementary School Leader

October 20th, 2024  |  33 mins 35 secs

elementary, iowa, school leader

Toni Rose is joined by Sara Bennis to talk about how she uses and adapts MCP as the principal of a rural elementary school.

Episode 210: You're Not the Only Expert in the Room

October 13th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

Toni Rose is joined by Sabrina Monserate-Lindsay for a deep dive into her approach to using the MCP model in her high school math class.