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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.

Episode 86: Q&A and Feedback for April, 2022

April 24th, 2022  |  42 mins 17 secs

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Toni Rose and Zach tackle listener questions! Topics include motivation, guided notes, collaboration, tech tools, teaching novels, and standardized tests in the context of MCP.

Episode 85: Self Pacing in Non-Traditional Settings

April 17th, 2022  |  46 mins 17 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Brandy Netherton and Pierce Woodward talk about how they use the model to facilitate the work they do in their (very different) non-traditional school settings.

Episode 82: Feedback and Q&A for March, 2022

March 27th, 2022  |  41 mins 36 secs

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Toni Rose and Zach tackle feedback and questions! For this month, we have feedback on different teaching contexts and physical vs. digital trackers, and questions on structuring breaking up work time in class, instilling a sense of urgency, and structuring units.

Episode 79: Opening and Closing Routines

March 6th, 2022  |  54 mins 16 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Jess Bille to discuss using opening and closing routines to streamline classroom activities in both in-person and virtual/hybrid classes.

Episode 76: Teacher Spotlight - Elementary Math, with Andrea Mahr and Beth Benavides

February 13th, 2022  |  33 mins 19 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Andrea Mahr and Beth Benavides to talk about how and why they implement MCP in their elementary math classes, as well as some other tips and ideas for elementary educators in general.

Episode 73: Self Pacing in Elementary Classrooms

January 23rd, 2022  |  47 mins 40 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by MCP Mentors Calla Miller and Sarah Krasowski to talk about how they implement and manage self-pacing in their Elementary (1st and 5th grade) classrooms.

Episode 72: Teacher Spotlight - CTE, with Evin Jarrett

January 16th, 2022  |  28 mins 55 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Evin Jarrett, a Middle School CTE teacher, to chat about how he integrates MCP into his classes, both in person and virtually.

Episode 71: What Is Self Pacing?

January 9th, 2022  |  45 mins 2 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Meg McGregor, Director of Virtual Mentorship at MCP, to kick off our first podcast season on Self-Pacing by establishing what we mean when we talk about self pacing and navigating some particular challenges and best practices.

Episode 70: What to Expect in 2022

January 2nd, 2022  |  27 mins 6 secs

This week, Toni Rose shares some updates on what's coming in 2022; she's also joined by Allison Vanterpool to talk about MCP Scholarship opportunities, and then she and Zach provide some updates on the podcast itself.

Episode 69: Being a Teacher in these Moments

December 26th, 2021  |  45 mins 43 secs

This week, Toni Rose is joined by Eric Gustafsson, a high school social studies teacher in Sweden and a mentee currently enrolled in the Virtual Mentorship Program, who shares his perspective on implementing the model.

Episode 68: Admin Feature - Mohsina Patel

December 19th, 2021  |  46 mins 8 secs

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Toni Rose is joined by Mohsina Patel, a school leader in Zambia, to talk about the benefits she's seen from the MCP model for students and how she's supported her teaching staff to develop and grow their implementation of the model as well.

Episode 67: Ignite! Online Academy

December 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 14 mins

Toni Rose is joined by the 8th grade team at Durham Public Schools' Ignite! Online Academy to talk about using the MCP model to deliver high-quality instruction entirely online.

Episode 66: Partnership Feature - Lynn Public Schools

December 5th, 2021  |  48 mins 1 sec

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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.