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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.

Episode 65: Teacher Leadership Opportunities

November 28th, 2021  |  45 mins 42 secs

Kareem joins Toni Rose to talk about teacher leadership opportunities for Modern Classrooms implementors.

Episode 63: Special Education in a Modern Classroom

November 14th, 2021  |  46 mins 35 secs

Toni Rose is joined by special education teachers Khadejah Scott and Noah Beigalmacher to discuss how the model facilitates many common accomodations while providing other built-in supports for students with IEP's and 504's.

Episode 61: Backwards Planning in a Modern Classroom

October 31st, 2021  |  43 mins 11 secs

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 60: Middle School Student Experience

October 24th, 2021  |  43 mins 7 secs

Toni Rose is joined by two of her former 6th grade students, Lila and Tyler (currently 8th graders) to talk about their experience in Modern Classrooms throughout middle school - in person, in remote learning, and in general.

Episode 59: Teacher Feature #1: Karen Simms & Stacey Eyler

October 17th, 2021  |  43 mins 57 secs

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In our first "Teacher Feature" episode, Toni Rose is joined by Karen Simms and Stacey Eyler to talk about their implementation of the model, benefits they've seen in using the model, and how they've adapted it to the unique grading considerations of the IB Middle Years Program.