Zach Diamond

Shortcast 4: Building Authentic Relationships with Students

August 3rd, 2025  |  11 mins 59 secs

Zach is joined by special guests Michael Carr and Toni Rose Deanon to talk about social emotional learning and how the Modern Classrooms Model helps us cultivate authentic relationships with students, in person and virtually.

Shortcast 219 - Student Voice (EC)

June 22nd, 2025  |  16 mins 27 secs

Zach is joined by Marlene Tapia Garcia and three of her first grade students, Olivia, Arya, and Ethan, to talk about their experience in a Modern Classroom.

Episode 227: From Content- to Skills-Based Teaching With MCP

February 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins

middle school, oregon

Zach is joined by Carson Hickox to talk about how MCP transformed his middle school social studies classroom and his approach to teaching in general.

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 222: Introducción al Modelo MCP y el Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos

January 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

This episode is in Spanish. Zach is joined by Rossana Gotuzzo to talk about the basics of the MCP model and how she uses project based learning in her art classes

Episode 221: Meet Every Learner's Needs

January 12th, 2025  |  46 mins 55 secs

Zach is joined by Rob Barnett, MCP Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, to talk about his new book, "Meet Every Learner's Needs," which comes out on February 5th, 2025

Episode 220: Elementary Special Education

January 5th, 2025  |  24 mins 17 secs

baltimore, elementary, special education, teacher

Zach is joined by Leslie Pittman to talk about her approach to using MCP as an elementary special education teacher

Episode 219: Student Voice (EC)

December 22nd, 2024  |  32 mins 51 secs

chicago, elementary, student voice

Zach is joined by Marlene Tapia Garcia and three of her first grade students, Olivia, Arya, and Ethan, to talk about their experience in a modern classroom

Episode 218: Culturally Responsive Teaching

December 15th, 2024  |  45 mins 59 secs

culturally responsive teaching, high school, washington dc

Zach is joined by Xian Lu to talk about culturally responsive teaching and the importance of prioritizing authentic relationships with students.

Episode 212: Goosechase

October 27th, 2024  |  45 mins 10 secs

blended learning, ed tech

Zach is joined by Alyshahn Kara Virani to talk about Goosechase, the interactive experience platform, and how it can be utilized in a modern classroom and beyond

Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes!

August 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 28 mins

Toni Rose and Zach are joined by a live audience and a variety of special guests to celebrate our 200th podcast episode!

Episode 199: Shortcast 174: Planning for Multiple Preps

July 28th, 2024  |  18 mins 18 secs

Zach is joined by Steve Schlarman to discuss the challenges of teaching multiple different courses simultaneously and some of the solutions Steve has discovered to ease them.

Episode 197: Shortcast 177: Gamification

July 14th, 2024  |  21 mins 23 secs

Zach is joined by Chad Collins to discuss the gamified materials he's designed and how he approaches gamified teaching in general.

Episode 194: Shortcast 156: Progression vs. Grades

June 23rd, 2024  |  15 mins 23 secs

Zach is joined by Dacia Guffey and Paul O'Donaghue to talk about the distinction between tracking progress and assigning grades and how teachers can help students and other stakeholders shift their mindsets around learning and displaying progress data.

Episode 193: Shortcast 155: Grading Beliefs and Mindsets

June 16th, 2024  |  14 mins 49 secs

Zach is joined by Kate McGillicuddy to discuss mindsets around grades and grading, and in particular Kate's use of standards-based grading to address some of the problems inherent in traditional grading systems.

Episode 192: Shortcast 152: Embracing Resistance

June 9th, 2024  |  14 mins 14 secs

Toni Rose and Zach discuss the variety of emotions that can come with implementing an alternative educational model and beginning a new school year.