Modern Classrooms Project Podcast

Discussions on education, teaching, and learning from the perspective of the Modern Classrooms Project

About the show

Your hosts discuss the model and its implications for the future of education, along with guests including MCP implementors such as mentors, teachers, and administrators.

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Episodes

  • Episode 83: Misconceptions About Self Pacing

    April 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins
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    This week, Zach is joined by Andrea Mahr, Beth Benavides, and John Tyler to address six common misconceptions about self pacing and self-paced classes.

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

    March 27th, 2022  |  41 mins 36 secs
    feedback/q&a

    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 81: Self Pacing with Adult Learners

    March 20th, 2022  |  41 mins 33 secs
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    Zach is joined by Elizabeth Armstrong and Kathleen Shafer, both TOSAs who work with teachers, to talk about how MCP principles can be applied when working with adult learners.

  • Episode 80: Summer 2022 with MCP

    March 13th, 2022  |  38 mins 33 secs
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    Zach is joined by Kareem to talk about why summer is an important time for planning and innovations, how educators can engage with MCP over the summer through the Virtual Summer Institute, and a few other updates.

  • 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 78: Feedback and Q&A for February, 2022

    February 27th, 2022  |  39 mins 14 secs
    feedback/q&a

    Zach is joined by Sam to cover some listener feedback and tackle questions on self-pacing as well as reporting mastery grades, managing mastery checks and video production time, and motivating students in a self-paced class.

  • Episode 77: Self Pacing in Secondary Education

    February 20th, 2022  |  58 mins 10 secs
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    This week, Zach is joined by Amy Azaroff and Jesse Buck to talk about implementing Modern Classrooms in the secondary context - from middle to high school - and the unique opportunities and limitations we have when we teach older students.

  • 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 75: Tools for Self Pacing

    February 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
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    This week, Zach is joined by Emily Johb, Dave Read, and Karla McEachern to talk about a wide variety of tools they use to facilitate self-pacing in their Modern Classrooms.

  • Episode 74: Feedback and Q&A - January 2022

    January 30th, 2022  |  37 mins 36 secs
    q&a/feedback

    Zach is joined by a surprise guest to tackle listener feedback and answer your questions in this season's first Q&A/Feedback episode.

  • 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.