Show Notes

• Cultivating Changemakers

• De'Shawn's TEDx talk, "The Power of Joyful Trouble"

• Dr. Bettina Love

• The Warm Demander

• De'Shawn's children's books:

  • CiCi's Money Seeds: Growing Big Dreams One Little Seed at a Time
  • CiCi Waters Her Jar: Cultivating Big Dreams, One Coin at a Time
  • CiCi's Classroom Budget: When Learning is Joyful, Changemakers Grow

Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week

• Join the Modern Classrooms Project on June 23rd for the Leadership Collaborative Summit 2026 — a free, virtual event for K-12 school and district leaders. This year's theme is "Personalized by Design," and it's built around a core belief: every student learns differently, and the best learning communities are built to act on that. You'll hear from principals, district leaders, and coaches from across the country who are making instruction more human through mastery-based, student-centered approaches — and getting real results. Every session is led by practitioners and designed to give you strategies you can act on this fall. Register here

• Help us spread the Modern Classrooms Model! Refer a Friend, Earn SWAG! Know a colleague or school leader who would love our summer learning opportunities? Fill out this form, and MCP will take it from there! MCP will reach out to them with information on the model and their exclusive discount code. 

Contact us, follow us online, and learn more:

• Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org
• Listen to this podcast on Youtube
• Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
• Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
• Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter and Instagram
• The Modern Classroom Project
• Modern Classrooms Online Course
  • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: De'Shawn Washington.

Show Notes

• Miguel's comprehensive resource "Personalized Learning for Multilingual Learners"

• Screenpal

• Screencastify

• Mote

• Universal Design for Learning

Contact us, follow us online, and learn more:

• Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org
• Listen to this podcast on Youtube
• Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
• Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
• Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter and Instagram
• The Modern Classroom Project
• Modern Classrooms Online Course
  • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Miguel Melchor.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

Show Notes

• TGFU Model of PE teaching

• Jake's Padlet "Advocacy and Education Beyond the Classroom Walls"

• MAHPERD (Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Inc.)

• Insta~lesson, by Rob Barnett

• Connect with Jake using his Padlet (linked above), on Bluesky, or at his website Next Level Physical Education

Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week

• Want to connect with other educators of color who are creating a more student-centered learning environment? Join our monthly Shades of Excellence meetup on Monday, March 24, 7pm ET. Register here. 

• Join educators Monte Woodard, Alison Stone, and Suma Paidi for a live webinar where they'll share their expertise in transforming your science classroom into a dynamic, personalized learning environment on Tuesday, March 25 at 7pm ET. Register here

• We have four educators presenting at Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL) Summit in Layton, UT on March 26, 2025. Dr. Cindi Dunford and Stephanie Quilan are presenting on Creating a Culture of Competency in the Middle School Math Classroom and Cammie Moore and Elizabeth van Patten are presenting on Modernizing Instruction in CTE with MCP. If you’re attending, make sure to stop by and say hi! 

• Alison Stone is presenting at NSTA 2025 in Philadelphia, PA from March 26-29 on Using a self-aced, mastery-based, blended model in the high school science classroom. If you’re attending, make sure to stop by and say hi!

Contact us, follow us online, and learn more:

• Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org
• Listen to this podcast on Youtube
• Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
• Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
• Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter and Instagram
• The Modern Classroom Project
• Modern Classrooms Online Course
  • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Jake Bersin.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

Show Notes

• Disney Castle Lego set

• iReady

• Teri's pacing tracker

• Connect with Teri in the MCP Facebook group here, and linked below the show notes for each episode (scroll down!), every week. Come join us!

Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week

• Join educators Carol Madruga, Rob Barnett, Leah Frederick, and Jessica Bille for a live webinar where they'll share their expertise in transforming your math classroom into a dynamic, personalized learning environment on Tuesday, March 4 at 7pm ET

• We are reading Rob Barnett’s Meet Every Learner’s Needs together as a community and our second session is on Redesigning Courses sponsored by ScreenPal on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00pm ET. Register and join us in sharing ideas, questions, and resources

• Join parent and MCP co-founder and Chief Product Officer Robert Barnett, parent and MCP Chief Growth Officer Aubrey White, and parent and Modern Classroom Expert Mentor Laura Domingo, to learn what you can do to support student-centered teaching and learning in your own community on Thursday, March 6 at 1pm ET.

Contact us, follow us online, and learn more:

• Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org
• Listen to this podcast on Youtube
• Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj
• Kareem: @kareemfarah23 on Twitter
• Toni Rose: @classroomflex on Twitter and Instagram
• The Modern Classroom Project
• Modern Classrooms Online Course
  • Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom!

The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Teri McNulty.