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 141: Teacher Reflection

    May 28th, 2023  |  37 mins 37 secs

    Monte is joined by Chris Isip to talk about reflecting on one's own teaching practices in order to grow and improve.

  • Episode 140: Responsive Teaching and Data Collection

    May 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 11 secs

    Monte is joined by Melissa Stagg to discuss working with neurodivergent students, responsive to student needs, and using data to modify and inform the practice of teaching.

  • Episode 139: Teacher and Learner Reflection Practices

    May 14th, 2023  |  51 mins 37 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Avery Balasbas to discuss the value of self reflection practices both for teachers and learners, as well as ways to facilitate student reflection in a Modern Classroom.

  • Episode 138: La RevisiĆ³n y las Pruebas de Dominio

    May 7th, 2023  |  59 mins 40 secs

    For this episode entirely in Spanish, Zach is joined by Marlene Tapia Garcia to explain the MCP model and discuss how mastery checks facilitate revision in a self-paced class.

  • Episode 137: Going School-Wide with MCP

    April 30th, 2023  |  42 mins 8 secs

    Zach is joined by Maureen Delgado, the principal at Clinton Elementary School in Chicago, to talk about how she is rolling out the model to her entire school.

  • Episode 136: Formative

    April 23rd, 2023  |  35 mins 1 sec

    Guest host Monte Woodard is joined by Carlo Schmidt, Director of Product at Formative, to talk about the platform, its features, and some interesting use cases.

  • Episode 135: Stories from a Baltimore City Educator

    April 16th, 2023  |  50 mins 59 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Wyatt Oroke to discuss his teaching career in Baltimore City.

  • Episode 134: Building and Supporting Communities

    April 9th, 2023  |  55 mins 29 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Ashley Kearney to talk about connecting with, building, and supporting school communities.

  • Episode 133: Providing Effective Feedback

    April 2nd, 2023  |  52 mins 23 secs

    Zach is joined by Jerod Brown and Dan Ronchak to discuss strategies for providing effective feedback as well as ways that a Modern Classroom can be conducive to providing targeted feedback.

  • Episode 132: Universal Design for Learning and MCP

    March 26th, 2023  |  52 mins 12 secs

    Zach is joined by Devin Schrock to discuss Universal Design for Learning and the many ways it is evident in the MCP model.

  • Episode 131: Implementing MCP at an Independent School

    March 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

    Zach is joined by Carmen Welton to discuss her experience teaching at an independent boarding school and the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the MCP model in that context.

  • Episode 130: Teacher Collaboration - How to Lead a PLC about MCP at Your School

    March 12th, 2023  |  32 mins 8 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Whitnei Moore and Andrea Kowalski to talk about the MCP PLC they've developed at their school.

  • Episode 129: Teacher Collaboration

    March 5th, 2023  |  56 mins 9 secs

    Zach is joined by Brook Lee and Rick Smith, two members of a 6th grade math teaching team, to talk about working with other teachers (who may or may not implement the MCP model) to collaboratively develop curriculum and instruction.

  • Episode 128: Culturally Sensitive and Sustaining Teaching

    February 26th, 2023  |  44 mins 17 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Liz Kleinrock to speak about her work in the area of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist teaching.

  • Episode 127: Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities

    February 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

    Toni Rose is joined by Tiffany Dreher to discuss how educators can support learners who are deaf and hard of hearing.

  • Episode 126: English Learners Success Forum

    February 12th, 2023  |  49 mins 30 secs

    Toni Rose is joined by Rebecca Castellanos of the English Learners Success Forum to talk about strategies and approaches to working with multilingual learners and learners who speak different languages in the classroom.