Toni Rose is joined by Megan Remmel and Jocelyn Hieatzman, both veteran teachers who came to the MCP model after many years of traditional teaching, to talk about why they chose to reinvent their classes and the benefits of the model for all teachers, new and veteran alike.

Show Notes

Distinguished Modern Classroom Educators Credential

MCP Facebook Group

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Toni Rose is joined by Chauncy Foreman and Anna Gosling to talk about their experience implementing the model in their first few years of teaching and to discuss why the model is beneficial for those new to the profession.

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This week, Toni Rose is joined by Lisa Doty to talk about how they respond to teachers, students, and stakeholders who have concerns about the MCP model. They address some common misconceptions and answer a few questions from teachers who have concerns about particular aspects of the model.

Show Notes

Empower Students’ Families with Modern Classrooms

QR Code Generator

Edpuzzle (and MCP Tutorial)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Toni Rose’s Progress Tracker Example

Hattie’s Research

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Toni Rose is joined by Emily Dia to talk about using a Unit Zero to introduce the model, and they go on to describe a day in the life of a Modern Classroom once students have internalized the routines.

Show Notes

Toni Rose's Unit 0 Calendar

Unit 0: Slide Development Template

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Kate and Zach chat with Cheyenne Dickson about sharing the MCP model with stakeholders, including both communicating with students and families as well as explaining our teaching model to colleagues and administrators.

Show Notes

Zach’s pacing tracker (anonymized version)

YAMM

Zach’s YAMM blog post

Students & Screen time: research-based guidance from Modern Classrooms

Resource for student-led communication with families

Handout for classroom visitors

Language for syllabi or course overviews

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For the third installment in our Innovators in Education series, Kareem is joined by James Francis, CEO of Screencastify, to discuss Screencastify's growth in the education space and its responsive approach to its growing user base of educators.

Show Notes

Screencastify and its products:

Johns Hopkins MCP Study Results

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In this episode of the Modern Classrooms Project Podcast, Kate is joined by Demi Lager to discuss the versatility of the instructional model for in-person and distance learning.

Show Notes

Kahoot

Demi’s trackers

Demi’s Twitter: @demilager

Demi’s “I need a check" board

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain by Zaretta Hammond

Successful Zoom Breakout Rooms

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Toni Rose and Zach field more of your questions on topics relating to rolling out the model at the beginning of the year, meaningful mastery checks on topics learned by rote, and using rubrics.

Show Notes

Submit Questions for Q&A Episodes

MCP Podcast Episode #4: Building Authentic Relationships with Students (Toni Rose's first appearance on the MCP podcast)

MCP Podcast Episode #48: Building Equitable Classrooms (Toni Rose's first appearance as co-host)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Quizziz

Quizlet

Keeping up with the Modern Classrooms Project

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Kareem is joined by Toni Rose Deanon, who will be joining the podcast as a cohost! They discuss the importance of building equitable classrooms, what it means to teach equitably, and how the model facilities and reinforces equitable teaching practices.

Show Notes

Elena Aguilar - Coaching for Equity

SEL Do Nows - Kate's and Toni Rose's

Canvas: how to hide students' names when grading

QR Code Generator

Headphone Splitters

Donors Choose

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Zach is joined by Monte Woodard and Sarah Moon to discuss their approaches to lesson classifications (must-do, should-do, and aspire-to-do lessons) and how the different types of lessons facilitate self-pacing, access to content, and mastery-based grading.

Show Notes

Edpuzzle Self-Paced Classroom Certification (Monte is highlighted in Practice #1)

The Five-E's

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