In this episode, Kate is joined by MCP Program Director Debbie Menard to explore classroom set-up and systems that can help facilitate blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning.

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

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This week, Kareem chats with Zach and Monte Woodard about their experience as Modern Classrooms Mentors, diving into some of the most common feedback they give to mentees working through the MCP Mentorship Program.

Show Notes

Distinguished Modern Classrooms Educator credential - the first step in becoming a Modern Classrooms mentor.

Game board pacing trackers

MCP LMS Tutorials:

Hyperdocs

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In our 7th Q&A episode, Kareem and Zach field more questions from the MCP community on practice activities vs. mastery checks, creating instructional videos, and beginning-of-class routines.

Show Notes

Apply to become a Distinguished Modern Classrooms Educator

Explain Everything (and MCP tutorial)

Screencast-o-matic (and MCP tutorial)

Zach's MCP Zoom Recording Tutorial

Edutopia Video

Edutopia Article on Daily Goal Setting Do-Nows

YAMM - Yet Another Mail Merge

Zach’s Blog Post on Automating Emails with YAMM

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This week, Kareem is joined by Garner Andrews to discuss motivation in a Modern Classroom, with topics ranging from self-determination theory to more practical approaches to leveraging the MCP model to inspire students to strive for success

Show Notes

Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator Credential

The Internationals Network

Edutopia Video

Self-Determination Theory

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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This week, Kareem is joined by one of his former students, Jayme Mims, to talk about the Modern Classrooms model from the student's perspective, how it facilitates learning and responsibility in school, and how it prepares students for success in college and beyond.

Show Notes

Edutopia Video

Progress Trackers

The Warm Demander

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In this week's episode, we discuss systems and strategies Modern Classroom educators employ to make mastery-based grading sustainable in their classrooms.

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Mastery based grading: what does the research say?

Multiple studies on feedback & student learning (see Best Practices 2 and 3!)

Talking points app

Y.A.M.M. (Yet Another Mail Merge) - great for sending progress reports to parents from spreadsheet-based pacing trackers

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In our 6th Q&A Episode, Kareem and Zach answer questions about starting out with implementation, addressing pushback from parents, addressing academic dishonesty, and starting PLCs with other teachers implementing the model.

Show Notes

MCP Podcast Episode #39 on returning to in-person learning

Research on the impact and effectiveness of MCP, as well as the Johns Hopkins Report Kareem mentioned

Edutopia Video

Exemplar units

Modern Classrooms Project Free Course Guide

PLC Resources

School and District Partnerships

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This week, Kareem chats with MCP implementors and mentors Amanda Arbuckle and Noah Beigelmacher about the lessons they've learned in their first year teaching with the model.

Show Notes

Backwards planning (Understanding By Design)

Eduprotocols

Making Thinking Visible

Flipped Classroom

Edpuzzle (and the MCP Edpuzzle Tutorial)

Game Board Pacing Trackers

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Zach is joined by a DC International School colleague, Alexa Arboleda, to talk about their recent return to in-person learning, some of the challenges it has presented and some of the benefits they've found to being back in the building with students.

Show Notes

Distinguished Modern Classrooms Educator credential

Urban Teachers

Weather check do now

Alexa’s game board

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For the second episode in our Innovators in Education series, Kareem is joined by Quim Sabria, cofounder and CEO of Edpuzzle, to discuss their approaches to educational change and share thoughts about the future of instruction.

Show Notes

Edpuzzle (and MCP Tutorial)

Edpuzzle on Social Media:

Edpuzzle’s Blog

Edpuzzle's Self-Paced Classroom Microcredential (brought to you by MCP!)

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