What can Modern Classroom educators do to help students who have experienced trauma? This week, we discuss concrete strategies you can use to make students feel safe, strengthen memory, and build self-regulation skills.

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Comprehensive guide to trauma-informed teaching in a Modern Classroom

Modern Classrooms Project webinar on trauma-informed teaching

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Remember, you can submit questions for us here or tweet at us with #askmcp and we may answer your question on a future episode!

On this week's episode, we discuss strategies for supporting our Emergent Bilingual students, as well as how we can leverage the blended, self-paced, and mastery-based structure of the model to enhance literacy for all learners.

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Show Notes

Guidance on adding subtitles to instructional videos, from the Modern Classrooms Project

Learning Management System tutorials, from the Modern Classrooms Project:

Best Practices for Instructional Videos, from the Modern Classrooms Project

Social studies and reading comprehension September 2020 Fordham University study

Nearpod (Modern Classrooms Project Tutorial)

Realia for Language Learning

Explain Everything

Edpuzzle (Modern Classrooms Project Tutorial)

Gradual release of responsibility

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Your hosts answer audience questions. Topics include implementation of the model, differentiation, collaboration, and deadlines. You can submit questions for future Q&A episodes at www.modernclassrooms.org/askmcp or tweet at us with the hashtag #askmpc

You can now submit questions (like the ones in this episode) to be answered on future Q&A episodes!

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More information on the Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator credential

Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning

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We chat with two incredible English teachers in Australia who shared their fascinating journey redesigning their team-taught English class around blended, self-paced, mastery-based instruction.

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https://modernclassrooms.org/resource-overview

Modern Classrooms Resources and Exemplar Units - Jen mentions that these resources were her introduction to the Modern Classrooms Project

Trauma Informed Teaching Webinar

Innovating Classrooms Conversations with Educators - Jen and Louise’s podcast

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Your hosts take a moment to talk about what they're grateful for. We also hear from several Modern Classrooms educators, from teachers to school administrators, about what they're grateful for and what's bringing them joy this year, despite the challenges of the moment.

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Kareem is joined by Modern Classrooms Project cofounder Rob Barnett to discuss the origins of the model, how the organization has scaled while retaining a teacher-first approach, and their vision for the future of the organization.

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Contact Modern Classrooms. As Rob mentioned, we would love to hear what's been working for you.

Write an Article for Modern Classrooms

Edutopia video.

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In Part Two of our series on collaboration in a Modern Classroom, we discuss how teachers can establish a classroom culture in which students are encouraged to collaborate organically and spontaneously.

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Show Notes

Guide to collaboration in a Modern Classroom

Flexible seating

Zach’s article in NGLC on why he prioritizes relationships

Exemplar pacing tracker in a spreadsheet format, which allows for rearranging students and easily grouping them by what lesson they're on.

Parlay Ideas and our tutorial

Padlet

Project Based Learning

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In episode 10, we begin a two-episode series on collaboration; this week's episode focuses on pre-planned full group activities like labs and seminars, and we discuss ways teachers can manage these collaborative activities in a self-paced, mastery based class.

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Show Notes

Sign up for Office Hours, every Tuesday with Modern Classrooms

Guide to collaboration in a Modern Classroom

Edutopia video featuring Kate and Kareem Farah

Tech tools we mention:

Daily Do Now check-in (tailored for distance learning through Google Forms)

Resources for Student Input in Teacher-Created Groups

Example of a breakout-room deliverable

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Kareem is joined by Nora Barnett and Lisa Doty to discuss in detail how they plan and implement their modern classrooms, from planning and recording instructional videos, to implementing self-paced structures and mastery checks.

Show Notes

Cult of Pedagogy Podcast episode on Screencast Videos (Kareem was the guest on this episode)

MCP Exemplar Units

Edutopia video

Universal Design for Learning

High Quality Blended Instruction: research-based best practices

Examples of Pacing Trackers showing lesson classification

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In Episode #8 of the Modern Classrooms Podcast, we hear from elementary, middle, and high school educators about what self-pacing and mastery-based learning looks like across grade levels.

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