As we face a sustained teacher shortage, how can school and district leaders dismantle burnout culture and provide educators with the support they need to be successful in this profession long term? Join author Jamilah Pitts, school leader Marcus Johnson, and Emily Hemmingson from the Teacher Wellness Center for a discussion that goes far beyond self-care and spirit days.
\n\nOur Guests
\n\nToni Rose Deanon, Modern Classrooms Project
\nToni Rose taught MS English for 10 years and will forever identify as a teacher. Toni Rose strives to be the teacher that she never had growing up, so she focuses on anti-bias, anti-racist work and wants to create a brave space for everyone around her. As a queer Filipinx, she understands just how important it is to be represented, be valued, and belong. She especially loves being a thought partner for and celebrating teachers.
Connect with Toni Rose on Twitter @classroomflex
\n\nJamilah Pitts, Founder and CEO, Author, Jamilah Pitts Consulting
\nMarcus Johnson, Assistant Principal at Rainier Prep Middle School (WA) on Twitter @PrincipalMarcus
\nEmily Hemmingson, Functional Health and Burnout Prevention Coach, The Teacher Wellness Center
Contact us, follow us online, and learn more:
\n\nThe Catalyzing Classroom Change Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: Learning to Teach
","summary":"As we face a sustained teacher shortage, how can school and district leaders dismantle burnout culture and provide educators with the support they need to be successful in this profession long term? Join author Jamilah Pitts, school leader Marcus Johnson, and Emily Hemmingson from the Teacher Wellness Center for a discussion that goes far beyond self-care and spirit days.","date_published":"2023-10-30T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/945e98be-56dc-43bb-933d-572229b7edcd/c1bdb1d4-e8f5-4510-b4c1-9561042ef55d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29296072,"duration_in_seconds":3599}]},{"id":"b2e90502-c3cc-4b00-b86a-1db2a0509fd1","title":"Episode 3: Building Buy-In for Classroom Innovation","url":"https://catalyzingclassroomchange.modernclassrooms.org/3","content_text":"Our Guests###\n\nSamantha du Preez, Modern Classrooms Project\nSamantha du Preez is a former educator with experience teaching in California, Arizona, and South Korea. She earned her bachelor's in English and journalism from the University of Arizona and her master's in curriculum and instruction from the American College of Education. Although she hasn't been in the classroom for several years, she continues to empower educators, improve access to quality educational opportunities, and impact education.\n\nConnect with Samantha on Twitter @samanthad__dp\n\nMaureen Delgado, Principal at Clinton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools\nSteve Laslo, Assistant Principal at Clinton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools\n\nContact us, follow us online, and learn more:\n\n\nEmail us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org\nModern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj \n\n\nThe Modern Classroom Project\n\n\nModern 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!\nLearn more about what a partnership with the Modern Classrooms Project can do for your school or district.\n\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach","content_html":"Samantha du Preez, Modern Classrooms Project
\nSamantha du Preez is a former educator with experience teaching in California, Arizona, and South Korea. She earned her bachelor's in English and journalism from the University of Arizona and her master's in curriculum and instruction from the American College of Education. Although she hasn't been in the classroom for several years, she continues to empower educators, improve access to quality educational opportunities, and impact education.
Connect with Samantha on Twitter @samanthad__dp
\n\nMaureen Delgado, Principal at Clinton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools
\nSteve Laslo, Assistant Principal at Clinton Elementary, Chicago Public Schools
The Modern Classroom Project
\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach
","summary":"Maureen Delgado and Steven Laslo, administrators in Chicago Public Schools, share how they supported educators in transforming their classrooms to be more student-centered.","date_published":"2023-10-09T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/945e98be-56dc-43bb-933d-572229b7edcd/b2e90502-c3cc-4b00-b86a-1db2a0509fd1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16636205,"duration_in_seconds":2016}]},{"id":"2fe138f4-a5d1-40a8-855d-c547b8a7e42a","title":"Episode 2: Redefining the Role of Teacher Leaders","url":"https://catalyzingclassroomchange.modernclassrooms.org/2","content_text":"Our Guests###\n\nKareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project\nKareem Farah spent his teaching career as a math educator in Hawaii and Washington, DC. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and later received a master’s degree in secondary education at Johns Hopkins University. Instead of using a traditional lecture model, Kareem taught math through a blended model where students accessed content through his self-made videos. The cornerstone of his classroom was the ability for students to work at their own pace and Kareem’s ability to assess students on mastery. Kareem co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project to empower teachers worldwide to redesign their classrooms around blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning. \n\nConnect with Kareem on Twitter @kareemfarah23\n\nKhadejah Scott, Ida B. Wells Middle School\nKhadejah Scott attended undergraduate school at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she first volunteered at schools and fell in love with teaching middle schoolers; she hasn't looked back since. After graduation in 2014, she began her professional teaching career in Washington, DC, becoming an Urban Teachers resident and earning master’s degrees in Secondary English and Special Education from Lesley University. She served as a Reading Interventionist at Johnson Middle School for five years before joining Ida B. Wells Middle School in 2019 as a founding teacher. In addition to teaching, she leads Wells’ Technology and Innovation committee, designs and facilitates professional development courses for teachers across the District, and represents the city at statewide test development events. Khadejah became a Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator in December 2020 and is proud to serve as an Expert Mentor to teachers around the world.\nConnect with Khadejah Scott on Twitter @HeyMsScott\n\nBryan Hassel, Opportunity Culture\nBryan Hassel co-leads the Opportunity Culture initiative, a national effort to reach all students with excellent teaching and all educators with outstanding career opportunities via new, financially sustainable school models. Dr. Hassel is a recognized expert on teacher and principal effectiveness, school turnarounds, school funding systems, and charter school excellence. His work has appeared in Education Next, Education Week, and numerous other publications. Hassel received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and his master’s degree in politics from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he attended as a Morehead-Cain Scholar.\n\nConnect with Bryan Hassel on Twitter @BryanHassel\n\nContact us, follow us online, and learn more:\n\n\nEmail us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org\nModern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj \n\n\nThe Modern Classroom Project\n\n\nModern 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!\nLearn more about what a partnership with the Modern Classrooms Project can do for your school or district.\n\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach","content_html":"Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project
\nKareem Farah spent his teaching career as a math educator in Hawaii and Washington, DC. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and later received a master’s degree in secondary education at Johns Hopkins University. Instead of using a traditional lecture model, Kareem taught math through a blended model where students accessed content through his self-made videos. The cornerstone of his classroom was the ability for students to work at their own pace and Kareem’s ability to assess students on mastery. Kareem co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project to empower teachers worldwide to redesign their classrooms around blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning.
Connect with Kareem on Twitter @kareemfarah23
\n\nKhadejah Scott, Ida B. Wells Middle School
\nKhadejah Scott attended undergraduate school at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she first volunteered at schools and fell in love with teaching middle schoolers; she hasn't looked back since. After graduation in 2014, she began her professional teaching career in Washington, DC, becoming an Urban Teachers resident and earning master’s degrees in Secondary English and Special Education from Lesley University. She served as a Reading Interventionist at Johnson Middle School for five years before joining Ida B. Wells Middle School in 2019 as a founding teacher. In addition to teaching, she leads Wells’ Technology and Innovation committee, designs and facilitates professional development courses for teachers across the District, and represents the city at statewide test development events. Khadejah became a Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator in December 2020 and is proud to serve as an Expert Mentor to teachers around the world.
\nConnect with Khadejah Scott on Twitter @HeyMsScott
Bryan Hassel, Opportunity Culture
\nBryan Hassel co-leads the Opportunity Culture initiative, a national effort to reach all students with excellent teaching and all educators with outstanding career opportunities via new, financially sustainable school models. Dr. Hassel is a recognized expert on teacher and principal effectiveness, school turnarounds, school funding systems, and charter school excellence. His work has appeared in Education Next, Education Week, and numerous other publications. Hassel received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and his master’s degree in politics from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he attended as a Morehead-Cain Scholar.
Connect with Bryan Hassel on Twitter @BryanHassel
\n\nThe Modern Classroom Project
\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach
","summary":"Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project, hosts a conversation with Bryan Hassel, Co-Director of Public Impact, and Khadejah Scott, DCPS Teacher and Expert Modern Classroom Mentor to explore how we can redefine the role of teacher leaders in K-12 education.","date_published":"2023-09-18T06:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/945e98be-56dc-43bb-933d-572229b7edcd/2fe138f4-a5d1-40a8-855d-c547b8a7e42a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23139344,"duration_in_seconds":2892}]},{"id":"f1a09138-d415-4b0e-82c9-7bd8f36f1b99","title":"Episode 1: Systems-Level Change Through Bottom-Up Innovation","url":"https://catalyzingclassroomchange.modernclassrooms.org/1","content_text":"Our Guests\n\nKareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project\nKareem Farah spent his teaching career as a math educator in Hawaii and Washington, DC. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and later received a master’s degree in secondary education at Johns Hopkins University. Instead of using a traditional lecture model, Kareem taught math through a blended model where students accessed content through his self-made videos. The cornerstone of his classroom was the ability for students to work at their own pace and Kareem’s ability to assess students on mastery. Kareem co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project to empower teachers worldwide to redesign their classrooms around blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning. \n\nConnect with Kareem on Twitter @kareemfarah23\n\nDr. Carmen Coleman, Chief of Transformational Learning and Leading at the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative\nDr. Carmen Coleman serves the districts in the OVEC region as the Chief of Transformational Leading and Learning. Prior to this role, she served as Chief Academic Information Officer for Jefferson County Public Schools, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky and co-director for both the Next Generation Leadership Academy and the principal preparation program. In addition, Dr. Coleman has served as Superintendent, Director of Elementary Schools, principal and teacher in a variety of district contexts. Her work has focused on transforming the school experience from one developed to meet the needs of the Industrial Age to a system that will equip learners for success in the world today. As Superintendent, her work was featured by the Harvard Letter, PBS NewsHour, Getting Smart and District Administration. She has worked with hundreds of leaders across Kentucky to inspire a different way of thinking about the learner experience and is now working to scale the benefits of deeper learning across the region for 155,000 students.\n\nConnect with Dr. Carmen Coleman on Twitter @kidsinspire\n\nThomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute\nThomas Arnett is a senior research fellow for the Clayton Christensen Institute. His work focuses on using the Theory of Disruptive Innovation to study innovative instructional models and their potential to scale student-centered learning in K–12 education. He also studies demand for innovative resources and practices across the K–12 education system using the Jobs to Be Done Theory.\n\nThomas began his work in education as a middle school math teacher in Kansas City Public Schools through Teach For America and as an Education Pioneers fellow with the Achievement First Public Charter Schools. He has also served as an elected trustee and board president for the Morgan Hill Unified School District in Morgan Hill, California, and currently serves as a member of the board of Compass Charter Schools in California.\n\nThomas received a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.\n\nConnect with Thomas Arnett on Twitter @arnetttom\n\nContact us, follow us online, and learn more:\n\n\nEmail us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org\nModern Classrooms: @modernclassproj on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj \n\n\nThe Modern Classroom Project\n\n\nModern 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!\nLearn more about what a partnership with the Modern Classrooms Project can do for your school or district.\n\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach","content_html":"Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project
\nKareem Farah spent his teaching career as a math educator in Hawaii and Washington, DC. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and later received a master’s degree in secondary education at Johns Hopkins University. Instead of using a traditional lecture model, Kareem taught math through a blended model where students accessed content through his self-made videos. The cornerstone of his classroom was the ability for students to work at their own pace and Kareem’s ability to assess students on mastery. Kareem co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project to empower teachers worldwide to redesign their classrooms around blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning.
Connect with Kareem on Twitter @kareemfarah23
\n\nDr. Carmen Coleman, Chief of Transformational Learning and Leading at the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative
\nDr. Carmen Coleman serves the districts in the OVEC region as the Chief of Transformational Leading and Learning. Prior to this role, she served as Chief Academic Information Officer for Jefferson County Public Schools, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky and co-director for both the Next Generation Leadership Academy and the principal preparation program. In addition, Dr. Coleman has served as Superintendent, Director of Elementary Schools, principal and teacher in a variety of district contexts. Her work has focused on transforming the school experience from one developed to meet the needs of the Industrial Age to a system that will equip learners for success in the world today. As Superintendent, her work was featured by the Harvard Letter, PBS NewsHour, Getting Smart and District Administration. She has worked with hundreds of leaders across Kentucky to inspire a different way of thinking about the learner experience and is now working to scale the benefits of deeper learning across the region for 155,000 students.
Connect with Dr. Carmen Coleman on Twitter @kidsinspire
\n\nThomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute
\nThomas Arnett is a senior research fellow for the Clayton Christensen Institute. His work focuses on using the Theory of Disruptive Innovation to study innovative instructional models and their potential to scale student-centered learning in K–12 education. He also studies demand for innovative resources and practices across the K–12 education system using the Jobs to Be Done Theory.
Thomas began his work in education as a middle school math teacher in Kansas City Public Schools through Teach For America and as an Education Pioneers fellow with the Achievement First Public Charter Schools. He has also served as an elected trustee and board president for the Morgan Hill Unified School District in Morgan Hill, California, and currently serves as a member of the board of Compass Charter Schools in California.
\n\nThomas received a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
\n\nConnect with Thomas Arnett on Twitter @arnetttom
\n\nThe Modern Classroom Project
\n\nThe Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach
","summary":"Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project, hosts a conversation with Dr. Carmen Coleman, Chief of Transformational Learning and Leading at the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, and Thomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, to explore how teacher-led innovation can lead to systems-level change.","date_published":"2023-09-04T06:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/945e98be-56dc-43bb-933d-572229b7edcd/f1a09138-d415-4b0e-82c9-7bd8f36f1b99.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27951747,"duration_in_seconds":3493}]}]}