Use the free resources below to improve instruction in your own classroom or community.
These resources are organized by book chapter, but you are free to use them - and share them - whether you have read the book or not!
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Video Theory & Best Practices. What research says about good instructional videos. Use MCP's slide templates to keep your videos simple.
How to Record Effective Instructional Videos. Step-by-step guides to my recommended video-recording tools.
Guide to Guided Notes. Best practices for creating engaging and effective guided notes for students.
Practice Work Examples. Explore MCP's Exemplar Classrooms to see how expert educators get students collaborating.
Cultivating Collaboration. Strategies for fostering structured and organic collaboration (free course, account required).
Guide to Classroom Organization. See how effective Modern Classrooms are organized.
Using Whole-Class Instruction. Best practices for whole-class activities in Modern Classrooms.
Using Class Time Effectively. How students and teachers can best use their time in class.
Strategies for Small-Group Instruction. Best practices for identifying, supporting, and empowering small groups (free course, account required).
Simple Mastery Check Template. Copy this template to create effective Mastery Checks for your students.
Guide to Revision & Reassessment Policies. Explain to students how revision and reassessment work.
Grading Policy Examples. See how Modern Classroom experts grade.
Setting Effective Self-Paced Intervals. How to balance your students' needs with your curriculum's demands.
How to Prioritize Content. More on the Must-Do/Should-Do/Aspire-to-Do framework.
Optimizing Your Learning Management System. Best practices for a clear and easy-to-use "digital home base."
Routines & Procedures Checklist. Develop the routines you need for all your students to succeed.
Do Now Templates. Start class consistently - and productively - by checking in with your students on a Do Now.
Daily Planning Template. Make the most of each class by planning what you'll do in advance.
Comprehensive Guide to Progress Trackers. Everything you need for tracking progress: examples, templates, and more.
Wavio Pulse. If you're planning to use a whole-class progress tracker, this is the tracker I recommend.
Motivating Every Learner. Research-based techniques to motivate students (free course, account required).
Best Practices for Building Relationships. Strategies to connect with every learner.
Metacognition in a Modern Classroom. A comprehensive guide to fostering student growth through reflection.
Getting Started with Unit 0. Templates and examples for creating an effective self-paced orientation.
Adapting Your Existing Curriculum. Make your life easier by "modernizing" the resources you already have (free course, account required).
Implementation & Growth Rubric. A tool you can use to evaluate what's going well and where you can improve.
Unit Planning Template. Organize entire units with this backwards-planning template.
Explainer Videos: What is a Modern Classroom? (for students/families, 2:28) and Meeting the Challenge of Teaching (for administrators, 2:35).
Modern Classroom Impacts. The latest research on Modern Classrooms.
Sample Handouts for Back-to-School Night and for Classroom Visitors.
Ready-made slides for presenting about Modern Classrooms and leading a Modern Classrooms PLC.
Free Course Guide. Advice for sharing MCP's free online course with your colleagues and community.
Language for Sharing Meet Every Learner's Needs. If you'd like to share this book with others, here's how.
A D.C. Teacher’s Bold Vision to Improve Scandalously Poor Student Performance. The article that started it all.
Articles by Modern Classroom educators. I hope to see you on this list one day soon! Here's how MCP can support you.
My TEDx Talks: A Bike Map for Education's Future? (2018) and Why Americans Hate Math - and What to Do About It (2024).