Redefining the Role of Teacher Leaders

Our Guests###

Kareem Farah, CEO and co-founder of the Modern Classrooms Project
Kareem 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

Khadejah Scott, Ida B. Wells Middle School
Khadejah 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.
Connect with Khadejah Scott on Twitter @HeyMsScott

Bryan Hassel, Opportunity Culture
Bryan 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

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach