Because one of the huge goals of institute is student achievement for our summer school students, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight a few students I have had the opportunity to teach over the past four weeks. The first week and a half of school, K. constantly threw his notes on the floor. …

Week Three definitely had some ups and downs.  I’ll share two that I think pretty much sum up the roller coaster ride that is institute. – Our midterm was Wednesday so the students had a lot of pressure and anxiety about tests.  My CS said in five years of teaching she had three fights break…

This week, we started teaching the summer school students.  My first day, my colab members and I set up the classroom and class was supposed to start at 8:00 a.m.  At 8:00, I had about four students.  We planned to go over class rules and consequences from 8-8:30 then administer the pre-test for all students. …

Oh my god.  That phrase pretty much defined this week over and over.  After traveling to Boston and DC (two cities I’ve never been to) and hanging out with new and old friends, I boarded a bus to Philly.  The bus company was pretty shady but a friend had taken it before and he told…