Congratulations to the 38 fellows in ATC’s 2023 cohort for completing the ATC Summer Institute, a six-week program that all new teaching fellows complete before their first year! Split between two weeks in-person at Arkansas State University and four weeks online on Zoom, the ATC Summer Institute is an intensive and demanding experience to prepare fellows to be “Day 1 ready” that many often refer to as “teacher boot camp”.

During the summer, fellows learn the foundations of content knowledge and pedagogy, lesson planning, unit planning, formative assessments, classroom culture, lesson delivery, professionalism, educational equity, personal self-care and emotional resilience. Fellows also practice creating lessons and delivering them to their peers, using feedback and their own reflection to adjust for the school year.

Watch KAIT8’s story on the summer institute to see more.