Our summer programs instructors and instructional assistants are a diverse group of highly qualified professionals who specialize in teaching advanced concepts to bright elementary, middle, and high school students. In our dynamic summer classrooms, instructors engage, challenge, and connect with their students to support their learning individually and as a class.
CTY’s administrators and resident assistants love working with young people and are always on hand to ensure students are making the most of their experience in and out of class.
Guidance
Our instructors and staff support active learning by questioning and encouraging students. They present lively lessons, lead class discussions and hands-on activities, and give helpful feedback throughout the course.
Mastery
Our instructors employ learning strategies that help students master course concepts, including peer reviews, concept mapping, and learning through labs, workshops, and hands-on activities. Instructors also provide robust, useful feedback, and identify misconceptions or gaps in understanding.
Meet our instructors and staff
CTY's staff hail from cities and universities around the world, but they all have one thing in common: a dedication to helping our students engage and connect with advanced concepts.
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My favorite thing about teaching at CTY is watching the students' curiosity and excitement lead their learning. It's exciting as an instructor to witness their confidence increase and watch as their 'aha' moments manifest into increased knowledge and mastery of the content.
Laya Theberge
Robotics Instructor
CTY is one of the highlights of my year. Even though it’s the summer, the immersive learning in a subject where these students truly excel and shine is invigorating for me as a teacher.
Lauren LaPorta
Writing Instructor
The students are so bright, interesting, and often willing to try some of the most silly and unique activities that the RAs create.
Rebecca Somer
Resident Assistant
I love being able to connect with such talented students; each and every one has changed my life for the better.
Meg Gantzer
Program Assistant
There is nothing better than seeing that 'eureka' moment and the extension of that moment as students exuberantly share their thoughts.
Dan Sievers
Math Instructor
Being in a fast-paced environment where I can be my dorky self and teach and learn from the students I work with, are a couple of reasons why I am drawn to CTY and keep coming back.
Angel Huerta
Resident Assistant
This was my fifth summer working at CTY. I love the culture of CTY. For three weeks, students and staff from all over the world create their own special community unlike anywhere else. I love getting to be a part of that.
Amanda Mastronardi
Dean of Residential Life and CTY Alum
I love that students are not here for the grade; they're here to learn. At the end of the course, I get to write about each students' progress and capture the essence of each student's performance, which I love.
Jethro Antoine
Biology Instructor
When I was a student at CTY, I was excited to be in a place where all of the instructors and program assistants loved learning as much as I did. It wasn't until I came back as a PA that I realized CTY instructors feel just as excited to work with such dedicated and curious students.
Nick Smith
Program Assistant and CTY Alum
CTY students have a contagious energy combined with a thirst for knowledge that I look forward to each summer. They remind me of why I became a teacher.
Antonia Richards
Chemistry Instructor