Summer Program Description

Please read an overview of the Upward Bound program (shown on our home page) first.

The Upward Bound summer session offers high school students a taste of college. Forty students live on campus, take classes that will help prepare them for high school in the fall, attend supervised study sessions and participate in other cultural and academic enrichment activities. Morning and early afternoon classes in math, science, language arts and foreign language, taught by quality area high school teachers, are designed to provide students with concepts and practice through interesting, challenging lessons and activities. A study skills class is offered for rising 10th and 11th grade students while seniors take a Senior Seminar to learn about the college culture, application process and career exploration. Arts and recreation options, large and small group activities and limited free time complete each day. On Friday afternoons, students and staff participate in large group fun activities.

Staff training will begin on Sunday evening, June 8, for residential tutors. All staff, including non-residential tutors and summer teachers, will attend a day of training on Monday, June 9. The all staff day will facilitate cooperation in planning an effective summer experience for students.

Students move to campus on Wednesday evening, June 11 and have a day of orientation (no classes) on Thursday, June 12. Friday, June 13 is Classroom orientation day. Class schedules are shortened and will include orientation to each class and pre-test. The first full day of classes is Monday, June 16.

Classes are held on the UW-L campus and teachers have access to audio-visual equipment, computers, science labs and other equipment and facilities as requested and reserved. The Upward Bound support staff assists with finding materials, copying, ordering supplies and making other arrangements so teachers can concentrate on teaching.

Teachers prepare and administer pre- and post-tests in each class. They complete a student progress summary weekly for each student in each class. These are used by tutors to review students' past performance and prepare for the following week. At the end of the second and fourth weeks, teachers give grades for student performance. Final grades are given by each teacher at the end of week five, July 16. These are used to determine Academic Achievement and Academic Improvement award winners and honors students, recognized at the Summer Session Graduation Ceremony, Thursday evening, July 24.

Tutors assist teachers in the classrooms as needed and reinforce daily lessons during daily tutoring sessions. Non-residential tutors will earn an hourly rate for their work in the classroom and during supervised tutoring. Residential tutors are "on duty" day and night when Upward Bound students are on campus. They supervise students in the residence hall, work as classroom aides and tutors, lead and help supervise other UB programming as needed. Besides room and board (while UB students are on campus), residential tutors will earn a lump sum amount, depending on experience, for the summer.

MATH - (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus and/or Calculus) Classes Mondays through Fridays from 8:15 to 9:10 a.m. and from 9:15 to 10:10 a.m. Teachers paid for 1.5 hours of class/prep time per class per day.

SCIENCE - (Biology, Science Matters, Physics and/or Advanced Science) Classes Mondays through Fridays from 8:15 to 9:10 a.m. and from 9:15 to 10:10 a.m. Teachers paid for 1.5 hours of class/prep time per class per day.

MODERN LANGUAGE - (Chinese, German, Spanish) 50 minutes of class and 20 minutes of in-class tutoring Mondays through Thursdays from 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Teachers paid for 1.7 hours of class/prep time per day of class.

• LETTER OF APPLICATION - brief letter describing interest in position
• PERSONAL NARRATIVE - one page narrative describing most recent and/or rewarding work with students stressing innovations and accomplishments
• RÉSUMÉ or CURRICULUM VITÆ
• TRANSCRIPTS - from all institutions, including those from most recent degree-granting institution
• THREE WRITTEN REFERENCES - please include copies or originals with your application materials. These need not be written specifically for this position; you may include recent general references if you wish. We will not request references. You must mail them or ask them to be mailed or faxed to us.