Teacher Workshop Questions

  • When do we need to arrive and leave?  ANS: Suggest arrival on Monday in advance of the workshops and leave on Friday after the Student Camp.
  • Which airport do we need to fly in and out of?  ANS:  This will actually depend on the site. Find a cheap flight at an airport nearest the address on the site list.  If you want to call us to verify that is OK too.
  • Do we need an extra bag for equipment?  ANS:  The equipment you will be receiving can be disassembled for the most part.  An extra bag might be nice but you can also ship your equipment after the workshop.
  • Do we need to rent a car? ANS: only if you really want to.  Once people have booked flights we will try to organize pick up times at the airports.  Many people will be driving and we hope to utilize their vehicles if possible. Other than the weekend, you will be too busy to need a car! And hopefully you can carpool with people at the hotel.  Once we have final counts for each site we will divide out emails and contact information to facilitate this.
  • Where do we need to book a hotel?  ANS: We are working on those arrangements, some are already posted on the site information page (for some reason the link is not showing up green but is there). There are plenty of hotels in the areas we have chosen. We will have all posted soon.
  • What do we pack to wear?  ANS: Dress comfortably.  For the workshops in TX it will be hot (it is June), but the workshops are also inside air conditioned buildings.  So pack something in case the rooms are chilly, but also pack for any weekend excursions you may want to do (in the heat).
  • When do we need to register for graduate credit?  ANS: Not until June.  More on that later.  The fee will be $135 for 3 hours of graduate credit
  • When do we get paid?  ANS: You will be receiving an email in the next few weeks with directions on filling out the non-employee information form from UTA.  Upon completion and verification that you attended the workshop and camps, those forms will be used to process your payment.  Since it is coming from a university, it will take a few weeks but we will expedite as much as possible.  If you missed days those will be deducted.  If you attended the follow up sessions, those days will be added.
  • How much do we get paid? ANS: It is dependent on whether you are local or having to travel more than 1.5 hrs each way.  Payment for everyone is $100/day for 8 days ($800) plus the travel stipend (which depends on your location).  If you are commuting from home, you will be paid $300 for gas.  If you are not local, you will receive $800 as a stipend and $800 for airfare, lodging, etc.  Bottom line: locals = $1100, nonlocals = $1600.
  • What are the times for the workshops? camps? ANS: The workshops will be from 8:30-3:30 and the camps will be from 9-3 but teachers will need to be there basically from 8:30-3:30.  Depending on the length of some activities there may be some shifting of the time.  However, because 3 hours of graduate credit is being offered, we have limitations as to how much we can cut the time and get it all done.
  • PFD of key points and some background from Zoom 5.21.22 Overview for Participants